“IT means a lot for me and for the Chinese people. The dream of these Olympics has taken almost 100 years to come to fruition. For the Chinese people, these Olympics are not just about the Games or the sports. It is about creating a stage which allows China to show itself as one of the world’s superpowers.”
Can the westernisation of China be attributed to the Olympic Games?
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