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CHINA DAZZLES WORLD WITH OLYMPIC EXTRAVAGANZA

The world knows a little more about China today.
1. What it might lack in emotion, it makes up for with pomp and explosives.
2. Of 1.3 billion citizens, not many probably suffer from acrophobia.
The 2008 Olympic Games officially began Friday night with the international communist power swinging its doors open for the universe to see and swinging a former gold medalist hundreds of feet into the air to light the flame atop Bird’s Nest stadium.

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