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China's savvy bid contrasts sharply with its failed 1993 effort. Back then police rounded up mentally handicapped people who might have wandered into sight of an IOC motorcade and beat one to death. The government enmeshed its bid with an empty political slogan: "A More Open China Awaits the 2000 Games." Nothing like that this time. Beijing emphasizes the country's rich history and the $12 billion the city will spend on environmental protection. Its current slogan, "New Beijing, Great Olympics," deliberately focuses on the city, not the country's policies...
...Beijing Bags It China gets its coveted 2008 Olympics. Now--can it pull them off? Jubilation on the Streets of Beijing Cell Phone from Beijing: TIME's Matt Forney reports from celebrations in Tiananmen Square Beijing Gets the Games TIME's Olympic veteran Barry Hillenbrand weighs in on the IOC's decision--and what it means for athletes and spectators...
...think so. The IOC membership is the most independent (106 independent people) voting body you?ll ever find. It?s made up of 106 people who can vote and do whatever they please...
...Beijing had that fact working in their favor. They also had (IOC president Juan Antonio) Samaranch wanting to bring China into the fold - that?s the geo-political angle on why we should have China as the host...
...Listening to the Chinese officials talk about the vote before it happened, you definitely got the sense they were going to be extremely annoyed if they didn?t win the bid this year. Do you think the IOC members were bullied or pressured to make this decision...