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Macau: Will the torch fire the country?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 08:09 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Macau (China)
Topics:: Governance, Law, Entertainment
Languages:: Portuguese
Special:: Olympics

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Português:	Macau: Será que a tocha queimará o país?...
日本語:	マカオ：聖火リレー...

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

Nuno Lima Bastos [pt] writes an article about two pieces of news this week: the arrest of an individual suspected of instigating the Olympic torch theft in Macao and the entry refusal for two pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. “The two men complained to the South China Morning Post and, frankly, the image of Macao starts to get “fired” even before the Olympic flame arrives here.”

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[...] Macau: Será que a tocha queimará o país?, pergunta O Protesto, blogue novo em nossa cobertura. Nuno Lima Bastos tem ainda um artigo escrito para o Jornal Tribuna de Macau. Original em inglês aqui. [...]

# 2008-05-2 at 8:37 am

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