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China: More Opening Ceremony sneaked footage

Thursday, August 7th, 2008 @ 20:19 UTC

by John Kennedy

Countries:: China
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Business, Media, Racism
Languages:: Chinese, French, English
Special:: Olympics

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

An indignant French-writing journalist has, along with a lengthy rant, posted video taken this week during an opening ceremony rehearsal inside the Bird's Nest. Hong Kong entertainer Jackie Chan and Tibetan singer Han Hong can be seen on stage. Note that in the comments one reader shares the most popular rumor as to who (or what) will be symbolically wrapping up this year's Olympic torch relay…in just over twelve hours.

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