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Nobody (?) Likes A Spoiler

By Miri KimOn July 31st, SBS, a major South Korean broadcast network, aired a short clip showing details of the carefully guarded rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (the video clip has now been removed from all major news and... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Fri, Aug 01 2008

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