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China amasses war chest for London Olympics

CHINA'S Olympic committee banked a US$60 million windfall from last year's Beijing Games and has already raised another US$60 million to fund athletes' preparations for London 2012, officials said yesterday. China... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Apr 22 2009

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