(AP photo) After sparking outrage among disabled advocacy groups for insensitive language in an official guide for Olympics volunteers, the Beijing Olympics organizers have issued an apology and will rewrite the offending handbook. The guide had... ...full story at China Journal
from China Journal on Mon, Jun 02 2008
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