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Report: Beijing bars told to ban black people during Olympics

by Dedric Lam In a couple of weeks Beijing will turn into a party town and Sanlitun is predicted to be the epicenter of the Olympic night events. The South China Morning Post has however reported that the bar owners in the area were asked to refuse... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Jul 18 2008

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