The Atlantic has just posted “The Olympics’ Second City,” my dispatch from last night’s matches at Shanghai Stadium. It’s the first of several Atlantic dispatches that I’ll be doing from co-host cities during the Games. ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Fri, Aug 08 2008
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