For what it’s worth, I have a feeling that the simmering controversey over whether or not the Chinese “women’s” gymnastics team has underage members is going to build into something much bigger, and possibly devolve into something... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap
from Shanghai Scrap on Thu, Aug 14 2008
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