Last night after the women’s gymnastics team final, NBC announcer Bella Caroli commented that the Chinese team cheated with underage athletes, and their passports were doctored by the Chinese government. After some digging, it seems the age... ...full story at Blogging For China
from Blogging For China on Mon, Aug 18 2008
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