The Beijing Olympics get under way this week, just six months after the delayed Tokyo games wrapped up. The games are back in Beijing for the second time since the summer Olympics in 2008. Several countries including the U.S. are sending athletes but not diplomats to China as part of a partial boycott. One American who will be in China for the Olympics is Les Carpenter of the Washington Post, who gives us a preview.
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