Hosting the olympics - Is China the best of the bunch?

H

What's in it for China?

W

Yes course it is, if you want to be an athlete with lungs as black as a coal smith's apron. It might be a burgeoning superpower, it may have a super stadium - but have you seen all the pollution?

M

Putting the political issues aside for moment, the opening ceremony was v.v. impressive.

J

Yes, it was brilliant. We've got a lot to live up to!

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