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China’s leaders can whine that there is no connection between politics and sports, but only the naive take them seriously. The Olympics are a political event and have been forever thus. The Internet and YouTube — when they’re not blocked by censors — will turn the run-up to these Games into viral political theater. In the be-careful-what-you-wish-for department, the whole world will be watching China — and not just what Beijing wants it to watch.
