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Extracts 1 and 2 disagree about weather China should host the 2008 Olympic games. How do you account for the differences? Explain your answer using the sources and the knowledge from your studies.
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Extract 1 says "China's appalling record on human rights should have disqualified it from hosting this or any other Olympics until it has put its house it order" Extract 2 says hosting the Olympics would "greatly inspire the patriotism of the Chinese people" and promote China's "reform and opening up". Extracts 1 and 2 disagree about weather China should host the 2008 Olympic games. How do you account for the differences? Explain your answer using the sources and the knowledge from your studies. The Olympic games are the biggest sporting event in the world, and for a country to be awarded the honour of hosting the event will bring them great prestige. The country will also receive a lot of publicity because all the world's media will be covering the event. The Olympics have been used to make political stands through out its history. In 1936 Adolf Hitler used the Olympic...
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