Passengers arriving at Beijing's shiny new international airport can be forgiven for thinking the city has already won the right to host the Olympic Games eight years hence. Row after row of colourful banners confidently predict "Beijing 2008", as do growing numbers of billboards throughout the city. But, alas, China will have to wait until next July to find out whether it has that honour, and before it does, it must first get through this year's Olympics in Sydney.
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