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Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 11:00 am

President Obama flies to Copenhagen to support Chicago’s bid for 2016. We’ll hear the case for Chicago, and its top rival, Rio de Janeiro.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 12:08 pm

Listening to our first hour this morning, I was struck by several comments about the glossy postcard image of China as presented on TV.

 
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 10:00 am

From the athletes, to media coverage, to China’s image, we’ll take stock of what we’ve seen in Beijing.

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Monday, July 28, 2008 at 10:00 am

The Beijing Olympics are about to open. Whatever happened to all the campaigns to leverage China on Darfur, Tibet, and more, with the Games?

 
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Friday, April 18, 2008 at 10:00 am

Go to On Point in Shanghai: China’s Week in the News
Every week we hit the news on Friday. This week we do it from China. Things look different when you’re sitting in Shanghai. The pope’s visit to America? Invisible. The Dalai Lama in the U.S.? Big. CNN’s Jack Cafferty and his offhand taunt toward China? [...]

 
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