http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/opinion/24friedman.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1219590157-RsMMSaD7LcpXVD/dsSu2FQ
Melting Pot Meets Great Wall
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Beijing
The Olympics may just be a sporting event, but it is hard not to read larger
messages into the results, especially when you see how China and America
have dominated the medals tally. Both countries can — and will — look at
their Olympic successes as reaffirmations of their distinctly different
political systems. But what strik
