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The China diaries, Part 2

By Graham Hays
Page 2

Monday, September 10, 2007

Editor's note: ESPN.com's Graham Hays is in China covering the 2007 Women's World Cup. He will file occasional diary entries for Page 2 during his trip. Sept. 10 CHENGDU, China -- Strange things can happen when you deposit large numbers of foreigners in one place for a sporting event. Things like listening to a roomful of people speaking English at a press conference held in China by the Swedish team while realizing I may be the only person in the crowd of 30 or 40 for whom it's a first langua ...

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