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How one reporter gets around big, vibrant Beijing

By George Smith
ESPN

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

[Editor's note: George Smith is part of our ESPN crew covering the Summer Olympics. Throughout the Games, he'll be filing updates on his experiences in Beijing. Here's his first installment]: Welcome to Beijing I'll admit, I was a little apprehensive before I made the trip to China. It wasn't that I had any specific concerns. But I had never been to Asia before, so I simply didn't know what to expect. I'm very used to traveling. I'm on the road 150 days a year for ESPN. I've been to every st ...

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