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China’s Leading Blogger Shares Nation’s Thoughts On Olympics

Hong Huang spent her youth in the US before returning to China to become the country’s top blogger. She is intimately tapped into the country’s zeitgeist both through her role in the media and her family’s place in defining its culture – her mother was Mao Zedong’s English teacher.

In this fascinating interview she talks about her country’s nationalism and pride and how the people see the Olympics as a window into their world.

[Hat tip to @kaiserkuo]