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		<title>Its about time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4583174.ece"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-168" title="he kexin" src="http://shatteredpixels.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hekexin1385_386742a-300x144.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="144" /></a></p>
<p>Not that I have any hope of it coming to fruition, but <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4583174.ece" target="_blank">the IOC has launched an investigation into chinese gold-medal gymnast He Kexin&#8217;s age</a>. The main reason I dont think anything will happen, is because people are afraid of China. If their government would indeed go as far as falsifying internationally recognized documents for something as petty as an olympic medal and national sports pride (they certainly did it with the <a href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/08/olympics-openin.html" target="_blank">photoshopped firework display</a>), how far would they go to maintain their lie? I&#8217;m willing to wager they&#8217;d go further than its worth.</p>
<p>You can also read more on the subject at <a href="http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2008/08/hack-olympics.html" target="_blank">Stryde Hax</a>.</p>
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