While China invited the world to its Olympic coming-out parade, for the ordinary people of the host city Beijing there was scant chance to join in the festivities. By Peter Foster in Beijing Across the city, giant screens which many Beijingers had hoped would relay the opening ceremony across their city remained switched off, sending most people back home to watch the event on their television sets. As the auspicious time of 8.08pm approached and then passed, Beijing's railway station's giant screen remained blank while another, smaller screen showed television commercials but nothing of the spectacular show unfolding in the 'Bird's Nest' stadium. "I'm so disappointed, I've been waiting here for two hours," said Li Jiang Yan, a 23-year-old publishing assistant, "I thought they would show us the Games opening because this is...
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