Ten months before the 2008 Games begin in Beijing, a new and grueling Olympic sport is in full swing among foreign nationals living in China: advanced kowtowing. oreign residents are vying for eight slots to carry the Olympic torch on Chinese soil in the traditional relay prior to the Games. Exactly 19,400 people will be picked to run inside China. Most will be Chinese; eight at least will be foreigners. ut the foreigners have to clear some extra hurdles in an online contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. and the government-owned English-language newspaper China Daily. The criteria: aspiring torchbearers should "love Chinese culture and history" and "be devoted to communicate information of a real China to their native countries." Each of them also needs to write a 500-word English essay titled "China and I," which should "cover a true, touching part of 'my story in China,'" according to the application instructions.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119317554803468916.html
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