{"id":1324,"date":"2008-08-25T00:19:21","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T05:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/08\/25\/showing-the-olympics-in-chinatown\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:30:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:30:03","slug":"showing-the-olympics-in-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/08\/25\/showing-the-olympics-in-chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing the Olympics in Chinatown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2791365350\/\" title=\"Beijing 2008 Olympics @ Montr\u00e9al Chinatown by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3090\/2791365350_d7ce872afa.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Beijing 2008 Olympics @ Montr\u00e9al Chinatown\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that the Olympics are now finished! &#8220;F-I-NI, fini&#8221;, as you would say in the local idioms. This was a picture taken this Saturday of the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/08\/09\/beijing-olympics-opening-ceremony-in-montreal-chinatown\/\">outdoor presentation<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/pekin.radio-canada.ca\/\">Radio-Canada<\/a>&#8216;s coverage of the Beijing Games, from 9 to 9, in Parc Sun Yat-sen at the heart of Montreal&#8217;s Chinatown. 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