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| 2008-08-18 |
| When Liu Xiang, the Chinese defending Olympic champion for the 110m hurdles, turned his back to the camera and walked away from the track on Monday, it broke the hearts of millions of Chinese. Interestingly enough, his athlete's shirt bears the number 1356, which some say symbolizes the weight of the hope he was supposed to carry - a nation of 1.3 billion people made up of 56 ethnic groups. |
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