The Olympics will take place from February 4 to 20 in Beijing and the nearby city of Changjia, where there will be strictly separate athletes and other participants from the Chinese public. Spectators from abroad cannot come to the games.
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Journalists staying at the Guizhou Hotel, which is inside an enclosed Olympic balloon, found five condoms in each room, individually wrapped in different colored packaging with a picture of a Chinese lantern. The organizers have not yet announced how many condoms they intend to distribute during the games.
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