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4. It is tempting to assume that today was chosen as the exact date for publication in order to distract Chinese public attention and to strike a strong nationalistic note as news broke that the Peking Olympic bid had failed (the English Language version appeared on the Xinhua wire within an hour of the news from Monte Carlo at 0320 local). However it may have been planned to coincide with the eleventh anniversary of Deng's meting with Mrs Thatcher.

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