HUP at the Olympics?

Like Adidas, NBC, and sports fans around the globe, HUP is gearing up for the opening ceremonies on 8/8/08.  Now, we all know that the Olympics aren't just fun and games.  To help us (and you) peer beneath Beijing's sparkling new face-lift to understand the powerful relationship between sports and national identity, we're digging in to Xu Guoqi's Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895-2008.  And we're not the only ones!  Read what The New Republic thinks.