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Businesses in China Take a Pre-Olympics Hit

Businesses in China, far from Beijing, are suffering collateral damage from new visa restrictions imposed in the run-up to the Olympics. The Los Angeles Times reports:The Beijing Olympics in August may be China’s biggest international event in decades, but the Games have hardly been a windfall for many businesses in Yiwu, about 200 miles south of Shanghai, and in other cities that rely heav