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Yesterday, I reported that I couldn’t access Wikipedia from China. Apparently, it has been unblocked since then. According to the report, the opening might be explained by the following report:

The Internet must be open during the Beijing Olympics.

That was the message a top-ranking International Olympic Committee official delivered Tuesday to Beijing organizers during the first of three days of meetings, the last official sessions between IOC inspectors and the host Chinese before the games begin in just over four months…

This is fascinating. I wonder what the fallout will be when they block things again after the Olympics are over.

I tried to find any mention of the Beijing International Airport being the largest airport in the world on it’s Wikipedia entry, but the only relevant quotes I could find were

Another expansion, terminal 3 (T3) was completed in February 2008, in time for the Beijing Olympics. This colossal expansion includes a third runway and another terminal for Beijing airport, and a rail link to the city centre. It will become one of the largest airports in the world in terms of land size, and a major landmark in Beijing representing the growing and developing Chinese city.

and

Far grander in size and scale than the existing terminals, [Terminal 3] is the largest airport terminal building complex built in a single phase with 986,000 sq. meters in total floor area.