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Olympic flame arrives in Beijing amid calls to boycott the Winter Games The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday amid calls from overseas critics for a boycott of the Winter Games, which are scheduled for Feb. 4-20. Beijing's Communist Party Secretary Cai Qi, the top official in the Chinese capital, received the flame at a closely-guarded airport ceremony. Video above: Olympic flame reaches Beijing as some call for boycott Beijing successfully hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, although the event failed to produce the more open political and social environment in China that many had hoped for. Activist groups...
