What we’ve been reading recently:

Stryde Hax: Hack the Olympics! - A US blogger sets off an investigation into Chinese gold medal gymnast He Kexin’s real age (dubbed “babygate” by Imagethief) | none

Liverpudlian scalpers, scam Web sites, and other highlights of an Olympic-sized ticketing fiasco. - By Jacob Leibenluft, Tom Scocca, June Shih, and Tim Wu - Slate Magazine - You can still get Olympics tickets in Beijing, but it’s tricky. A CER editor went so far as to impersonate a Dutchman, but to no avail. | none

Letter from Beijing: The Only Games in Town: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - More from the New Yorker: Anthony Lane on the first week of the games | none

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