BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes takes the scenic route to the Olympics
Western journalists will be swarming Beijing later this week. Meanwhile, BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes has been on quite a different path through China. Guest: Hugh Sykes, BBC correspondent
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