Is China Getting Bad Press at the London Games?
China lashed out at the Western media when doping accusations were made against its champion swimmer Ye Shiwen.
Orville Schell is a long-time China observer and author.
He has been watching the Olympics and notices that China has been receiving a lot of bad press partly because of its bravado.
Anchor Aaron Schachter talks to Schell to find out the kind of coverage China and Chinese athletes have been getting during the Olympics.
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