"Celebrity" at Olympic Celebration

Turning the pages of the national English language newspaper today, the China Daily, I saw a huge color photo of a familiar face laying a big smoocher on an attractive -- and smiling -- young Chinese woman! The young man in the photo was our very own AJ Pappas, who celebrated the August 8 Opening Ceremonies at Wangfujing (where our hotel is located), which the paper labeled a "cross-cultural kiss." None of the students -- including AJ -- were aware of the published photo and accompanying story about opening night at the Olympics, so I sprung it on them at this morning's seminar, which not unexpectedly made quite an impression! Check out AJ's photo and story -->

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2008-08/12/content_6927837.htm

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