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This photo taken on July 23, 2018 shows a faded Beijing 2008 sign in the grandstand of the beach volleyball stadium built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing. - A decade after Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympics, its legacy remains unmistakable from the smallest alleyways in the Chinese capital to the country's growing clout abroad. For better or worse, the Games changed the face of Beijing: from the iconic Bird's Nest stadium to the countless blocks of ancient homes bulldozed in an Olympic building frenzy. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-politics-Olympics-anniversary,FOCUS by Ben Dooley (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

This photo taken on July 23, 2018 shows a faded Beijing 2008 sign in the grandstand of the beach volleyball stadium built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing. - A decade after Beijing hosted the 2008 Olympics, its legacy remains unmistakable from the smallest alleyways in the Chinese capital to the country's growing clout abroad. For better or worse, the Games changed the face of Beijing: from the iconic Bird's Nest stadium to the countless blocks of ancient homes bulldozed in an Olympic building frenzy. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-politics-Olympics-anniversary,FOCUS by Ben Dooley (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
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