The Wall Street Journal
17 Aug 2008
Singapore has never won an Olympic gold. The last time this nation of four million people won an Olympic medal of any kind was in 1960 — a silver in weightlifting. So win or lose, Singapore’s face-off against China for the gold in women’s table tennis was a cause for celebration.
Tonight’s match was historic enough for Singapore’s embassy in Beijing to rally Singaporeans to a party in its compound. A big screen television was set up in the embassy, and a buffet spread arranged for its normally food-crazy citizens.
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