China's official English-language newspaper, the China Daily, published an article by a deputy editor and Olympic torch spokesman defending the torch attendants.
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“北京申奥失利的原因之一便是当时说英语的人还不是很多。”《二十一世纪英文报》副总编辑申钢说。
"One reason Beijing failed was that there were not many English speakers at the time," says Shen Gang, deputy editor in chief of the English language newspaper 21st Century.