If you do make it to Destination, be on the look out for John Amaechi, the openly gay former NBA player who, according to Washington Blade, has been trolling the bar until 5 a.m. “Not many black people about in Beijing outside of the athletes,” Amaechi adds.
Chinese government has come under criticism in recent weeks for managing Beijing’s image during the Olympics with a heavy hand. In addition to banning dog meat from the menus of official Olympic restaurants, and using fake fireworks, they had a 7 year-old lip sync a song in the opening ceremony because they felt the original seven-year-old singer was too ugly.
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