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Old 08-02-2012, 12:46 PM   #161
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Originally Posted by Table 5 View Post
China has a deep-rooted culture in cheating however, Australia does not. Just look at their business models over there, everything is ripped off without a second thought....it's cultural, not just sports related. That and the fact they have a long an established history of systematic doping when it comes to swimming. They were the East Germany of the 90s.

So yeah, it's a deep rooted prejudice. But it's their own damn fault.
And this didn't happen at all during numerous Western countries' rises to power?

And these countries have never had major cheating/doping/steroid controversies?
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