{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:8082","categories":[{"slug":"china","__typename":"Category"},{"slug":"environment","__typename":"Category"},{"slug":"olympics","__typename":"Category"}],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"P","idAttr":"","className":"","style":"","innerHtml":"The opening ceremony for the Olympics will be at 8:08 pm on August 8. The first full day of competition will August 9, two months from today.

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June 9, 10am, standard southern view from our apartment in Guomao area of Beijing."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Technology","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/","slug":"technology"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:316","displayName":"James Fallows","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/james-fallows/","biography":{"default":"James Fallows is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and author of the newsletter Breaking the News.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/jamesfallows","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"james-fallows"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2008/06/two-months-to-opening-day/8082/","title":"Two months to opening day","seoTitle":"Two months to opening day","dateModified":"2008-07-11T19:13:19Z","datePublished":"2008-06-09T05:51:08Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Technology","__typename":"Channel","slug":"technology"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Two months to opening day","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/8082/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2008/06/two-months-to-opening-day/8082/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"technology","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["opening ceremony","standard southern view","Guomao area","Olympics","apartment","Beijing"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"two-months-to-opening-day","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_bofa-kwlist","pos_customtopics","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_sport","gs_sport_olympics","gs_event_olympics","gs_sport_misc","gs_sport_athletics","gs_sport_olympics_summer","gs_home_property","gs_home","gs_realestate_apartments","gs_realestate"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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