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If you want to watch the same Olympics coverage that millions of Chinese viewers are tuned into, you can. YouTube has blocked even our IT guy's attempts to get to their clips. But I found this live stream of China's 24x7 Olympics channel, CCTV-5. Unlike most of the streaming sites you could Google up, this one plays instead of hanging my browser. There's a fatter 300-Kbps stream for Windows Media that works if you boost your player's streaming buffer size from the default 10 seconds to a more robust 60 seconds. Two caveats: There's no sound, and not all the games are broadcast in realtime. Right now, CCTV-5 has this morning's no-goal match between the Netherlands and Nigeria.