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On August 25th, the day after the closing ceremonies, homeless people began to move back into the city. It was rumored that they were detained outside the city for the duration of the Olympics.

A Chinese girl peers through a bus window passing by Olympic venues in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games. Public transportation over-flowed during the month of August when officials enacted an odd/even license plate law limiting the amount of…

Secret police arrest a ticket scalper near Worker's Stadium. Dozens of other scalpers watched the arrest and then continued selling tickets.

Sun Yu Bin and his wife Liu Guo Min watch an Olympic ping pong match from their bedroom, which also serves as their kitchen, in a hutong in Beijing. Hutongs are traditional housing that Beijing was built around. Most lower-class families still live…

Restaurant workers pass the time waiting for customers near Olympic venues. The Chinese government strictly limited the number of visas available to tourists resulting in an economic decline among local businesses.

Images of China's Olympic athletes cover the walls of the newly expanded subway system. Within the city itself, Beijing's subway expanded to more than double its capacity and overall size, adding an additional 7 lines and 80 stations to the…

A Chinese Olympic fan waits to catch a glimpse of the opening ceremony fireworks in the streets near the Olympic Green. Police continued to push spectators in different directions falsely telling them that the show could be seen in various other…

China Olympic team fans watch a China vs. USA women's volleyball game while waiting for their trains at the Tianjin train station. Hundreds of LCD screens were installed all over Beijing and beyond for the Games.

Chinese Olympic fans are blocked by police after trying to see the opening ceremony fireworks in Beijing, China. Roads were shut down in every direction for miles.

A girl stairs into the Olympic venues from outside the fence perimeter. Fans were only granted access to the Olympic Green if they had a valid ticket for the day.