BEIJING – There may be no team at the Olympic Games with more potential to shock — or shame — than China’s men’s hockey squad.
Ranked 32nd in the world and competing in Beijing only because of a tradition granting the host nation an entry in every sport, the team is expected to muster no better than a middling showing on Olympic ice.
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