The eight of the eight of 2008 is the day where the world comes together in harmony and peace. It is the Games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China. With the opening ceremony a week away, the Chinese shows their passion & excitement and ready to welcome everyone from around the world.
The preparation leading up to the games has somewhat been sour. Many controversy surround China on whether they should host the Olympics. Issues of Tibet, pollution, and a boycott possibility were mentioned.
And recently there’s a new one that’s just surfaced.
When we witnessed what was told to be one of the best opening ceremonies out of any Olympic games in the history, yet we were fooled, yes we were totally fooled.
In every opening ceremony of any sporting event everything was done right on the spot and shown live on television. In Beijing they do it differently. All the fireworks display were done pre-recorded and the 29 footprints that are shown walking towards the Birds Nest Stadium were computer generated. The biggest bombshell came when it was revealed, Lin Miaoke, the little girl who sang “Ode to the Motherland” was infact lyp-syncing throughout the whole entire song. The reason behind this was because of Miaoke’s cuteness appearance was preferred more rather than it’s actual performer, Yang Peinyi, who’s less attractive.
Though China tries to show the world its compassion yet they have simply gone too far by making the Olympics like running under a dictatorship.
Another reason is the threat of terrorism has really played major part of the games and security is forced to be taken to the next level. Tanks, guns you name it, were provided everywhere around Beijing and many tourist are finding it hard to enjoy the atmosphere and are scared to go out on the city.
I hope this wouldn’t happen in London in 2012 and hoping we can go back to the old tradition Olympics, where everything runs smoothly.
