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20 August 2008

Olympics 2008 is all about China versus USA

These days, I make it a daily routine to flip the newspapers and check out the medal tally tussle going on between China and the United States.
Beneath all that talk about sportsmanship and brotherhood, smiling faces and gleaming medals, there’s a battle going on between one world-superpower-on-the-decline and one world-superpower-aspirant – a battle neither side [...]

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8 August 2008

I am Proud to be Chinese!

Did you watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony earlier at 8:00pm? I did, and I couldn’t shut my jaw the entire time.
I knew Zhang Yimou and the Chinese Government had something up their sleeves – I just didn’t know their sleeves were that deep! The world watched with abated breath as segment after segment [...]

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5 August 2008

Olympics 2008 = The World on Center (Circus) Stage

Recently, it seems China and its upcoming Olympics have been making all the news, for both the right and wrong reasons. I still remember how bad the air in Beijing was when I first visited in 2005. My nose snot was black after four days. Hence I was pleased to hear how the Chinese Government [...]

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