China and Olympics

3.3 Billion people, if not the whole world are hooked on to their screens blaring scenes from Beijing, where the world famed, Olympics Games, 2008, is running with full vehemence. Restaurants, Diners, Hotels and even corporate addresses are victims of the so-called Olympics Fever and why should that be abnormal – when the stunning display of inauguration ceremony cast a magnetizing and a jaw-dropping effect in the on the millions of watchers all around the globe.  

The huge contemporary Olympics village, which stands in the dimension of a huge-Chinese legendary dragon, took many years and came up big at a cost of $40 Billion+, the most expensive and extravagant arrangement in Olympic History. 

Just a couple of days before the startup, the Chinese were taken aback by the stubborn haze-formation which stood above the village trying to distort that glitzy-picture, the China wanted to portray. This demanded an additional $13 Billion to be pumped in, which in turn formulated a pretty view which was much projected. 

To make sure the opening open was rain-free, Chinese send around 1,104 customized rockets to moderate the weather and to root out the terror fears, the officials appointed 500,000+ paramilitary personnel in and around the locus of the Bird’s Nest Stadium, a huge stadium with the capacity to hold 91,000 audiences and which got that name from its distinct shape of a bird’s nest. 

To make sure the Poverty visibility status was 0% in Beijing, it veiled the surrounding slum-areas with special wall with, the main slogan “One World, One Dream”, pasted on them at the so called “fun and Brighter” side of China. Below is a picture to support my argument.  

So people and critics even argue that many events in the Chinese Olympics (Day 1), were trying to pull wool over the eyes, for instance, they state that the lil’ small girl who rhymed a Chinese poem did nothing but move her lips as everything was pre-recorded. They move on in their “Questioning Spree” by also mentioning that the fire-works, for the viewers behind their TV sets, were edited and made more glorious. 

What went against the truth is certainly known by the people, who’re the organizers, a support for the general fact that Chinese market is filled with duped product.  Even at our place, when people look at something with a “Made in China” label, they think twice. Maybe that was the reason it was compelled to make the next generation of labels, “Made in PRC*”.

But, what can’t be denied is the reality that China is really in a velocity trying to get a top position at the “List of the Powerful and Competitive Countries”, a move which is required of India if it wants to achieve the 2020 dream, which would be like “putting-into-action” the words of a wise person who remarked, “Get influenced by the good actions and not the bad ones” 

 * stands for People’s Republic of China