Wednesday, April 16, 2008

pre-Olympic, the torch relay...

The thing that appears in news from now and then, at least for these 100+ days before Olympic, interestingly is the Olympic torch..!

It never received that much focus as far as I could remember, with the speedy instant tv transmission signal technology that even one cable tv channel would be destinated for 24 hours chasing it...

But the most dramatic thing is, people trying hard to steal it, extinguish it, block it....

And it really works, people succeed in getting attention and being on the headline of the news. And countries are trying to play politics with it....

"Not to mix Olympic with Olympic"... Is it really possible..?!

There was a scene in the movie Forrest Gump playing Ping Pong with the China as a reflection of Ping Pong Diplomacy in 1971.... (well, that was not exactly the Olympic game though)

Not to mention the medal tally at the end of the day used to be a kind of show-off to the others....

Surely Teams support Tibet liberation catch the wave and democratic countries also get a chance to play..... But, is it the right time? Do they know their opponent well?

To the other side: People play nasty on you, what is your response?

(photo from http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/

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