China Doesn't Care What We Think of the Olympics
April Rabkin, NY Times | July 3, 2008
Despite China’s plummeting international rapport, its leaders have already declared the Olympics a victory. ++ Fearing domestic turmoil, Chinese political leaders have turned the event into a consumerable good, with which they may prove their “mandate of heaven.” ++ Movies, pop-music, and even school cirricula have been heavily censored and geared to portray the Beijing Olympics as a modern nationalist triumph over nations that have humiliated China in the past. ++ At this point, it seems as though medals are irrelevant.
Sun, Jul 6th 2008, 08:43
Ilyas M. Mohsin, PPP, Platinum Contributor (296)