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Shame on China

13/08/2008 by Nikita


Ceremony sham – Little girl ‘too ugly’ to take part in Olympic showpiece

I was asked on the chess site if I watch the olympics. My reaction…no, but I’ve watched only the swimming, as I know we have a few South Africans that are really  great swimmers. I agree and feel the same as Eilandkind in her Afrikaans post about China and the Olympics. I actually have no intention to watch the Olympics like previous years. I do enjoy athletics and always used to watch any great athletics, but you won’t find me this year in front of the tele watching any of it, I would rather spend my day with my research about  Jane Austen or Emily Plummer, which is the name on the grave on the pic which is posted on my previous entry! Two reasons for not watchinng…for what’s going on in Tibet and having read a few articles the past two days, I think China is a disgrace! The world should have boycotted China’s Olympic fully! Read this article which I found on the Metro’s website.

Shame on China!

Olympic organizers refused to let a seven-year-old sing at the opening ceremony because she was too chubby, it has been revealed.

Lin Miako, the little girl who stole the show on Friday, did not actually sing a note and was miming throughout.

Instead, the voice heard by millions around the world was that of seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who was ditched from the ceremony because of her chubby face and uneven teeth.
Chen Qigang, the general music designer of the ceremony, said: ‘The reason why little Yang was not chosen to appear was because we wanted to project the right image, we were thinking about what was best for the nation.

‘The reason was for the national interest. The child on camera should be flawless in image, internal feelings, and expression.

‘Lin Miaoke is excellent in those aspects. But in terms of voice, Yang Peiyi is perfect, each member of our team agreed.’
Organizers also admitted parts of the lavish opening ceremony were pre-recorded.

The ceremony won rave reviews around the world for its use of fireworks and a series of perfectly choreographed sequences, watched by an estimated 1 billion people.

Some of the fireworks though did not actually go off that night.

‘Some footage had been produced before the opening ceremony to provide theatrical effect,’ Beijing Games Executive Vice President Wang Wei said.

Among the sections that were pre-produced were parts of a stunning fireworks display across the city, a series of fireworks “footprints” that led to the Bird’s Nest stadium where the four-hour extravaganza was staged.

A night-time aerial shot traced the consecutive explosions on the ground as they approached the stadium.

‘There were footprints of fireworks,’ Wang added.

‘Some of them were genuinely produced. Some maybe were used from previously recorded material.’

Source
http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/olympics/article.html?in_article_id=260852&in_page_id=310

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7558031.stm
Read this article about Tibet and why the Chinese are there…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2671814


The Chinese government claimed human rights would improve in Tibet and China if Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympics. Instead of improving, the human rights situation in Tibet has deteriorated. As Beijing counts down to the Opening Ceremony, the Chinese government is already plotting to punish Tibetans for daring to call for freedom. Read tons of news on this link.
http://www.freetibet.org/

Ryk Neethling is one of our swimmers and you can follow his blog – from the Olympics – here:

http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/ryk

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Posted in Freedom, Freetibet, Olympics, Tibet | Tagged China, Freedom, Freetibet, Olympics, Tibet | 6 Comments

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  1. on 13/08/2008 at 14:05 eilandkind

    Hi Nikita!
    Dankie vir jou blog. Ons moet die woord uitkry! Ek is nou nog meer opgewerk, dit lyk my bitter min mense in die wéreld weet van Tibet se stryd. Ek weet nie hoe dit moontlik is nie, met die Dalai Lama wat so ‘n bekende figuur is en alles..
    Wat ek nie kan klein kry nie, is dat ons vir soveel jare geblok is van internasionale sport, oor apartheid, maar die Chinese kan maar aangaan met hulle vergrype, sonder enige internasionale gevolge.
    Ek dink dit is geld wat praat en Amerika o.a. is bang vir die Chinese, blykbaar het Amerika ontsaglik baie finansiéle skuld, en dit aan die Chinese…
    China is defnitief ‘n mag om mee rekening te hou in die toekoms.
    Ai tog, en daardie ou dogtertjie is nie eens lelik nie!


  2. on 13/08/2008 at 14:08 Nikita

    hi Eilandkind! Ek stem 100% saam en ek wou dit in my pos gese het, die Apartheid-ding! Toe dog ek dit mag dalk te drasties klink, maar dis die reine waarheid! en die Chinese is besig om oor te neem, laat ek jou se, selfs in SA was daar al ‘n groot groep soos ek kan onthou, met besigheid ook. Ek stem oor die dogtertjie!


  3. on 13/08/2008 at 15:51 ibrahim binshahbal

    nice article.


  4. on 13/08/2008 at 15:54 boerinballingskap

    Ek stem


  5. on 13/08/2008 at 19:23 Wipneus!

    Ja nee bitter min mense weet hoe swaar die mense van Tibet kry. Dankie Nikita en Eilandjie.

    Oulike dogtertjie en ek stem dis apartheid!!!


  6. on 14/08/2008 at 00:28 Nikita

    hi ibrahim binshahbal! Welcom here and I’m glad you think so!
    Hi Boer… dankie! bly jy dink so!
    Hi Wippie! Ja, dis soos jy se! Wat ‘n jammerte! en die wereld draai ‘n blinde oog…soos die geval met SA!



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