Saturday, April 26, 2008

'Forever Friends'

This is the way the Beijing Olympic organizers, and, I genuinely believe, the majority of Chinese, would like the world to anticipate the Summer Olympics, set to open Aug. 8. I attended a festival on the Ohio State U. campus on Saturday celebrating the Olympics Games coming to China. I talked to students from China attending different universities in Ohio and their views were uniform: great pride in China hosting the Olympics, and polite regret that protesters are choosing to target China and the world's biggest sporting event.

The organizers of this festival linked to a music video of "Forever Friends," one of several theme songs to pop up in advance of the Olympics. It's a feel-good celebration of the coming Games, with a heavy dose of Chinese participation. Worth a look. (The video is visible and plays in the Firefox and Safari browsers, but may not in Internet Explorer for some reason.)


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