Far East Cynic

My ideal Olympic moment..

Will be seeing a Chinese athlete make it to the finals of the 400, then in the finals ( with Hu Jintao watching) fall on his ass with 50 meters to go. As he looks up he will see an American, a Brit, a Japanese and a Korean cross the finish line ahead of him. That will be a great Olympic moment. ( The American will win the Gold Medal of course).

Because you can dress a commie up but you can’t take him anywhere.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will launch an inquiry into internet censorship in China after accusations that Beijing was failing to live up to its promises guaranteeing unrestricted online access.

Furious reporters are finding that their internet access is inadequate. Attempts to use the network to access the website of Amnesty International, which has just released a damning report on human rights in China, proved fruitless yesterday.

  1. My hope is that everytime the Japanese win a Gold Medal there is a Chinese athlete standing on the platform while the Japanes anthem is played! I’m also hoping for closeups of the athletes and the Chinese leadership so we can see them grit their teeth!
    Ken

  2. Main stream media goes to there mecca and finds that all that is promised is not being delivered. The irony is delicious.

  3. That would be my ideal moment, with the addition of having half of the endurance events canceled or otherwise disrupted thanks to the air pollution. Oh, and at least a few political gestures on the podium, a la Mexico City ’68.

    And of course, anything else that can go wrong or otherwise disrupt their little circus would be grand.