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the fun never ends in beijing
mens 4x100m relay at the beijing olympics 2008
for those of you who missed it friday. from nbc. 2nd act/3rd act/4th act/5th act/the scroll/6th act
world record cardstacker bryan berg used 140,000 playing cards to re-create the beijing olympic village.
the police officer has been studying english for years, and in preparation for the olympics he learned to greet tourists in 13 different languages, including japanese. the japanese news cameras follow him around while he chats with foreigners in french and english, apparently well enough for them to understand what he’s saying. the police officer tells the japanese reporter that he has studied foreign languages so he can introduce foreigners to the changes going on in beijing.
"is this the olympic spirit? protesters gather in beijing claiming they have been illegally evicted, beaten and had their homes demolished as china prepares to host the olympic games."
"chinese state security police have arrested one of the country's most prominent civil rights activists, hu jia. in a video diary, he recorded life under house arrest – and round-the-clock surveillance – with his wife, zeng jinyan." from the british newspaper 'the guardian'. (personally, i am surprised that china even employs house arrest. who could stop them from placing hu jia in prison with no access to anything or anyone? the world does nothing and can do nothing to stop the chinese government's abuse of power.)
altered olympics sign.
drumbeating. i agree with the narrator that it was a bit intimidating and their smiles seem a bit spooky....the shouting was also not very discernable. one of the less successful performances of the night, in my opinion.
footsteps, fireworks, and apsarases lifting the five rings. a very impressive and surprising moment.
from nbc. confucian scholars chanting his words while moving blocks presenting chinese characters, the great wall and flowers. i have to say the narrators are so much better than the chinese ones....
a video demonstrating the making of an ancient chinese painting leads to this astonishingly beautiful performance: dancers literally draw a picture on the giant scroll. the narration is in chinese but they didn't do much anyway.
2008 tai-chi performers form a perfect circle. the whole scene totally blew me away. must be even more powerful to see it present. ---------------------- since my internet connection sucks big time i probably wouldn't be able to upload the 5th and the 7th act to spiked. you can see the whole nbc version of the opening here: http://www.lakersmedia.com/?p=211 ~ http://www.lakersmedia.com/?p=217 (divided into 7 acts)
controversy over chinese gymnasts` ages.
a trap?
this is the last act before the parade of atheletes, including a segment i would like to call "our little planet" and the theme song by liu huan and sarah brightman.
torch bearer li ning ran around the stadium and lit the torch.
color-changing squad formed a dove and then the bird's nest, companied by lang lang's piano.
done in lego form.
in beijing an aquatics structure like none other is designed and built.
olympic-themed condom adverts have been released in china to coincide with the start of the 2008 beijing games. the cheeky adverts, which depict stick-man athletes using condoms as apparatus in olympic events, have become a viral sensation in china. the contraceptives prove themselves remarkably versatile, standing in as bicycle wheels, basketball nets, archery targets and gymnastic rings. a ribbed condom is also used to illustrate choppy water in the swimming version of the campaign. the adverts were made for chinese condom-maker elasun, with the broken english slogan “sports make you health”. the firm is by no means first to make the connection between the games and sex, with olympic villages reputed to be hotbeds of after-hours indulgence. earlier this week it emerged that the 16,000 competitors staying in the beijing village will be able to purchase a wide variety of soft pornography, including erotic books featuring provocative pictures of naked women with titles such as "drawing book for the nude". at the 2004 athens olympics 130,000 free condoms were made available to athletes and officials. in the sydney 2000 games, each competing athlete was given 51 condoms on arrival at the olympic village, but another 20,000 had to be shipped in when supplies began to run low. source
representing france in track & field...because he can.
it's a french commercial for the chinese olympics.
dragons and stone warriors! it's a trap! ^.^
