Weekly Roundup: The Games are over.
Now that the Olympic games are over, it’s a cool and weird vibe in Beijing. It’s like combining 15 years of Christmas and New Year’s rolled into one, and then the feeling you have the next day: head is sore; got a weak, empty feeling in your belly; emotionally you’re spent. Looking back it was a great Games and I’m happy to have been here for them. Now that the big Games are over, although we still have the Paraolympic games coming up, I’m not sure what people, and myself, will focus on.
China Briefing recently wrote The Beijing Olympics: A Fifteen Year Long Ride talking about how these Games were 15 years in the making. I enjoyed reading the background and buildup to these Games.
Here is a great article from China Law Blog - Where the News is always good showing the differences between how one story, was printed differently in The New York Times and in the Beijing Evening News. I found it quite interesting, especially the author’s postscript.
At Lost Laowai, I stumbled across BBC’s Cool Gorillaz’ Monkely Olympics Video that the BBC had put together for their opening ceremonies created by Gorillaz’ and BBC. I loved the music, the funky video, and how it told the famous Chinese story of Journey to the West and the Monkey King. Check it out.