Comments on: Will China change post-Olympics? http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/25/will-china-change-post-olympics/ Giant on the move Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Marcos d. J http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/25/will-china-change-post-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-3051 Marcos d. J Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:21:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/25/will-china-change-post-olympics/#comment-3051 "With or without the Games, China will change at its own pace."...This is the part of the post I'd like to respond to. In a certain sense the above qoute expresses an anti-imperialist sentiment and amen to that. But, "With or without the Games, China will change at its own pace.", also ignores the true dynamics of change today. In fact today, we are all being forced to change at a global pace. China's herculian preparations for the games is one proof of global interdependency. Sure it was an expression of national pride as dictated by the Chinese Comunist Party, but those 15,000 performers in the opening ceremony were were only going to all that trouble to impress a global audience. It shows that we, the members of that global audience, have influence. I know from from news reports and from my relationships with people in China that the preparations for the Olympics involved a deepening of opression. In the runup to the games life became harder for everyone who was already oppressed and marginalized by the system administered by the Chines Comunist Party: disidents, petioners, and people of faith espicially Falun Gong practitioners. If you and I know this and we know that the whole olympic spectacle that creates a responsibility in each one of us to say no to the way the spectacle was achieved, otherwise we are complicit. So...Dear CCP, Thank you for the beautifull facilities you shared with the world. But, I do not aprove of how entire comunities of poor and ordinary Chinese were uprooted to make way for those facilities. Thank you for the soul stiringly beautifull way the world got to see the beauty of your great people, in the artistic displays of the ceremonies and the athletic displays of the games. But I do not believe that the CCP's system of repression is the best way to free expression. How much more soul stirring and great could the achievement of Chinese people be if they were free to full political and religious expression. “With or without the Games, China will change at its own pace.”…This is the part of the post I’d like to respond to.

In a certain sense the above qoute expresses an anti-imperialist sentiment and amen to that. But, “With or without the Games, China will change at its own pace.”, also ignores the true dynamics of change today. In fact today, we are all being forced to change at a global pace.

China’s herculian preparations for the games is one proof of global interdependency. Sure it was an expression of national pride as dictated by the Chinese Comunist Party, but those 15,000 performers in the opening ceremony were were only going to all that trouble to impress a global audience.

It shows that we, the members of that global audience, have influence.

I know from from news reports and from my relationships with people in China that the preparations for the Olympics involved a deepening of opression. In the runup to the games life became harder for everyone who was already oppressed and marginalized by the system administered by the Chines Comunist Party: disidents, petioners, and people of faith espicially Falun Gong practitioners.

If you and I know this and we know that the whole olympic spectacle that creates a responsibility in each one of us to say no to the way the spectacle was achieved, otherwise we are complicit.

So…Dear CCP,

Thank you for the beautifull facilities you shared with the world. But, I do not aprove of how entire comunities of poor and ordinary Chinese were uprooted to make way for those facilities.

Thank you for the soul stiringly beautifull way the world got to see the beauty of your great people, in the artistic displays of the ceremonies and the athletic displays of the games. But I do not believe that the CCP’s system of repression is the best way to free expression. How much more soul stirring and great could the achievement of Chinese people be if they were free to full political and religious expression.

]]> By: Karsten http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/25/will-china-change-post-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-2937 Karsten Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:50:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/25/will-china-change-post-olympics/#comment-2937 Yes,China is advanceing at its own pace although it is very slow. and Nobody can not stop the progress of modernization,which is not is necessarily westernization Yes,China is advanceing at its own pace although it is very slow. and Nobody can not stop the progress of modernization,which is not is necessarily westernization

]]> By: carlos ip http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/25/will-china-change-post-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-2895 carlos ip Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/china/2008/08/25/will-china-change-post-olympics/#comment-2895 dear benjamin, for this "...and have more than enough to eat. They can choose where to live, travel, study and work and don’t need Party approval to tie the knot.", don't think it can apply to the rest of the population outside major cities, hence for around 0.9 billlion of chinese, they have not yet led the lifestyles described by you. tks. carlos dear benjamin,

for this “…and have more than enough to eat. They can choose where to live, travel, study and work and don’t need Party approval to tie the knot.”, don’t think it can apply to the rest of the population outside major cities, hence for around 0.9 billlion of chinese, they have not yet led the lifestyles described by you.

tks.
carlos

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