Hello again!
No, I have not been travelling since my last post.
However, I have been watching the olympics for the past 18 days.
As most of you surely know, the games were this time held in Beijing, China.
Unortunately I had nor time or money to go there to vitness it with my own eyes. Instead I’ve been making my spot in the tv-sofa, slept in it, set my alarm to buzz at 2-3 in the morning…every morning
I’ve said from the get-go that I did nothing but love China and the chines people.
During the time before the olympics alot of the talk was about how they would handle the politics before, during and after the games.
It was said(atleast in sweden) in media that the chinese people were not happy, they were under strict surveillance of the government and that alot of executions were beeing made.
Nothing however was said that the people in China are a happy people. That they have always lived like this and that they are not light on changes.
Some people, mostly younger, have bigger eyes and ears for the western world, but they still have very much respect for their elders and leaders, and they get influenced by them aswell.
Today I watched the closing ceremonies on swedish television, and the commentators were almost shocked when they could reveal for the 9 million inhabitants of Sweden that the chinese had been happy, they were helpful all the time. That they took their time to help misled tourists, to guide, and that they actually cheered when other than chinese athletes were competing. Even when they were competing against chinese.
This is what I’ve said all along.
Chinese people are the best, the funniest, the most loving, the most helpful there is.
I love China and they who live there!
Thank you for one of the best olympic games I’ve ever vitnessed!
xìexìe
