Point they were making also, is that hardcore fans and spectators weren’t getting to watch alot of the events they wanted to because of all this.

Also, a US highschool gym team of about 11 people that traveled to watch the games got ripped off by some Chinese ticket website called Beijingticketing.com that turned out to be bogus. It was removed off the web last week. Luckily two legitimate American travel agencies were able to secure enough tickets for the group to still see the games.

Chinese….wow. Sure making a good name for themselves on this one, lol.

bb… it’s actually not uncommon to have ‘fake’ audience to fill the seats, but Beijing did it in a rather stupid way. Most of the time the organisers would sponsor tickets to students… it helps filling the empty seats, and it gives the kids a real experience with the big games. It’s supposed to be win-win, but Beijing organisers are a bit inexperience obviously.

Another thing they were talking about on the news last night was that during the opening ceremony, some of the fireworks which appeared around the city was pre-recorded a few days earlier and some were just computer-generated. I’m not sure if thats a rumor or not but bbc did talk about it.

I wonder how many more secrets China is keeping about the olympic opening ceremony?

About the girl… she is not the one who sang in Welcome to Beijing. The girl who sang in the MV was the performer in 2004 Athens.

why are the netizens so mad at the korean president? he was happy cheering, and a happy cheerer would probably lose focus on other things. and yeah, isn’t that flag just made upside-down? if it is, then it shouldn’t be his fault. i never paid attetnion to which way is right for the korean flag though…

the choosing song thing for the gold medalists is cool. patriotic songs might be a bit boring though. but they seem more suitable at this event than pop songs.

is it that girl who sang the first line in the song “welcome to beijing”? i thought she didn’t look like her. but anyhow, if this case is true, i’d feel a bit embarassed as a chinese. does a cute look really matter? it’s just the olympics, not a fashion show. it’s a horrible decision and these young girls shouldn’t be under this kind of pressure.

On the Korean flag, maybe they should punish whoever put the flag on the stick backwards to begin with. The president could only hold the flag one way.

As for the singer. Ummm… that’s not good at all. It shows a lack of character on the part of the organizers. But it’s not surprising either. In fact, it sort makes a statement about what alot of folks feel about China anyway. That things in China are raraely as they appear. Kind of shows a reflection of how Chinese do business in general….’counterfeit’ products, lol.

Trying to fake the people out about the singer gives a bad image. And doing it because the other girl was ‘cuter’ than the actual singer is just pure assinine and ridiculous. Will they ever learn, that the outside world is not as stupid and naive as they believe.

the fake singing issue is heavly debate on chinese forums now. some say the reports are fake but some say the tv news have interview the real singer so its truthful. the people also have mix response to this, some agree some don’t. i like miao ke, she is cute, and its not her fault for the arrangement, but I will want the real singer to perform on stage.

salute to natalie and natalia, two amazing woman.