Harry Tran’s Daily 101

I just don’t get China, they’ll spend $40 billion to impress the world with theatrics, only to break three promises that they made as reported by CNN.

Does China really want the whole world watching them right now because it is just one awfully bad publicity stunt to have had the Olympics held in Beijing this Summer. I know having the Olympics held in your country is held with the highest of esteem but if you don’t take advantage of the cost of holding the Olympics there than there is no gain in being seen by the rest of the world.

They had an awfully harmful pollution problem. This shows the rest of the world that they have yet to put themselves into the spot of a world power. They still have poor factories which are not regulated effectively. But on the one hand they are not fully to be blamed for the pollution for what they have sacrificed to breath in the bad pollution would be pollution an American would be breathing had they not taken away all the manufacturing plants. And it is definitely a sacrifice because as China gains their wealth our companies will begin to pull production from their factories and contract over to cheaper countries. They’ll be left with some unused factories and a sky full of smog when we pull out.

They have limited human rights which isn’t anything new, and when it comes to a game that is meant for the entire world to see, they decide to continue blocking off the freedom of the internet and the press. What is it with them and having to constantly hide certain stories from the eyes of the citizens, they think that because people read a few stories that China’s entire nation will crumble, and maybe so. But at the same time with all the commotion going on about China their people are probably fed up with how things are being run but they cannot speak out for themselves in regards to the issue. And once again this was a promise that they offered the committee in bidding for the games, that they would allow freedom of information, promises broken are hard to forget especially when there are a good part of the Earth watching. They will remember it all, and not everyone will forgive and just forget it.

China has had a bad string of news lately leading up to the Olympics. With the three issues aside, they have had problems with their toys, poisonous ingredients in their pet food, and of course the whole issue with Tibet. They could have definitely used the Olympics and the $40 billion dollar price tag on the publicity to let the world know that they care to make change rather than take their traditional short cuts instead of finding a real cure for their problems. People don’t like broken promises especially if they were the reason why you were chosen as the hosting country, so just because the Olympic committee has already been stuck with holding the Olympic games there doesn’t mean that they will forget the next time deciding the country comes up again.

China seems to have a very myopic view of how people think. They think that they can create an image out of art when real planning, organization, and commitment is necessary to develop a positive public image. They had the nerve to go and switch out a child singer because of her looks. What kind of image does China want to send to the rest of the world, not to mention their own people, that a girl who can sing well will never be successful unless she looks great at the same time?

When all of the world is watching they decide to mess things up pretty badly. There probably won’t be another Olympic games in China again so take heed that this is your one good chance to clear up the world that China is ready for the big boys table.