Chinese Lives

As the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games approaches, more than 400,000 volunteers have been working at 550 street stalls around Beijing since July, providing information, emergency aid and translation services for people from around the world. A total of 74,615 volunteers will provide services at Games venues, the Olympic Village and media centers of the Olympic Games. In addition, one million “social volunteers” have been helping to keep traffic and maintain social order in the communities and townships of Beijing.

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will stimulate volunteering in the society
It is not like you want to be a volunteer, you go to an application point, and you become one. At least volunteering for the Beijing Olympic Games has strict requirements about language skills, appearances, energy and good health. All chosen volunteers are regrouped as where they work and get trained separately. News say 300 volunteers were picked from 70,000 applicants to work on awarding ceremony. They started complicated etiquette training since last August. Now time is up. I know you are all ready.

I am very reluctant to reheat this argue now. But as cornered as China is at present, my silence may prove I feel guilty or remorseful, and some activists may wrongly get that China gets no support from their people.

What happened in Paris, is dispointing.  Deeply shocked to see varied raced non-Tibetans approached that close to torch relayers and grab their torches. Were the French Police properly trained? Certainly not. At least not as qualified as London police, and American police, who did restrain rioters.

Who is politicalising the Games? Frankly, China has many actions to beautifulize Beijing’s environment for international guests, so that they could see we are better.  But before any praises arrive,  international criticisms flooded in out of control. Even a simple Olympic torch relay parade can be sabotaged by furious activists.

If different voices, which can be  violent, are essential in West Democracy, I prefer Chinese Democracy, because I fear some voices in West Democracy is not natural, but a profession. I mean, if an activist, who do not know neither where Tibet is, nor where China is, was paid great for just a day’s job, why not?