by Gerry Legister

Created on: August 06, 2008   Last Updated: August 07, 2008

There is no doubt, that question were been ask when choosing Beijing as host city for the Olympics, first it was a hurdle to jump over, when considering that the organisation will be bringing the modern games into the pages of ancient history, with one fifth of the worlds population totalling 1.3 billion people.

It was a big gamble, to suggest a country steep in dense friction, would have the courage to change their way of thinking, and be a little open-minded to accommodate western freedom and innovations. Rather than promoting propaganda, Beijing is a city launching itself into the modern arena of western civilization. They will still repress the rights of dissidents, but in time, divided interests will come to the table for discussion.

The transformation of Beijing is quiet remarkable, when considering the ring of doubt that had pervaded over the country, with its amazing buildings and complete new look of oriental revamp, anticipation is running at fever pitch for the up coming Olympic games, people will crack out the sweets and bemuse themselves in moments of adrenalin.

China desires to dispel traditional stigma, and ditch their old creaky image, that has been hanging around like a dirty cloud, some residents have been forced out of communities into other suburbs to live, in order for the authorities to undertake and develop their massive reconstruction program.

With the world at their feet and the sky remaining still dirty, Beijing has the look of a capital masculinity going wild in outpouring emotions, china has never had so much interest, never before had they been the focus of such attention, with their hard days suspiciously behind them, peoples confidence is rising again along with the city smog, we all want to believe that the Chinese capital is ready to host the Olympic games.

But inadvertently, questions still remains to be answered, will the games be a great success amidst the mess, we would like think so, because athletes have gone to great lengths in preparation for this feast of enjoyment, the athletes themselves will definitely turn it on with their trained skills, but will Beijing be a turn off? Republicans and democratic wants to make this propaganda stitch up, but other nations needs to reassert themselves with the green way of thinking, before kicking down the back door of Beijing.

Expectation is high, there is no getting away from that, locals will be watching with national pride, but the world will be analysing every unexplained corner of

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