China clearly sees the Olympics as a pivotal moment in its history – the moment when the world was forced to recognize China's power and talent. Of course the world has watched China's rapid rise for many years now, and had no need of the Olympics to confirm the obvious. Perhaps the Beijing Games were more important as a psychological reassurance to the Chinese themselves, who often seem insecure about the world's perception of their state.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080831.WByorkblog20080831112842/WBStory/WByorkblog/Comment by me: Hopefully this will be good thing
in terms of the nature of the Chinese Communist Party's domestic and international policies in years ahead.
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