They've already transformed the way millions of people think and live. Seattleite and Fulbright researcher Daniel Beekman brings you Beijing. Subscribe. This is my last and 1. Feel free to browse Blogging Beijing's archives - just click on 'Daniel Beekman' above. China's politicians, magnates and athletes hogged the Olympic spotlight in 2. I hope Blogging Beijing afforded common Chinese voices a measure of respect. There's more to Beijing than the Yao Ming, Wen Jiaobao, the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube, just as there's more to Seattle than Ichiro, Greg Nickels and the Space Needle. BLS, PALS, Healthcare, ACLS, Cpr Certified, Aseptic. Counseling, Training, Addiction Recovery, Case Managment, Prevention. Case Managment, DBT, Motivational., Anger Management, Program Development. Museums, Lecturing, Cultural Heritage, Higher Education, Grant Writing, Prehistoric. Community Outreach, Special Education, Supervisory Skills, Staff Supervision, Therapists, Anger. Case Managment, Program. 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Whether we consider China a threat, sinister and fascistic, or a partner, dynamic and strong, understand China we must. It's the world's most populous country and an economic power. In 2. 00. 1, Beijing's leaders promised a 'Humanistic, People's Olympics.' Perhaps they delivered. Perhaps not. Regardless, let's follow their lead. Let's match their commitment. Let's exceed their good will. As we in America and the Pacific Northwest strive to understand China, let's concentrate on the Chinese people. Your correspondent in Beijing. Thank you to the U. S. Fulbright Program, the Institute of International Education and the United States Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs - for funding and guidance. Thank you to the Humanistic Olympics Studies Center at Renmin University of China and Dr. Jin Yuanpu - for sponsorship. Thank you to The Seattle Times - for space to report. Thank you to my family and friends, Chinese and American - for love and support. Comments . So he boldly declared by way of a guest column penned for The Guardian August 7. Ai likens China's Olympic effort to a forced smile. And is it possible for such a society to win international recognition and approval when liberty and freedom of expression are lacking? There are all kinds of efforts under way that are means for stricter and tighter control. When these new security rules and restrictions are put in place, how can one smile and perform, cheer and pose? To reach this point, China has endured disasters, suffering, humiliation, and a darkness that made people hopeless. Almost 6. 0 years after the founding of the People's Republic, we still live under autocratic rule without universal suffrage. We do not have an open media even though freedom of expression is more valuable than life itself. Today is not the time to dwell on our problems, but neither should we accept those who tell us these games are not political. According to Ai, the country's freedom was never for sale. Other Chinese see things differently. Actually, China will probably finish first in the gold medal count. We already have won more than 4. As Chinese sports develop, our country as a whole develops. Our economy, our culture, our living standard - these all may rise together. There were lots of Chinese, lots of foreigners. Everyone was very excited. The Chinese rowers' last 1. China took its first- ever rowing gold in the women's quadruple sculls. In the run- up to the 2. Games, Beijingers spoke about China's Olympics in terms of success and failure - after an earthquake 8. Richter scale devastated China's Sichuan province May 1. Fortunately, we trust our government. As for hosting the Olympics, China will succeed. We've had a week of cool, clear weather in Beijing. The opening ceremonies drew oohs and aahs. On the other hand, Muslim malcontents have mounted a series of violent attacks in China's northwest. Free Tibet activists demonstrated near Tiananmen Square and the Olympic Green. Police roughed up a British reporter. Americans were assailed on the Drum Tower. Three days and the Games will be over. Undoubtedly, China's leaders will count them a success. Undoubtedly, China's critics won't. As for the country's people.. Of course we've been welcoming. Of course we've watched the competitions here and there. We don't really know whether the Games have been successful or not, you see. A younger man tinkered with his motorcycle in the dirt nearby. Some of you haven't been courteous. The chess game continued. Newslinks: 'Beijing cool for men's 5. Chinese grumble about the Olympics, but quietly''A Table Tennis Star in China Now Uses Her Paddle for the U. S.''Shawn Johnson is a Star - on CCTV''China's 'Flying Spectacles Ace'''The Beijing 2. Olympic Games: Not all of China is cheering''An Olympic hero, airbrushed from China's history'Comments . China's swiftest son burst off his blocks, grimaced and disappeared. Gold medalist hurdler Liu Xiang tweaked his Achilles tendon on a false start Monday morning, then quit the 1. In Greece, he set a world record for the 1. Asian descent across the globe. Lei Feng' on Blogging Beijing.). China's most marketable man. He endorses everything from cleats to yogurt, soda pop to automobiles. The 2. 5- year old has, by all accounts, handled his fame gracefully. According to coach Sun Haiping, Monday's calamity had everything to do with Liu's injury. Yet few athletes have shouldered so much pressure. A disappointing day of track & field in Beijing. Last year, 'I wish to see Liu Xiang become Olympic champion (again)' topped respondents' Olympic wish lists in an extensive Internet survey. We tell our kids - look at Liu Xiang. Work hard to improve your body. Don't worry what other people say. When he's not running, he helps people. For a flash, there he was on the stadium's big- screen - crumpled into a locker- room chair. The Bird's Nest emptied in five minutes.! Intense sunrays sailed in. And west of the Bird's Nest, a super- fun water fountain thrilled bunches of sopping- wet Chinese children. One little boy clutched an umbrella, shrieking. Another slip- slid past delightedly - leaving a shoe. Two small girls held hands to splash around. No winners. A wonderful up day for China. If only Liu Xiang could have seen it. Water fountain fun on Beijing's Olympic Green. Newslinks: '2. 1 Olympic edicts from the Chinese Government's propaganda unit''Team China stays atop the medal list''Beijing authorities receive 7. August 1''Beijing police seize 2. Olympic illegal ticketers''Under clear skies, Beijing breathes easy'Comments . Gold medal fever has gripped Beijing. On the sixth floor of his modest brick building, in the living room of his modest apartment, Ha Yiqi picks a gorgeous dragonfly kite off the wall and flashes his modest smile. Beijing's greatest kite maker will watch these Olympics on television at home with his family - . For seven years he's championed a truly Olympic cause - bringing Chinese culture to the world. Two thousand years of Chinese kite culture. Other Chinese folk artists - singers, dancers and shadow puppeteers - performed beside him. They were interested - they'd never seen art like ours before. We met people from 5. We talked a lot, and treated all the athletes the same - the athletes from China and the athletes from Togo. He'll keep on kites when the races are run; these Olympics have boosted cultural pride domestically, awareness abroad and furthered heritage protection. Kristin Congdon, professor of film and philosophy at the University of Central Florida. That story can best be told through Chinese traditions and folk art. She and her students have documented Ha's craft, and that of fellow folk artists in Beijing and Shandong province for China. Vine's website. They were an artistic statement beyond my wildest imagination. Of course, Olympic organizers here planned the Games for China's future, not its past. Folk art and folklore change with time and place, but Beijing is developing so fast, its folk art and folklore may not have time to adapt. Now searching through our history for meaning, for identity. Just as our society has developed economically, it will develop artistically. He didn't try kite making until the age of 1. And the more kites I made, the more I grew to love kite making. So was his grandfather. In those days, kite makers in Beijing depended on rich patrons for business. The Ha family ran a small restaurant as well. Quality and exquisiteness, that's what Beijing's lords demanded. It requires a combination of imagination and skill, physics and aesthetics. If your kite looks great but doesn't fly.. He's determined to keep his family's craft alive. In the beginning, kites were used only for war. Now everyone can fly. In America, if you make the same cookies for Christmas every year, it's a tradition. In China, it's only a tradition if your great- grandfather did it. I wish we had the same respect for history that the Chinese do. Barcelona's Catalan, Cubist sheep dog, Nagano's snow monkeys, Atlanta's.. Coca- Cola dispensers. Most people here see these Games as a showcase for Chinese history and culture. Ha, though, believes in a deeper connection between sport and art. You hear athletes saying things like 'our gymnastic art,' 'our diving art.' What they're saying is true.? I've watched American basketball players - the Dream Team. Their movements are very artistic, very beautiful. They have Internet, restaurants and dry cleaners. We wanted to offer them something too - a tranquil, civilized space to appreciate art. I know they appreciated it. It looked so pretty, so harmonious up high. No animosity - everyone's flag in the same sky. This Blogging Beijing entry, therefore, speaks to one family's experience only. It does not constitute a full investigation. The principal interviewees also asked that their names be withheld. Ayi is the Chinese word for 'aunt.')Her first day in court, Ayi heard someone say, ! Does she want to ruin the Olympic Games? I trust my country - I trust what's right. That's what the flag means to me. Ayi is wading through the mud.. Others have dubbed her a crusading dingzihu ('nail- house' fighter). A dingzihu can't be bought. A dingzihu hangs on to his or her property, whatever the consequences. All Chinese land belongs, officially, to the state. When these disputes go to court, the common people usually lose. Less than 1,0. 00 remain today. Most of it will be torn down.
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