http://robertlterrell.com/2008/08/homage-to-the-middle-kingdom-george-w-bush-and-the-beijing-olympics/ A photo journey of social, political, economic and human rights in today's society Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://robertlterrell.com/2008/08/homage-to-the-middle-kingdom-george-w-bush-and-the-beijing-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Zhichao Yan Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:05:29 +0000 http://www.robertlterrell.com/blog/?p=890#comment-16 President Bush's attendance to the opening ceremony may have little effect of improving Republican's poor impressions among U.S. citizens, but it soothes Chinese anger towards CNN and other U.S. media's distorted reports about Tibetan isurrection. Meanwhile, it meets China's desire to be recognized as a influential country in the world by having the president of the most powerful country in the world attending its ceremony. Nevertheless, for saying that "Regarding the Beijing Olympics this summer, a boycott of the opening ceremonies should be firmly on the table," Barack Obama has attracted negative attention in China. Yet, the Chinese public hasn't demostrated a significant preference for either Barack Obama or John McCain. President Bush’s attendance to the opening ceremony may have little effect of improving Republican’s poor impressions among U.S. citizens, but it soothes Chinese anger towards CNN and other U.S. media’s distorted reports about Tibetan isurrection. Meanwhile, it meets China’s desire to be recognized as a influential country in the world by having the president of the most powerful country in the world attending its ceremony.
Nevertheless, for saying that “Regarding the Beijing Olympics this summer, a boycott of the opening ceremonies should be firmly on the table,” Barack Obama has attracted negative attention in China. Yet, the Chinese public hasn’t demostrated a significant preference for either Barack Obama or John McCain.

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