DBWI; Olympics in China 2008!!

yourworstnightmare

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You know Beijing was acctually one of the candidates for the summer olympics 2008. What if the Chinese acctually would have got the Olympics. What would happen then? How would China handle such a big event? How would they treat sensitive questions like human rights if all the eyes of the world was on them?
 
Beijing? really? Never mind human rights, the air pollution alone would rule it out! you need to stop peddling all these ridiculous WIs around the forum!!!
 
Well they would certainley be more controverisal but they would also be much more interesting.

I'm not going to lie, let's look at the past Olympics since Seoul in 88'

Barcelona 92'
Atlanta 96'
Sydney 00'
Athens 04'
Toronto 08'

All did a good job, but its been very...bland and cookie cutter to say the least. If China did get it instead of Canada, I would say they would be topping the Canadians show by like 1000 times, the opening ceremony was really nothing special last night. Who knows what China would have done, but we all know that Communists love to put on a show!:p
 
Bit of an overreaction, but he's got a point. China is good for big shows and certainly would have had the money to rejuvenate the Olympic brand (remember when people watched the ceremonies to see something spectacular?). But the politics are pretty nightmarish. How many Western politicians would feel themselves obligated to stay home under pressure from their electorates? And that's just the beginning. Imagine if they then chose to invite the rulers of some of their client states instead - second-tier Western leaders sharing the bleachers with the likes of Omar al-Bashir and Kim Jong Il.

And the Chinese state would throw up a security apparatus that is almost ridiculous, and the world press would hate it. Chinese minority activists are media savy, so just imagine what kind of damage a single effective protest could do in front of the world's cameras. Not to forget the controversy we'd see about the whole Chinese sports programme and the doping allegations. China in its own country would - fairly or not - be dealing with this accusation at every turn. Especially if they manage to get a large number of medals. Sour grapes is a specialty of nations used to doing better in the past (I guess we'll hear most about it in Russia, Germany and the US).

I really couldn't imagine the IOC going for this kind of PR train wreck voluntarily.
 
Its a great choice that Beijing China is the host of the 2008 Summer Games never mind the human rights record of China. But the problem is Beijing city government was unable to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of Beijing by 3/4 by August 8. What if Toronto Canada was chosen as host instead of Beijing in 2001. Would Toronto city government finance the games?
 
It's just that the China Olympics wouldn't have cut it imo. I think that they wouldn't have had the capacity to deal with the whole event. Something would go wrong and then all hell would brake loose. At least security would be good in China or not. :S
 
What is the point of saying china will not succeed when you have evidence that it HAS succeed?

Seriously, I don't see the point of DBWI, other than acting dumb.
 
What is the point of saying china will not succeed when you have evidence that it HAS succeed?

Seriously, I don't see the point of DBWI, other than acting dumb.

uhhh...then why did you post? If you don't like whats going on here feel free to ignore it.
 
What is the point of saying china will not succeed when you have evidence that it HAS succeed?

Seriously, I don't see the point of DBWI, other than acting dumb.
OOC: Wow, that's the point in having dbwi:rolleyes:. Its fun to act like reality (otl) seems far fetched in atl. Like people say, truth is stranger than fiction.

But seriously, if you don't like how the forums work, please go away and make your own.

IC: Yeah, I agree that a Beijing Olympics was unlikely. But I really wanted to see how they do the opening ceremony, considering how much money and effort they would have spent on it.
 

yourworstnightmare

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I could agree on the fact that the Opening Ceremony would probably be spectacular, but do any of you think that China perhaps would make gestures towards Tibet if they were going to hold the Olympics?
 
I could agree on the fact that the Opening Ceremony would probably be spectacular, but do any of you think that China perhaps would make gestures towards Tibet if they were going to hold the Olympics?

They couldn't help but do so, really. The IOC has come a long way since the 1930s and they would certainly demand some concessions. OK, they awarded gamnes to the Soviets, but that was the Cold War. And look at how Seoul went - you can't get around the expectation of progress. Nothing spectacular, of course, but maybe a gesture of goodwill, talks with the Dalai Lama or somesuch.
 
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