The Showdown in August 2008

Will Beijing know that the so called free news reporting for the coming Olympic Game would be a great chance for foreigners to challenge the old topics of human right, Tibet independence etc.?

I am sure that all leaders in China have already prepared long time ago.

No matter what will happen, this is a great chance to move these problems to a new phrase. It is certain that no winning or loss and these topics would never be over because those foreign countries need to keep it that way.

Same as I said before, everything has two sides of story telling. In modern time, I mean after the kingdom, nothing can be solved directly and with full acceptance. That is the problem of democratic.

Just like the Tibet event this year, we shall face manipulated images, the famous CNN photo may happen again. The shameless foreign reporting will copy from each selected source again. Fortunately, with the western developed Internet, we have some Chinese with time and abilities to work against such informative invasion.

The anti-CNN is a good work and I hope that they will continue to watch what happen in August 2008. CCTV may become the only trustworthy reporting channel after the Game.

Some reporters may be expelled and there may be events in Tibet and Xinjiang. Some foreign athletes may try to do some naïve acts. It is possible for some who know that they cannot win and the best is to be expelled instead of failure in competition. That would give the Olympic authority lots of trouble.

Just like the earthquake, it is another grand test for China.

In the history of modern China, the year of 2008 will be a turning point. Am I nervous? Yes, certainly.

Yet, it is interesting even before the Game. The dance of French President, the braveness of British Prime Minister, the assertive participation of American President will be hardly forgotten.

北京當局明白外地會利用所謂自由報導即將舉行的奧運機會來以人權，西藏獨立等問題挑戰呢？
我深信中國所有領導多年前已有準備。

無論有什麼事發生，這始終是一個機會來把這些問題轉到一個新局面。可以肯定是將不會有勝方及負方因為那些國家需要這些把柄來說話。

正如我常說，所有事情都有兩面性的報導。在現代，我是指在皇朝制度後，沒有事件是可以直接解決及受到全部人的接受。這是民主產生的問題。

正如本年的西藏事件，我們將面對更改的新聞照片，著名的CNN圖片可能再度出現。無恥的外國報導轉載選擇來源將會繼續。多得於西方發展出來的互聯網，不少中國人有時間及能力來抗衡這種報導攻擊。

稱為anti-CNN的網站是件很好的事，我希望他們繼續留意在本年8月可能發生的問題。奧運之後中央電視台可能變成最可信任的新聞報導。

有些記者將會被驅趕而西藏及新疆可能會有事件發生。一些外國選手可能會做一些幼稚的行為。
可能有些已經沒有勝出希望選擇被驅逐而不是在競賽中落敗。這會給奧運管理極大的麻煩。

正如地震，這是中國面對的大測驗。

在中國的現代史中，2008年將會是一個轉捩點。我是否有點緊張？當然是的。

可是在奧運前已有不少有趣事件。法國總統的舞蹈，英國首相的勇氣及美國總統的強調出席都是不可忘記的事。