2008
15
Aug
First we had the CGI fireworks at the opening ceremony, then we found out that the young girl singing was actually miming a song pre-recorded by another child and now we discover that the cute children wearing traditional dress and representing China’s 55 minorities were all Han Chinese, the main ethnic group of China.
The Wall [...]
2008
15
Aug
A talented, 26-year-old Chinese dancer was seriously injured during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic games just 12 days before the show, and faces the prospect of being paralyzed for the rest of her life.
Liu Yan, considered one of the country’s top classical Chinese dancers, was preparing the performance [...]
2008
14
Aug
I only heard about this after reading transcripts of the press conference with BOCOG officials.
Liu Yan a classical dancer was seriously injured and might be paralyzed after leaping to a platform that “malfunctioned” during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Zhag Yimou, director of the opening ceremony [...]
2008
12
Aug
Olympics Ceremony Featured Fake Fireworks, Fake Singer, All in the Name of National Interest
Eager to put on a perfect Olympics, Beijing has swept its streets of fake designer handbags, pirated DVDs and phony corporate logos.
That dedication to authenticity apparently does not extend to Olympics ceremonies.
In recent days the Chinese Olympics organizers have admitted to faking [...]
2008
12
Aug
Chinese officials have admitted deceiving the public over another highlight of the Olympic opening ceremony: the picture-perfect schoolgirl who sang as the Chinese flag entered the stadium was performing to another girl’s voice.
The girl in the red dress with the pigtails, called Lin Miaoke, 9, and from a Beijing primary school, has become a [...]
2008
12
Aug
Having basked in the glow of excellent viewing figures, NBC and the Beijing Olympic Committee are now having to face accusations from some quarters over fakery wrt their broadcast of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.The organisers have been accuse…
2008
11
Aug
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Beijing Games opening ceremony set a very high standard and Vancouver, hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, has its work cut out to follow it, its Games chief said on Saturday.
Speaking a day after the Games opened in Beijing with a four-hour extravaganza that won rave reviews around the world, Vancouver [...]
2008
11
Aug
The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics last Friday drew 34.2 million TV viewers in the US.
The show became the largest TV event in the US since the Super Bowl football game, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) has said.
NBC also cited statistics released by global provider of television audience measurement Nielsen Media Research, saying the [...]
2008
11
Aug
Probably not too unexpected, but Business Week has reported that Li Ning’s shares have soared since the opening ceremony.
Li Ning the gymnast won 6 gold medals at the Los Angeles Olympics. He went on to start his own sporting goods company Li Ning.
While strapped to a harness Li Ning did a lap of honor [...]
2008
11
Aug
The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics pulled in a record number of TV viewers around the world.NBC in the USA, despite not showing the event live and delaying it to primetime, managed to score its highest ever rating (over 34 million viewers) fo…