Comments on: Really enjoyed the opening ceremony

By: Haidong Ji

Haidong Ji — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:45:56 +0000

Brendan and Chris: that’s too funny. I didn’t know what Morris dancers are. Thanks for pointing that out!

LittleFrog: There is a bittorrent site for the opening ceremony here, if you want to download it:

http://www.insideoutchina.com/2008/08/olympics-opening-ceremony-torrents.html

By: chriswaugh_bj

chriswaugh_bj — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:22:19 +0000

Brendan, I think your post on the ceremony gets this year’s award for most entertaining comment thread. But no, not Shakespeare on a trampoline. Morris dancers. That would do it.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:38:45 +0000

I actually enjoyed the opening ceremonies too, on balance – despite my fairly bitchy comments over on my blog. Its interesting to see the differences between NBC’s broadcast and the CCTV one I was viewing: NBC’s is definitely better-edited, and does a better job of giving a sense of the scale of things. (Though my tiny TV may also have something to do with this.)

Anyway, definitely one for the history books. I was wondering aloud the other day what London could do to top it. My father suggested “Shakespeare. On a trampoline.”

By: littlefrog

littlefrog — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:31:23 +0000

I was so sad when I knew I missed the opening ceremony, because I was on the interview. Later that night, I was glad that they show it on the TV one more time. pheeeww…. Impress of the ceremony!!

By: Haidong Ji

Haidong Ji — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:39:23 +0000

Welcome, Carrol! I’ve been enjoying reading your comments, and it’s good to have you here!

By: Carroll

Carroll — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:49:09 +0000

Hello, Haidong! I just found this blog as a result of your comment over at Jian Shuo’s, and am delighted to discover another source of information about China, and US-Chinese relations, from the point of view of an English-speaking Chinese ex-pat. Consider yourself bookmarked, and I will be back to visit often