Comments on: T+12 – Opening Ceremonies

By: 两只黄鹂鸣翠柳

两只黄鹂鸣翠柳 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:32:07 +0000

开幕式当天,我在打游戏没怎么看,因为不喜欢凑热闹. 感觉你很恨中国,但别让恨蒙蔽你的双眼.

By: 李德胜

李德胜 — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:38:09 +0000

一个白种人对另一个国家指手画脚总有黄祸论的嫌疑——尽管你们可以随便开自己总统的玩笑，但这不能作为诟病他国的挡箭牌。至于国内的精英虽然在批评的口径上与你们西方人相似，但出发点总是希望国家强大，至少我无法相信有一个外国人会为了激励中国强大故意说些恨铁不成钢的反话。

By: cranberry

cranberry — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:49:55 +0000

i moved to the US at the age of 10 and i suppose that i do know a thing or two about american “humor”. you can make fun, criticize, or crack jokes about the opening ceremony all you want but calling peking opera singers “caterwauling transvestites” is offensive and mean spirited.

By: Ben Ross

Ben Ross — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:31:27 +0000

I think the main thing everybody needs to consider is that there is a fundamental difference in understandings of humor. In the US, we are very relaxed about making fun of otherwise serious topics. Whether it’s the president, specific groups of people, Olympic ceremonies, or whatever, we like to crack jokes. The jokes are funny because we know that they aren’t meant to be taken for face value. China is a much more serious (I really wish I new a better word) culture. Just look at the expressions of the Chinese leaders (as Brendan alludes to) compared with the Mayor of London. The point is not to say that one way is better than the other, but any piece of journalism needs to be taken in context. Brendan’s piece (which for the record I find to be 真TMD搞笑) was not meant to offend Chinese people, but instead was a way to draw humor to an otherwise non-humorous event. For those of you who still think he was attempting to offend Chinese people, I suggest you download a copy of a Comedy Central broadcast of a US President’s State of the Union address. We make fun of ourselves, and our leaders, just as much (probably much more) than we do those of China.

By: 永远

永远 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:46:12 +0000

welcome to china !

By: 永远

永远 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:39:30 +0000

发现中国的古诗词翻成英文就像白开水一样没味道了…
中国的文化很多是只可意会不可言传的吧

By: hopping donkey

hopping donkey — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:53:34 +0000

Interesting comment.

People are disappointed with the opening ceremony, but now we can’t comment on anything negative with the opening ceremony online, so everything online is positive, everyone is satisfied.

This really make me sick.

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go to tianya.cn–杂谈section, u may find yourself satisfied there, i am pretty sure.

ps：对于张艺谋开幕式的评价，brendan和中国文化精英们的论调基本一致，没有什么好反驳或者叫好的。另外，我觉得很多中国人在看完brendan的中文博客后来这里看英文的，有种幻灭的感觉。我倒是觉得okay，我也真的认为brendan是热爱中国文化的，否则也不会一直在中国待着，而且还猫在中国的政治中心。但有一点肯定，他并不热爱中国政府，你我不也经常对政府骂骂咧咧吗？都是人，没什么不同。安啦！！！！

By: linda

linda — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:58:47 +0000

I hate you!
How can you say that?

By: claria

claria — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:24:00 +0000

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By: Sisi

Sisi — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:34:58 +0000

Appriciate your attention to the worldwide even 2008 Beijing, China is a big country that welcomes different vioces from different people and whats more important, China is devloping in a speed that everybody is jealous of and get awared of.

Did the United Stated withdraw its army from Irag when the Union Nation stepped out and Said “No”?
No, the same, China knows what it is doing and nobody can hold it back.