...or Carrying the Flag (1) ...
I've known about Yao Ming since I lived in China (before he hit America) and he
truly is a popular hero.
It is in the nature (or at least culture) of China to be intensely nationalistic and so you can forget all the hype about carrying the torch - there is only one thing today that will mark down a human as representative of all that a country holds proud: The flag.
He's done it before - at the last Olympics, but that cannot compare to carrying it today, in China.
When he was asked by an interviewer earlier in the week if he was going to be the person lighting the flame, he said wait and see - there was a gleam in his eyes and the slightest of smiles on his face ...unsurprising really, he had a greater task to perform than the trivial Nazi-created sports symbolism of torch bearing: In his hands will be the focus of by far the majority of the Chinese people and the stadium better be well built because the roar that will explode around the world will possibly be registering on the seismometers in America.
Technorati Tags: Yao Ming, Olympics, China, NationalismI've known about Yao Ming since I lived in China (before he hit America) and he
truly is a popular hero. It is in the nature (or at least culture) of China to be intensely nationalistic and so you can forget all the hype about carrying the torch - there is only one thing today that will mark down a human as representative of all that a country holds proud: The flag.
He's done it before - at the last Olympics, but that cannot compare to carrying it today, in China.
When he was asked by an interviewer earlier in the week if he was going to be the person lighting the flame, he said wait and see - there was a gleam in his eyes and the slightest of smiles on his face ...unsurprising really, he had a greater task to perform than the trivial Nazi-created sports symbolism of torch bearing: In his hands will be the focus of by far the majority of the Chinese people and the stadium better be well built because the roar that will explode around the world will possibly be registering on the seismometers in America.
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