Bottom line, the Chinese performance of The Olympics has turned out to be a hyper-self-conscious effort in promoting the postcard version (photoshopped) of China over the real China.
The world will leave... still not knowing China, as much because the Chinese have failed to be themselves as anything.
I live in a lot of worlds. The suburbs. A Unitarian Universalist Church. Ministry. Mommy group. Missional Theology. Childhood cancer land. I write about all of it here.
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I found the whole thing rather disgusting.
Sad. Disgusting. Shameful. Embarrassing.
Bottom line, the Chinese performance of The Olympics has turned out to be a hyper-self-conscious effort in promoting the postcard version (photoshopped) of China over the real China.
The world will leave... still not knowing China, as much because the Chinese have failed to be themselves as anything.
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