[olympics 2008] Beijing Welcomes You 北京欢迎你

This just makes me so happy. Seriously. :) GO GO JACKIE CHAN! AND WANG LEEHOM! STEFANIE SUN! KAREN MOK! JOLIN TSAI!… AND RANDOM KOREAN STARS!

Note: If anyone dares attempt to start some Olympic drama wank right now, I will kick your ass. There’s a time and place, and that’s not here,  on my blog.

I’ve heard every argument. Ithaca is Dalai Lama’s North American seat. Everyone here is “Free Tibet! Down with China!” I don’t like or condone imperialistic behavior from any country, but there has been rampant racism and double standards coming from bullying wealthy nations too. :| Basically, all of this makes me sad because I just want Beijing to hold the Olympics with no political drama equivalent to 4chan wank.

Okay, that sounds vaguely melodramatic. Let’s just say that I’d been getting a lot of crap for wanting Beijing to host the Olympics from some people at school.

It’s funny because I’m not very nationalistic (and really, I was born and raised in New York!) about China. I identify myself Asian-American more than Chinese-American (and before Chinese).I’ve only recently become interested in learning Mandarin/Cantonese and how to read and write in Chinese. I sometimes feel like I have no attachment to my parents’ culture until things like this occur.