THE  NEW  ‘POST–OLYMPIC’  CHINA

 Tom Faranda, Speaker & Consultant

  Global Business, China and India

Named  by  “Meetings & Conventions Magazine”

 as 'one of the most exciting speakers in America.'

CHINA - OLYMPIC GOALS:

1.    Showcase the ‘new China” as a world leader

2.    Reduce China’s national inferiority complex

3.    Improve ‘outsiders’ perceptions of China

4.    Increase business investment in China

5.    Increase tourism and travel to China

CHINA – OLYMPIC SUCCESSES:

1.  CHINA – OLYMPIC  SUCCESS

   Medals:   USA-110 and CHINA-100

       GOLD      :   China- 51,    USA      - 36

       SILVER   :   USA - 38,    China     - 21

       BRONZE :   USA - 36,    China     - 28

2.   Excellent new infrastructure.

  BILLIONS of dollars well spent, including

  a new state-of-the-art airport terminal,

  new fast rail service into the city,

     two new subway lines, new ring roads, elegant

     facilities including the Bird’s Nest Stadium(the

     largest steel structure in the world)  and the Water 

     Cube swimming facility.  An outstanding job.

             This training was impressive and effective.

4. Outstanding Artistic and Entertainment 

   opening and closing ceremonies.

   $300 million worth of skill, art and beauty –

   not only the best in Olympic history so far

   but a new Olympic bench mark. 

 5. Showcasing China’s inventions

                from inventing  gunpowder, printing and  

         the Great Wall to modern technology.

     Who will ever forget the fireworks,

     the dancers on the huge LED and other

     dazzling things......beyond remarkable.

CHINA - OLYMPIC FAILURES:

 1.Travel and tourism to China will be enhanced 

     but NOT to the extent is should have been 

     after the Olympics. The government-mandated news 

     coverage was so restricted it did not create any real

     PASSION to visit China. It created interest but not 

     Passion. China failed in this regard by not opening 

     up the country enough to showcase its great beauty.

      Compare this to the TOUR de FRANCE where

     the news and photo coverage of the country and

     the athletes drives enormous tourism to France.

2. China did not improve ‘outsiders’ perceptions of China.

    If anything, they solidified the views that the Chinese

    Government is a controlling totalitarian state.

CHINA – POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES:

1.    Gained ‘face’ in the world for their excellence in

    artistic and athletic performances, organization,

engineering and their incredible facilities.

2.    Improved the world’s view of Chinese people

but not of the Chinese government. This is a

shame as China’s government has accomplished

a great deal of good for China in a short time.

CHINA – NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES:

1.    Loss of ‘face’ in the world for their dishonest 

    deeds—

including three major incidents and others that

show the ‘true’ China behind the face of China:

ONE     : Substituting lovely Lin Miaoke, lip-syncing

               while the Chinese ‘Idol’ winner, 7-year old

               Yang Piyi actually sang the opening song.

               This was a last minute decision by one member

               of the Chinese Politburo, demonstrating their

               power and total control of China.

TWO    :  Illegally using UNDERAGE (but wonderful)

                Chinese female gymnasts. Then, claiming it

                was all ‘an error due to bad paperwork’ and

                that the China Olympic Committee had 

                vetted all ages based on China issued

                passport documents and other excuses.

THREE: Sentencing two infirm women in their late 70’s

               to one year in a prison labor camp for daring to   

               request permission to protest the government’s

               insufficient compensation for their home, which

               was seized for redevelopment.

                           NOTE:  THEY DID NOT PROTEST.

                       They simply asked for permission to protest.

                       And, they did so in the proper way that the

                       Chinese government told them to do this.

2.    Loss of Chinese government credibility due to the

          lack of journalistic freedom—limiting exactly

          what global journalists could see, report on and

          photograph as well police arrests of peaceful

          protesters and reporters.

     IOC President, Jacques Rogge, assured everyone

     that The Games would spur China toward greater

     openness.  He was correct.  The REAL China

     showed itself well in its negative acts as well 

     as in its positive acts.

FINAL CHINA THOUGHTS 

       by Tom Faranda

China is an incredible story of success–it is a 

‘man-made’economic miracle that deserves 

global recognition. The Chinese government 

has done a remarkable job of creating and 

maintaining this miracle.  In the near future,

China will experience an economic meltdown 

but will recover and continue to grow and be 

a major force in the world.  China is a master of 

‘socialistic capitalism’ and it will adapt and grow 

as a global economic force. China will develop 

human rights and  other ‘western values’ over the 

next ten years.  This was best said by

 Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore:

“China’s leaders realize that to improve its

international standing, China must move toward

international norms of governance and public behavior.”  

                      I agree with Mr. Lee,

the man responsible for the miracle of Singapore.

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