기다리던 베이징 올림픽의 막이 그들이 좋아하는 숫자인 8자를 따라
8월 8일 오후 8시에 올랐읍니다.

올림픽때 마다 미국 NBC의 prime time을 겨냥해서 journalism
보다는 commercialism으로 delayed taping해서 보여주는 것에
불만이 많았는데 다행이 카나다 접경에 사는 이점으로 CBC의 생방송으로
볼수있어서 미국에 있는 친구들과 share할려고 TV에 나오는 장면들을
내사진기로 찎어 여기에 옮겼읍니다.

사진 질이 좋지 않으나 양해 하시고 보시기 바랍니다.   규정

황규정님, Olympic News를 터트려줌을 감사합니다. 수고 스럽겠지만,
앞으로 좋은 사진 나오는대로 계속 특파원 노릇해주시기 바랍니다.

오늘 Internet website을 통해서 개막식 동영상 보았읍니다.
전 중국인들이 심혈을 기울여 준비/노력한것이 틀림없군요.
그 인원 동원, 그 재료 동원, 그 돈이 엄청난 숫자임이 틀림 없겠읍니다.

한때의 공산주의 나라가 이렇게 발전된것은 경이롭다고 봅니다.
이런면에서 소련보다 훨씬 월등하게 보입니다.
그럼 우리는 어디에 속하나 한번 생각해 봅니다.

중국을 그동안 이끈 지도자들의 현명함일가? 나에게는 그렇게 생각되는군요.
노태우, 전두한, 김대중같은 지도자들은 중국에는 그동안 한사람도 없었겠죠.

Dr. Hwang의 수고 감사합니다.
운영자님,
그러나 우리 남한 사람들은 중국인들보다 individual freedom을
어느 선진국인들 못지않게 즐기고 있다고 봅니다.
나는 그런면에서 우리 민주국가 한국을 무엇보다도 더자랑스럽게 생각해야한다고 봅니다.
아시다싶이 지도자들 역시 따로 태어난 특별한 supernatural한 superman의 기질이 있다고 생각하면 큰 오산이겠지요.

It is my understanding that when the founding fathers of USA wrote the constitution, there was consensus
among them in that man or woman is baiscally not trustworthy and is dictated by animal instincts
such as greed, power, sex, etc. and that they came up with the idea of "check and balance" to avoid the power being
provided to one man or one party as had been the case for thousands of years.
In that sense all the Korean dictators we had are not surprising to us.
Now we can feel confident that our Koreans in the south have learned and have been educated to avoid
the same mistake from happening but should be on guard all the time.

Witnessed " Rising China ", Spectacular Way.
A Little Intimidating, A Little Menacing,
even though they kept on emphacizing Peace/Togetherness.

Dr. Bang,
I felt same way as well.
It seems to show what the intention of the more than a billion people is, i.e.
wanting to be the superpower surpassing any nation on Earth, with their rich history
and culture. Already they are bullying their neighbors such as South Korea.

South Korean government has refused repeatedly the entry visa for Dalai Lama
who was invited to speak because Korean government was afraid of angering the chinese
government. This is what I read sometime ago.
What they've been doing to Tibet for decades is totally despicable and wrong.
Surprisingly a number of the Chinese-American friends of mine do not agree with me and
support the chinese government actions,which upsets me.

Lee Sun-bae-nim,
 
Someday, History Will Tell Us How China Evolved.
Interesting, But We'll Not Be Here.

One Thing For Sure,They Learned Lesson from Collapse of Old Soviet Union.
They'll Go Slow in Their Reform Process. They'll Sacrifice Democratic Way of Living.

They, Chinese people, are Living in the Era of 1970s' Korea.
We lived those years asking ourselves "What We Can Do For Our Country",
Not Asking "What The Country Can Do For Us".

It Is Our Generation Who Made Korea Today, Most Prosperous in The History of Korea.
They, Chinese Leaders, Learned Lessons from Korea and has Followed the Path of President Park.

They Looked Back Their 5,000 Years of History To Aim Their Future at The 55 Minutes' Ceremony.
And They Showed to the World While We,Koreans, Strolled. That'll Haunt Us For A Long time.

 That's my thought.  

In NBC TV, while showing the opening ceremony, the commentator said,
"This is the most important moment in the history of China".

How much did he know about China, I doubted,
but soon I realized that he really knew !!
To me, it was the most historical moment for China.
Because I saw the "sleeping lion" finally having been awakened.
I heard the roar of the lions in the Olympic Stadium and that made me shiver.
Oh, they are going to rule us again like they had done in our past history !!

The American NBC commentator must have felt the same threat as I had.
.... An enormous power that someday will rule his America and then the world.

The "One World" they are saying may be the "one world" under their rule !!

Indeed a very good, observant assessment, Dr. Bang, which
I basically agree with.
I just watched Park, Tae Wan winning the gold medal in 400 m free style swimming for the first time
in the history of Korea.

I believe our country is in good hands of the capable young generation which
will figure out how to deal with China, Japan, etc.
We older generation's job is to enjoy the moments like this and pray hard.
Lately we Koreans seem blessed with all these good news in various sports, which
certainly boosts our morale and pride.
Thank you for your comments.

As long as we are talking about our future generation, I want to add what I saw and felt about our
young generation in Korea, Lee Sun-bae-nim.

I visited Korea last summer for 2 weeks to see my old friends, here and there all over the country.
I walked main blvd of Seoul, visited 'dae-hak-ro' and drove various hwys of the country.

One thing impressed me was Our Young Generation's 1) Open and frank attitude 2) Vibrant vitality
they showed. Of course, I was shocked the way they changed the country for better on the surface,
at least. The country was Totally Different from What I knew when I left her in 1973, 35 years ago.
Of course, I visited Korea time to time in the past, not extensively like I did last year though.
I witnessed so-called 'Chun-ji-gae-beuk'. That was Korea Today.

I have Great Faith in Our Young Generation in Korea. I left the country with great joy because of them. 

If I add one more thing, I hope they change Political World for the Better Society.
I wish they drive those Political Rascals out of business. They are the ones poisoning Korea.
 
Thank You, Lee Sun-bae-nim.