If there is any political significance of the Beijing Olympics, said Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, it would be "China's coming out party to celebrate its progress and opening up to the world."
There is an old Chinese saying, "How happy we are, to meet friends from afar!" Since ancient times China has always been a hospitable and friendly nation. The Chinese people regard the coming Beijing Olympics a perfect occasion to host friends from all over the world, as well as an opportunity to show to the world the real China.
The Beijing Olympic Games is not just a grand gathering of the 1.3 billion Chinese people, but also a gathering of all the peace-loving people around the world, it will propagate valuable virtues such as peace, friendship and cooperation. To politicize such a grand and happy ceremony will only hurt the feelings of all the peace-lovers, including the Chinese people, and tarnish the spirit of the Olympics. That is why rejecting the politicizing of the Olympics has always been the mainstream ideal in the international community.
