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I should have edited and uploaded the footage earlier if not for some urgent projects that needed my attention.

Tan Siok Siok, the Director of the Olympic documentary Boomtown Bejing（北京沸腾）gave a welcoming message and then a Q & A session after the screening at Yugong Yishan（愚公移山）. All proceeds from this event went to the Library-Project.ORG.

My short review:

Boomtown Beijing is more than a documentary of the Beijing Olympics. It shows the spirit of the Olympics through the life of common people and tells us their dreams.

Olympics as a large-scale international sports event has more meanings than competing for medals. We should also remember and practice “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (swifter, higher and stronger) in our lives and I think this is one of the reasons why the Olympics are held all over the world and loved by the world. Boomtown Beijing shows us the people who really uphold the Olympic spirit.

Unlike some ‘official’ Olympic films, what you are going to see is all real. There will be no hyped talks or propaganda. No wonder after seeing the movie, some people changed their views about Bejing, China and also their attitude toward the Beijing Olympics.

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I don’t think people should mix politics with the Olympics. It’s also not right to associate the Olympics with certain hosting countries. By boycotting the hosting country, you are boycotting the Olympics.

I am a supporter of freedom of speech but violent protests are out of my taste. By trying to extinguish the torch, you are destroying the holiness of the Olympics spirit.

You may voice your disagreement with the Government, but associate yourself with the Chinese people. The cultural thing is, as long as you get support from outside China, you lose the support from the masses. We Chinese people do hate guys who are backed by foreigners.

Further resources of this discussion:

http://debate.chinaontv.com/index.php/chinaontv/inpage_debate_d