Thought Garage

What a Wonderful video on China and Beijing Olympics , that gives a panoramic view of China and its rich culture. I love this video. :Beijing and beyond: A journey through China's many splendors. From the limestone towers of Guilin to the Shaolin monks of Dengfeng with pandas idling between, China awaits. URL: http://www.nbcolympics.com/destinationbeijing/index.html?assetid=69caa828-06d9-43d6-b9db-4e84731cf0c3   You need to install Microsoft Silverlight, a browser extension to view. Don't forget to view in Enhanced Player.

This is the first time ever attempted to take Olympic torch to the top of the world. Its an amazing feat to carry the torch to the top of Mount Everest. The world's finest games at the top of the world. Kudos to Beijing for the plan. Hope, people will put their political views aside and enjoy these wonderful moments of the Games.

Its unfortunate that many are trying to use the Olympic Torch to demonstrate their views about how China is handling Tibet issue and in general Human Rights outcry. I am not surprised at venting out their anger at China for a variety of reasons, but I am totally shocked at the means they chose to display. Olympic torch has a symbolic meaning and putting out the torch for political reasons doesn't make any sense. The passage of the Olympic flame through Paris was disrupted, with police twice placing the torch on a bus after failing to keep pro-Tibetan protesters at bay. The flame was carried from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower today to cross Paris on its way to the Beijing games. Within the first hour of its intended four-hour tour, it was temporarily extinguished for technical reasons, i-Tele news channel reported. Bloomberg.com: Worldwide The relay is planned to be the longest in Olympic history, covering 137,000 kilometers and 21 countries where it will be car...