Chapter 49 guide

★For more than one billion Chinese people, the success of the Beijing Olympic Games is just as expected, showing the country's progress and strength. ★One day in the late summer of 2008, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao without fully disclosing it to the public. Through the successful hosting of the Beijing Olympic Games, what have we seen?What contradictions and disputes exist between China and the Western world inside and outside the Olympic Games? In this chapter, the author also gives a perspective on the difficulties facing China, "China is in a dilemma. If it no longer buys US bonds, what will happen to the large number of US bonds that China already holds? If US companies really go bankrupt , then what will happen to China's economic sector that relies on exports to the United States? After lending a lot of money to the United States, the difficulties faced by Wall Street are also faced by China. After receiving a large amount of loans from China, the survival of many American companies began depends on the development of China. Therefore, the futures of China and the United States are firmly tied together."

All countries hosting the Olympic Games will regard this sports event as a national glory and a stage to show themselves to the world.In the years leading up to the Games, the governments of the host countries spend billions of dollars beautifying and renovating the host city, improving transportation infrastructure, building stadiums and an Olympic village, and building new airports to better welcome people from all over the world. athletes.The organization and management work of some Olympic host countries has been carried out in an orderly manner, while some host countries have made relatively hasty preparations. Before the 1988 Olympic Games, the South Korean government carried out a large-scale beautification and renovation of Seoul (now called Seoul), and it was ready before the opening of the Olympic Games. In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Greece was not ready until the opening ceremony, and the paint in the stadium was not dry until the opening ceremony.And China has made full preparations for the Beijing Olympics early, waiting for the moment to show China to the world.

Maybe the statistical caliber is different. It is said that the total cost of preparing for the Beijing Olympic Games is about 40 billion US dollars.Before the Beijing Olympics, anyone who has been to Beijing will be deeply impressed by the scene at that time. Cranes and construction sites can be seen everywhere in Beijing. A large number of alleys and streets have been demolished and new buildings have been built.Some buildings are very stylish and innovative, such as Rem Koolhaas's new China Central Television building, whose architectural design not only surpasses people's imagination, but also defies gravity.There are also many new buildings based on old buildings from the Mao era that have guarded the city's wide streets since the 1960s.In the old Beijing city, there are many hutongs. It has experienced China's war, foreign aggression, national liberation and national construction in the second half of the 20th century. Around 2008, it experienced new changes brought about by the Beijing Olympic Games.