Comments on The Sports Academic: "Did You Hear?" Why The IOC Selected China

What? China has moral shortcomings? That's not wha...

2008-08-20T23:29:14.384-06:00

What? China has moral shortcomings? That's not what I heard on Nick Jr's hit toddler show, Ni hao kai lan! Next thing I know you'll be telling me that Tolee, the panda-obsessed Koala bear can't really talk!

There is an article in the August 20th edition of ...

2008-08-20T10:02:52.342-06:00

There is an article in the August 20th edition of the Wall Street Journal that talks about corporate America's interest in the Olympics in China. The article is entitled "The Rewards of Olympic Hospitality". It mentions GE and Coca-Cola spending an estimated $400 million on sponsorship and marketing during the Olymipics. Sponsorship brings perks and the companies are using the perks to send more representatives of its companies to the games.

It makes you wonder what underlying purposes the companies may have in sending its employees to the games? It seems obvious to me that the companies are using all the tools it has available to get its foot further in the door of China's booming economy.

Absolutely.

2008-08-20T07:48:40.467-06:00

Absolutely.

Isn't the real economic issue that the Chinese hol...

2008-08-20T07:04:10.532-06:00

Isn't the real economic issue that the Chinese hold the note on American national debt? If the Chinese ever decide to sell their dollar reserves, or stop buying our T-bills everytime we need money for phony stimulus packages, pork for Congressmen or for the rathole that is Iraq, we're going down.