From NetEase:

What are China’s young people thinking about?

In today’s China, the population of people 16 to 30 years old has reached 322 million but in the mainstream media, these ordinary young people’s thoughts and voices are often drowned out. British photographer Adrian Fisk traveled 12,500 kilometers and had a group of young people write down their thoughts on paper. Their future is also China’s future.

“I’m currently worried about certain things. China’s girls are becoming materialistic. Without a house, my girlfriend won’t marry me. My parents aren’t able to help me either, so I want a high-income job. This is what I want.” Guangdong, Rainbow Su, 22 years old, software engineering student.

“In adults’ eyes I am a bad person in society, but in fact I am a very obedient person.” Gansu, Chow Liang, 17 years old, hair stylist student on way to see father who works in another province.

“After watching television I have many ideas, but am unable to realize them.” Yunnan, Luo Zheng Chui, 30 years old, farmer.

“The Olympic Games proved that China is a powerful modern nation.” Yunnan, Li Nan Song, 21 years old, returned from migrant labor job, now wants to try and set up business trading local fungus.

(Illiterate) “When I go to the big city, I feel like I don’t know anything.” Gansu, Yang Long Long, 30 years old, farmer.

“When people leave their village to live in the city, it becomes very hard for them to go back.” Hubei, Song Jing Ping, 22 years old, migrated from 400 km away, runs two basic restaurants with her fiance.

“People care about money more than the past.” Guangdong, Su Dong Ping, 22 years old, works in a tea shop.

“Why aren’t there any employers setting up factories in the countryside? We don’t want to work as migrant laborers.” Shanghai, Feng Long, 21 years old, first-time migrant laborer working on new building interiors.

“I think it’s time for us to STAND UP FOR OURSELVES & be WHO WE REALLY ARE!” Guangdong, Jell Zhu, 22 years old, communications student.

“These days there are a portion of young people who are not very concerned with the development of China and the world, only caring about themselves, ignoring many of the people and matters around them.” Guangxi, Jia Jia, 25 years old, (day) mobile phone after sales service / (evening) self-studying marketing management / (night) professional nightclub dancer.

“I HATE the WEATHER in CHINA!” Guangdong, Jhoana Pan, 21 years old, international economic trading student.

“I want to save people’s lives.” Qinghai, Heng She Dong, 16 years old, junior high school student.

“City should be slow down. Country side should be speed up!” Shanghai, Guan Ying Ni, 25 years old, computer systems analyst.

“I believe China’s economy will continue to develop forward.” Yunnan, Xu Ai Hua, 19 yars old, high school graduate.

(Illiterate) “My husband and I want to become migrant laborers so we can work hard to make ourselves and our parents happy.” Qinghai, Ma Xiao Lian, 19 years old, farmer.

“I want to walk my own path, I don’t want other people telling me what to do.” Henan, Jiang Min, 24 years old, farmer.

“Living here, I feel frustrated!” Shanghai, Hu Lin Shuan, 27 years old, migrant worker as room service boy in hotel.

“My dream is to one day be able to pilgrimage to the Potala Palace in Lhasa.” Qinghai, Qiang Chow, 25 years old, construction worker.

“If I have a sister would be better!” Beijing, Liu Gu, 26 years old, mobile phone hardware designer.

“Why people must get married?” Beijing, Meng Hai Lin, 29 years old, mobile phone engineer.

“I don’t want children!” Hong Kong, Wong Jing Yi, 30 years old, works in a sex toys shop.

“I’d like to see any supernatural thing such as alien, UFO, mysterious thing.” Chan Jie Fang, 28 years old, supervisor in bag making company in Guangdong province but learning English in Guangxi province.

“Do not judge China from the media, because the real China is not on the papers.” Beijing, Lim, 22 years old, political science student.

“Huge cultural differences exist between the East and the West. Do not tell us what to do.” Guangxi, Li Qi Sheng, 30 years old, computer science teacher from Liaoning Province, currently studying English in Guangxi Province.

“I want to associated with people from different cultures.” Guangdong, Ray Chuang, 20 years old, economic trading student.

“I like English very much. I want to go on English. But I don’t much money. So I don’t to know what I will go.” Hubei, Xiang Xue, 18 years old, almost done with studies preparing to go to Shanghai factories for work.

“Do whatever you want in your life. Because you might DIE tomorrow.” Hong Kong, Sarah Yup, 22 years old, investment bank receptionist.

“Right now I am really enjoying exploring China by myself.” Inner Mongolia, ZHang Shuang, 18 years old, traveling high school graduate from Liaoning province.

“We are the lost generation. I’m confused about the world.” Guangxi, Avril Lui, 22-years-old, post-grad student.

“Before I die, I want to see a united China. Both united with itself and with the world.” Great Wall of China, Wendy Xhang, 20 years old, law student studying in Canada.

Most of the above photos can be found on Adrian Fisk’s personal website. The overview for the “iSpeak China” photo series:

For the last few centuries the West has dominated economics, politics and culture. But now there is a shift towards the East, in particular China, a country of 1.4 billion people of which we know little about.

It is the young Chinese who will inherit this new found global influence, but who are they and what do they think about life.

I traveled on a 12500 km journey through China to find an answer to this question. I looked for young Chinese aged 16 – 30 years, gave them a piece of paper and simply told them they could write what ever they wanted to on the piece of paper, I then photographed them holding the paper.

The results are fascinating.

Comments from NetEase:

请叫我天使 [网易浙江省宁波市余姚市网友]:

Is using Chinese going to kill you? You think you’re so niubi just because you know a few sentences of English?

wanze [网易四川省自贡市网友]:

When I saw that so many people used English to express their own feelings, I knew what this generation of youth is thinking.

My statement is: I and the wu mao cannot coexist under the same sky.

邪先生 [网易江苏省网友]：

I just want to eat without being poisoned, drink milk without being poisoned, be able to afford medical care, be able to afford having a child, not be 70 km/h’d when walking on the street…etc.

hjdufk [网易上海市网友]:

I want 10 wives, so I can sleep with whomever I want at night!

笑看残阳的猫 [网易吉林省长春市网友]:

[I want to] live with dignity.

小小小书童 [网易福建省泉州市网友]：

Very realistic, very lively, very vivid…

profjphoe [网易四川省宜宾市网友]:

He should see what the youth of the UK and USA are thinking.

网易四川省成都市网友 [chrdw0896]:

I see a lot of people who are angry with those who used English. This is a foreign journalist taking photos for the entire world to see, so of course they hope and it would be best to use English.

Students these days all have to learn English, and English currently is the world’s common language, so what is wrong with [them using English]? What more, the English they wrote were all relatively simple, the vocabulary probably only about middle school level.

fs某猫 [网易广东省佛山市网友]：

The different levels of the youths based on educational and geographic differences I think is still quite representative. We are a society in a state of change, and often I feel we are full of ideals but without the inadequate to rise to the task.

superhanliu [网易天津市网友]:

Those who used Chinese with one wrong character after another I think is not funny at all and instead very sad. Most of those who wrote in Chinese may be migrant workers. They normally don’t have to write and the work they do is all manual labor, dirty and tiring work. Aren’t all people, regardless of their profession, supposed to have their own cultural life? But obviously they don’t.

What are you thinking about?

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From Mop:

China abandons 2018 World Cup bid, many torn!

The South Africa World Cup final four have already been determined, and with the end of the party nearing, what I want to say is: The World Cup, when can this most influential of human events come to China? As the world’s most populous nation, as the country that just hosted the Olympics, as the China that is currently experiencing a revival, there is no reason to not let the World Cup come to China. But the regret is that the bunch of eunuchs that is China’s State General Administration of Sports lacks even the courage to make a bid, and this truly pains many people.

After holding the 2010 World Expo, what is there next for the people to look forward to, and it will probably be a long time before there is some big event to look forward to. And it must be said that this is is a kind of mental/spiritual suffering for the people.

Aside from mental/spiritual suffering, the economic benefits of the World Cup are also clear. According to the International Monetary Fund estimates, South Africa’s 2010 economic growth may reach nearly 3%. Amongst this, the World Cup itself will account for 05% of this economic growth. Though South Africa has invested 4.3 billion USD to host the World Cup, the economic return South Africa is expected to receive can reach 13 billion USD. Since we attach so much importance to GDP growth, why are we voluntarily giving up such a rare GDP growth opportunity?

The World Cup’s influence has already been proven to exceed the Olympics, whether it is in the size of the audience, broadcasting fees, scale of the sponsors, ticket prices, the sale of merchandise, they all far surpass the Olympics several times.

Even more interesting are some of the details. I always get the feeling that the Olympics have been politicized, inviting this president and those politicians, and they don’t necessarily do the honor of coming. But look at the World Cup, where all the biggest names gather, coming on their own without invitation. Football-loving Clinton came, Chancellor Merkel also came, and all the world’s famous movie stars and music stars all came, coming because of football, coming because they love football. How come I didn’t see Mick Jagger, Paris Hilton, Leonardo DiCaprio, or John Travolta at the Beijing Olympics?

As for bidding for the World Cup, we cut off ourselves before others cut us off, not even trying to bid once, but already believing we can’t do it so might as well not bid. I really cannot figure out what kind of bullshit logic this is, must success be guaranteed before one makes a bid? If you don’t try, how can you know where your shortcomings are? And when you know where your shortcomings are, won’t you be able to use that experience for the next bid? Moreover, have you ever heard of a World Cup where the host country succeeded the first time they bid? Wasn’t the iron clad 2006 South Africa World Cup stolen away to Germany?! There is nothing that cannot be won, only what is not bid for. Many years later when our grandchildren ask us, “How come China doesn’t hold the World Cup,” how are we supposed to respond?

One generation after another passes away, and we are still indifferent?

Every time I think of this, it is really painful!

Comments from Mop:

Y_Ry:

[We] can’t even make it to the 2014 Brazil World Cup and you’re thinking about 2018? How about thinking about 2012 first?

有人叫一刀:

Because the great Heavenly Kingdom [nickname for China] is fully aware of 2012.

〓风★魔〓:

This probably has nothing to do with the State General Administration of Sports. As for what I think, I think it is because those large construction companies feel that China presently has enough stadiums/arenas to use for the World Cup, and if we held it, we wouldn’t need to build new stadiums/arenas, so they wouldn’t be able to earn any money.

小宇chy:

Think abut it, if the host country can’t make a single goal in the three games of the first round, how glorious that history would be, forever in the annals of history.

ak12332100:

If the bid is successful,

South Africa will be laughing…the worst host is not us, there is China.

Do you want to break South Africa’s record?

↑桃夭夭↑:

We do not have a national football…LZ remembers wrong~

cygh1981:

LZ has a problem with his head, think of how many common people were cheated from just one Olympics.

绿山羊:

How can the lou zhu see South Africa only making one goal and losing three consecutive matches and not be content but want to create a Guinness record for the first host nation to lose all three matches without a single goal?

Evolution_Rn:

It must be said, how much investment is needed to hold such a huge event?
Let’s put aside those embezzling scum [corrupt government officials] and just focus on the problem for the people. So much money, how big would the [financial] toll on the people be?
Let’s talk about this after the government repays the debt it owes on the World Expo and Olympics!

阿加莎柯南道尔:

If there is a profit, it is the country’s, but if there is a loss, it is the taxpayers’.
So, it would be best if China does not do these lousy things that waste resources.

sodes:

If [China] were to bid,
where would the money come from?
It would be us again [the taxpayers].
Only those with mental problems like to keep throwing money away.

猫猫虫ISME:

GDP does not account for everything. If China were to hold this kind of major event, it would just be hurting its own common people only and the ordinary common people would not get any benefit themselves. Moreover, you believe South Africa will really make that much money? Even if they make money, it would all be in the hands of South Africa’s white people. Also, the true winner of the World Cup is actually FIFA. I even think FIFA has been infected by the Chinese Football Association.

黑山妖楠:

LZ, do you have a brain? Suffering? Do you know how much Beijingers suffered when Beijing held the Olympics, how much Shanghainese are suffering with Shanghai holding the World Expo? [And you want to hold] the World Cup? China can’t even get out of the first round, and you want to hold the World Cup? We’d just be embarrassing ourselves!

xilete:

It is better if we don’t bid! One shouldn’t insist on wearing such a large hat when one doesn’t have such a large head. One Olympics has already caused an earthquake, a flood, and a drought! Don’t want it [World Cup], it is better not to want want it!

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However not every haigui has made immortal achievements after they returned to China. Some were less successful in competing with “local turtles” and became 海带, some had difficulties in  adjusting themselves in a rapidly transforming society, and some tragically jumped from a building to free themselves from unbearable occupational stress.

A recent internet viral video composed and performed by two Chinese guys Timothy and 我爱微风 (the video portion made by Reno Studios), who are now living in North America, received a lot attentions from oversea Chinese communities. The music video is based on the writers’ real story of  returning to China, with a complexity of excitement and frustration, optimism and disappointment, hope and hopeless. The post in the video creator’s blog has been viewed for 240k times and received almost 2700 comments and the video has been recommended to many Chinese forums. A lot of commenters agree that the video resonated in their hearts with the truth in it. Indeed, the pictures in the video are like a microscopic panorama of Chinese society and readers who want to understand China better can use them to test their knowledge. BTW, you should have already known a lot of them from reading posts here in chinaSMACK.

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Following is a loose (and rather poor) translation of the lyrics. The 妈呀 (Mother) in the title serves as a pun and can be  translated to exclamation of surprise, excitement or frustration.

妈呀，中国
Mother, China

我生在新中国，我长在红旗下
I was born in the new China, I grew up under the red flag

我带过红领巾，我爱国如爱家
I’ve worn the red scarf, I love my country as I love my family

十年寒窗苦，我好不容易进清华
Through ten years of hard studies, I managed to get into Tsinghua

我成绩不算差，可我户口落不下
My grades are not bad, but I can’t get a Beijing hukou

阴差又阳错，我出国象出家
In a strange circumstance, I left the country like a man who left home to become a monk

为了养家糊口，我得赶紧办绿卡
To support my family, I had to quickly get a green card

出国护照难拿，回国却偏要VISA
It was not easy to get a passport to leave the country, and now I need a visa to return to China

入了外国籍，但我做梦都说中国话
Though I have obtained foreign citizenship, in my dreams are in Chinese

我的大中国，我的大华夏
My great China, my great Huaxia [another name for China]

尽管我在外飘泊，总是把你牵挂
Though I am wandering abroad, I always keep you in my heart

我的大中国，我的大华夏
My great China, my great Huaxia

风里雨里同度过，我只认你这个妈
Even through all hardships, I only call you my mother

我曾经爱闯荡，现在却很想家
I once loved going out into the world, but now I very much miss home

爸爸已经去世，家里就剩妈妈
Dad had passed away, and now only my mom is left at home

我很想做海归，怕你嫌我年纪大
I really want to become a haigui, but am afraid you [China] would think me too old [to fit back in]

可是你看那谁，他八十二能娶二十八
But look at that person, he’s 82 and was able to marry a 28-year-old [meaning even old people can adapt]

在国外住得越久，我心里就越放不下
The longer I live abroad, the harder it is for me to put my heart at ease

好不容易请了假，我兴冲冲地飞回家 北京欢迎你
Managing to get a vacation from work, I excitedly flew home, to “Beijing welcomes you!” [to attend the Olympics]

看着立交桥发傻，我迷失在高楼大厦
I was stupefied by the overpasses, I was lost in the skyscrapers [while back]

江河流着黑水，天空下着黄沙 妈呀，这也算是晴天啊
In the rivers flow black water, and yellow dust under the sky, “gosh, this is considered a clear day?”

老同学一见面，感觉亲如一家 哥们，喝酒！
Upon seeing my old schoolmates, it felt like a family reunion, “Brothers, let’s drink!”

可陌生人对我，有时冷眼有时骂 嘿！你长不长眼啊
But with strangers, sometimes it is cold stars and sometimes it is scolding, “Hey! Are you blind?”

车比纽约还多，路比伦敦要大 那当然
There are more cars than New York City, and the roads wider than London, “but of course”

到处奔驰宝马，坐进去那真叫害怕 找死啊你！
Everywhere there are BMWs, but sitting inside is what is true fear, “Do you want to die!”

不管怎么样，是你把我养大
But no matter what, it was you who raised me

即使跑遍了全世界，也忘不了这个家
Even if I have traveled around the entire world, I could not forget this home

只希望你更好，原谅我有时乱说话
And I can only hope for you to become better, and that you’ll forgive me when I speak ill of you

儿女发点牢骚，当妈的根本不用怕
Because when children grumble a little, a mother does not even need to worry

我的大中国，我的大华夏
My great China, my great Huaxia

尽管我在外飘泊，总是把你牵挂
Though I am wandering abroad, I always keep you in my heart

我的大中国，我的大华夏
My great China, my great Huaxia

风里雨里同度过，我只认你这个妈
Even through all hardships, I only call you my mother

风里雨里同度过，我只认你这个妈
Even through all hardships, I only call you my mother

风里雨里同度过，我只认你这个—-妈
Even through all hardships, I only call you my — mother

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The 11th National Games were held in Jinan, Shandong province, and the Games have been hit by scandals, such as pre-decided gold medals, doping, match-fixing, unfair officiating, and so on. The intention of the National Games is picking talented athletes for the Olympic Games, but the scale and cost of the National Games has grown significantly since the Games started 50 years ago. The National Games has become the “Authorities’ Pride Games” of the different provinces and sports associations, and also important to officials looking to not lose face for their respective areas.

These strange things happened so far during the Games:

1. Medals were not based on the athletes’ performance

A series of gold medal decisions have made people wonder about the fairness of the Games. In this year’s National Games’ Men’s 10m Platform competition, Zhou Luxin/Wang Jiankai had a more remarkable performance, but they were beaten by Lin Yue/Cao Yuan and got second place. The audience hissed its displeasure in the venue. Before the medal decision, Ma Yanping, the coach of famous diver Xiong Ni, made statements about the dark side of the National Games’ judging system. Ma pointed out that the present Chinese diving leader Zhou Jihong not only controlled the outcome of the awards, but also decided who would judge and thus the judges careers. Also, in the finals of Women’s Singles Trampoline, He Wenna, the champion of Beijing Olympics, was only fifth place. Meanwhile, the rookie Zhong Xinping won. After the competition, He Wenna said: “ I knew who would win the games long ago. Scoring is very subjective, as we all know.”

In this year’s National Games' Men’s 10m Platform competition, Zhou Luxin/Wang Jiankai had a more remarkable performance, but they were beaten by Lin Yue/Cao Yuan and got second place. The audience hissed its displeasure in the venue. The picture shows Lin Yue / Cao Yuan in the competition.

In the National Games News Conference, a reporter asked Zhou Jihong a question about the "gold medal pre-decision" issue. Unexpectedly, Zhou answered with a question with her own: "Which work unit are you from?" The reporter responded with his question again, and Zhou asked the reporter once again: "Which work unit are you from?" As a result, the quote "Which work unit are you from?” became very famous on the Internet.

In 1984, Zhou Jihong won the Women's Platform Diving champion in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. This Picture was taken after Zhou won the game.

In the finals of Women's Singles Trampoline, He Wenna, the champion of Beijing Olympics, was only fifth place.

After the competition, He Wenna said: “ I knew who would win the games long ago. Scoring is very subjective, as we all know.”

2. Powerful players withdrew one after another

A lot of famous athletes and teams withdrawing from the competition is one of the stranger occurrences of this year’s National Games. For example, Guo Jingjing originally entered four events, but, in the end, only competed in the Women’s 3m Springboard. Lin Zhang, who is called “Liu Xiang of the Water”, said he would try his best to enter every event on the night of October 19.  Instead, he quit the Men’s 100m Freestyle competition the next morning. His stated reason was “to preserve his strength for the relay”. The He’nan rowing team withdrew from competition due to a positive urine test. More than 30 athletes’ four years of preparation was totally wasted. In addition, Chen Fei, Tong Wen, and Chen Xiexia also withdrew because of injury. Similarly, there was an incident four years ago at the Nanjing National Games. Sun Fuming pretended to fall down and lose her judo match. Before Sun Fuming fell down, she looked back to her coach Liu Yongfu. That look revealed the lie in her defeat.

As Guo Jingjing quit the women's three-meter doubles, "always second place" Wu Minxia finally won gold in the event, her first gold medal in this year's National Games.

Lin Zhang said he would try his best to enter every event on the night of October 19. Instead, he quit the Men’s 100m Freestyle competition the next morning. His stated reason was “to preserve his strength for the relay”. The pictures shows he was waving hands after he won the Men's 200m Freestyle competition on October 19.

The Henan rowing team withdrew from competition due to a positive urine test. More than 30 athletes’ four years of preparation was totally wasted. The picture shows Guo Linna (second from left) won the World Cup in Munich races.

Four years ago, with a loud shout from judo coach Liu Yongfu, Olympic champion Sun Fuming (white) took a few steps back, Yan Ruisi (blue) gave Sun a push, and then the Olympic champion fell to the ground.

3. Athletes disagree with referees

There have also been problems between athletes and referees. In the Men’s Judo 66 kg Group B match, Ren Jiawen (of Shandong province, where the Games are being held) completely ignored the referee’s order to leave, instead standing in the venue for 8 minutes. The Shandong cheerleaders shouted “black whistle”. In the Women’s Track Cycling Points race, nine Beijing athletes were a lap back throughout the race, but the nine athletes did not obey the rules to leave the track and kept racing. The chief referee had to fire his gun and pause the race. Not only were the nine athletes removed, but also the other Beijing athletes were not allowed to continue. The decision led to significant complaints from the Beijing team, but the Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Cycling Association, Han Jiling, claimed that there was no problem with the referee’s decision.

Ren Jiawen completely ignored the referee’s order to leave, standing in the venue for 8 minutes.

Ren Wenjia had physical altercations with the staff.

Ren Wenjia roared angrily. Ren flung off his coat, and then left.

On July 26, during the National Games' Men's Football Group A final round, Beijing beat Tianjin 3-1. The Tianjin team members vented their anger to the chief referee, He Zhibiao. A number of players chased the referee for 150 meters, kicked the referee, and did other ridiculous things.

4. The opening ceremony and the National Games’ venues are even better than the Olympics’

The 11th National Games is being held in Jinan, Shandong. From the opening ceremony to the venue construction, the quality has been at least comparable to the Olympics, if not better. The opening ceremony created a number of the world firsts: the use of 20,000 square meters of 360-degree projection. The venue construction is the best for any National Games in history. The tennis courts, which are at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center, cost almost 300 million RMB, accommodate nearly 4,000 spectators, and have 99 toilets. Nearly 400 million RMB was invested in the water sports complex. The pool water is “clean enough to be drinkable”. In order to host the National Games, Shandong province built a total of 44 new venues and renovated 85 venues. If added to the city and transportation infrastructure investments, the total investment is close to 200 billion RMB, equal to the sum of 2 years of tax receipts for all of Shandong province.

From the opening ceremony to the venue construction, the quality has been at least comparable to the Olympics, if not better.

These photos show the opening ceremony.

The Olympic atmosphere everywhere.

Shandong Province, in order to host these Games, constructed a total of 44 new venues, renovated 85 venues, and if including city and transportation infrastructure, the province's total investment is close to 2000 billion yuan, equivalent to the sum of the province's land tax for two years.

Why the National Games has gone bad:

Wei Jizhong said once the National Games are abolished, the whole nation system in the sports industry would not be feasible.

1. It’s all about the politics

After 11 occurrences, the National Games seem more like a vanity fair. Some provinces spend hundreds of thousands of RMB in prize money to encourage players. Outside of the Games, the provincial sports bureaus also compete behind the curtain. As a public institution, to win gold and silver medals, and to gain points in the National Games is a chief measure of their work. The National Games are the most significant metric for sports bureau workers, and greatly effect their future prospects. In addition, the pre-decision of gold medals, corrupt referees, and athletes’ abnormal quitting reflect the fact that even in many areas where China succeeds, such as diving, the administrators are both concerned with the business aspects as well as the actual sport. Altogether, these have caused a potential threat to the fairness of the National Games.

2. Large infrastructure projects launched for the National Games

Originally, the National Games were just held in Guangdong, Beijing and Shanghai and regarded as a financial burden. Now, from the coast to the inland provinces, there is an intense competition for the right to host the Games. The reason is, a city’s infrastructure gets a significant upgrade by holding the National Games. A large number of urban development and transport projects, which would normally be slow to approved, were quickly put into operation and received large bank loans. For example, before the 10th National Games, Nanjing built its first subway line. The National Games in Jinan have also led to a large number of overpasses and rapid transit systems being built. According to media reports, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Hubei and Sichuan, also announced a desire to host the next Games. In Hu’nan, the government said they would come up with 200 billion RMB to make their bid more attractive.

Russian sports have gradually abandoned the "whole nation model." Their football league is the most important event after the five major leagues in Europe. The photo shows the Russian team that won the super-Zenit 2008 UEFA Cup.

3. The National Games are planned by the government

The National Games are a show for the provincial governments, a display of officials’ performance, and an opportunity to gain face. The ultimate cause is the “whole nation” system. In this system, our sports development is “gold-oriented” and “all for the gold medals,” with the number of gold medals seen as representative of Chinese national strength and ability. This has exacerbated the utilitarian overtones of the Games.

In fact, the Games have also contributed to the “whole nation” system in sports. After the first National Games, every province and municipality established professional teams and focused on different sports. In 1979, China resumed its seat on the International Olympic Committee. The National Games projects are basically in line with the Olympic sports. The gold medals are the only metric that matters in the Olympics. The selection of back-ups for the Olympic Games involves many local teams’ interests. Since each province wants to have more Olympic athletes from their own teams, the competition among the local teams seems unavoidable.

Conclusion

Wei Jizhong, the former vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, stated that once the National Games are abolished, the “whole nation” system in the sports industry would not be feasible. After 31 years of the reform and opening policy, sport is still one of the areas controlled by the government. In fact, Russian and the Eastern European countries have already abandoned the strategy of using “the power of the whole country” for Olympic gold medals, and have introduced market mechanisms to support the sports industry. However, the Chinese National Games are still set in the old ways. As long as the “whole nation” system is not changed, the National Games will still be dubbed “the money, authority and stimulant Games”.

Comments from NetEase:

网易西藏网友：

Actually the National Games didn’t go bad. The difference is just that people said the problems out loud.

这就是牛：

Funny things happen all the time, but there are just too many recently.

网易黑龙江大庆网友：

The boring National Games. The Games would be interesting only if the famous players didn’t join the Games.

网易辽宁大连网友：

The Games truly stink, and it is a big stink!

网易浙江宁波网友：

I watched the opening ceremony, and I think it is too wasteful. Why should we compare the construction of the National Games with the Olympics? The revitalization of the Chinese nation and China’s pride are the reason why we worked so hard for the Olympic Games. The huge investment for the National Games will only increase the burden on the people.

网易江苏南京网友：

The National Games are extravagant and wasteful. It would be much better if the money is invested on education and poverty alleviation.

网易黑龙江海林网友：

Everything could be fake in China, even sports. I can’t believe it.

网易重庆南川网友：

The National Games are the true microcosm of the whole society.

喜欢美女：

I’ve never watched one game.

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China’s national men’s football team consistently disappoints Chinese football fans. Throughout the 2008 Olympics, many fans suffered through the team’s terrible performance and embarrassing behavior. During one match, a Chinese football player kicked a Belgium player in the crotch.

At this point, almost all Chinese people hate them.

Last month, rumors appeared that several members of the national football team were seen checking into hotel rooms with prostitutes or female fans. Xie Yalong, the head of the Chinese football association promised to investigate into the matter and promised the players would be punished if true. Several days ago, pictures appeared on many Chinese BBS forums like Tianya, Mop, and NetEase confirming the rumors, showing three members of the national football team with several girls returning to their hotel.

For example, a topic from KDS, “National football players getting a room to have sex confirmed by netizen“:

(Reposted from NetEase)

August 12th, Qinhuangdao, the night before the Olympic match against Brazil, I going to the Qinhuangdao Olympic Village with two friends to see the Brazilian football star, but Ronaldinho unfortunately was not there. However, we ran into three Chinese Olympic team athletes, see picture, and while I could not see who was on the far left, the other two were Zhou Haibin and Feng Xiaoting, with two beauties beside them. This picture was taken right before they and the girls separated from each other. Previously they were hugging and embracing each other, but I did not get pictures of that.

The football players were staying at the Qinhuangdao Seaview Holiday Inn. My friend’s camera flash was set really high and attracted the attention of the security, and the armed special police rushed over to ruthlessly expel us.

There is a longer topic with the original pictures on Mop, “Reporting that the Chinese national team gets a room on the night before the China v. Brazil match.” One of the funny things about this controversy was that the athletes supposedly checked into the room at 9:50pm and checked out of the room at 10:20pm, which means that they only used 30 minutes.

Comments on Mop:

9:50pm check into room, 10:20pm check out of room, is this normal?

They do not shoot on the football field/pitch, but while in a hotel, after getting in position, and right when they get to the opening, they shoot.

Put some girls with their butts sticking out and put them inside the football goals. Let us see if those guys will shoot then.

I am not going to pay attention to them anymore, who cares if they are having sex or taking drugs. All football fans just give up on the National Pigs!

If the actual act was caught on camera, it would have been even more perfect.

This kind of thing is something all men will do. It is very normal.

A bunch of rubbish
A bunch of rubbish
A bunch of rubbish
A bunch of rubbish

This topic is going to be hot.
The motherfucking national football team really is trash (Note: I mean the men’s football team)

Our country has a football team? I did not know…

Honestly, I will only say one thing: From top to bottom, the entire football association are the shit of shits. The men’s football team are all pubic hair.

I wish they would just disband the national football team and erase everything related to them so they cannot affect future Chinese generations with any trace of the national team in the Chinese consciousness!!

No wonder they cannot make a goal.
They spent all their shots on women.
Animals.

I am proud to say that I have never watched the Chinese men’s football team compete! Haha!

Strongly recommended the dissolution of the national team. A country can have no football team, but it absolutely cannot have no hope.

Fuck the Chinese national football team! A bunch of trash! Keeping them is inferior to keeping pigs!! They embarrass the Chinese people!

China does not have football. The sooner we disband them, the sooner we can start anew. With 1.3 billion people how can we not find 13 people???

They cannot shoot on the football field/pitch, so they can only find prostitutes to shoot at. After all, the opposition are women, not men.

The process:
9:50 check into room.
9:55 begin washing.
10:00 begin foreplay
10:15 insert.
10:20 quickly pull out + quickly check out of room.
My god, king of impotence.

Who motherfucking still pays attention to the men’s football team? The men’s football team’s only contribution to China has been that more and more people care about the men’s basketball team.

In light of the national football team possessing strong leg abilities but are unable to make goals, the State’s General Administration of Sports has decided to change the composition of the country’s Taekwondo team and starting today, they will represent China in competitions and performances.

On the football field, they do not shoot~
Off the football, they shoot with vigor. Do all of them score multiple goals~
Haha~

Sigh…cherish your life and stay far away from the national team…

Comments on KDS:

If you shoot everything at night, there is nothing left to shoot during the competition.

National football team…
Xie Yalong  [head of Chinese Football Association, also hated]

Why cannot athletes check into rooms [to have sex]? Are all the free condoms in the Olympic Village just meant for Xie Yalong to make balloons?

Not sure how we can be sure those are prostitutes, prostitutes these days do not dress much differently from girls from respectable families.

None of our damn business.

If you do not have the ability, then do not go out and play.

It looks like two of the bastards even wore the national uniform out!

If you can produce results, you can play a girl every day and no one will say anything. If you do not produce results, however, just one look and people will say it was rape.

They call that playing football? Why bother even watching them? Wasting us taxpayers’ money.

You must first protect your own balls before you can protect the balls on the field. 

Really daring. Not afraid of getting discovered and beaten by the national men’s football players?

[English translation of above image]

Search: Stupid cunt, rice bucket, lose people lose ball, waste money waste food, national pig

Were you looking for: Chinese Men’s Football

A bunch of garbage~~and they still have the nerve to call themselves athletes~

With their quality they still have female fans throwing themselves at them? They are all mentally retarded.

There are a lot of stupid cunt girls.

Why are there still people paying attention to the National Pigs?

UPDATE: One China national men’s football player has written an confession/self-criticism/open-letter insisting that they just went to the hotel only to take a shower (Sina, NetEase, and Mop). In the letter, the player also comments about the difficulty of their opponents, the pressure they had, and the responsibility of the football association. Some people think maybe this is a fake written by a netizen. I may try to translate some comments later.

08/09/04 UPDATE: Joel Martinsen at danwei.org made an English translation of the self-criticism letter.

See more 2008 Olympic controversies:

• An Olympic Affair? Yao Ming and Lauren Jackson Hug
• Chinese Reaction to Liu Xiang Withdrawing From Olympics
• 100,000 Condoms For The 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Chinese Olympic Team to Wear Tomato Scrambled Egg Uniforms

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