Beijing Olympics -- Cradle of the Revolution?

China: I think it's good for you that the Olympics are in China. Yeah, you deserve the bad press for Tibet, but overall it's great exposure for you and I hope that your country's GDP/capita continues to increase. You've been poor for way too long. Which brings me to the following question: WHAT THE FUCK is this bullshit doing on the front page of the Beijing 2008 Web site?




Celebrating the "Cradle of Revolution"? Here's the full press release:

Chinese 'Cradle of Revolution' hosts Olympic Torch Relay
Updated：2008-07-02

(YAN'AN, July 2) – A few minutes after noon on Wednesday, July 02, Wang Xilin ignited the flame cauldron to signal the end of the torch relay in the city of Yan'an, Shaanxi Province.

The relay in the city began at 8:15 this morning, when 93-year-old Red Army veteran Liu Tianyou started off the Torch Relay from the site of the Zaoyuan Revolution.

As China's "Cradle of Revolution," Yan'an holds a prominent place in the country's history. From 1935 to 1948, Yan'an was the headquarters of the Chinese Communist revolution. The city served as the country's military headquarters during the Chinese Anti-Japanese War and China's War of Liberation. In addition, Yan'as was former home of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Along a route that highlighted the historical and cultural importance of Yan'an and its surroundings, a total of 208 torchbearers took part in the 6.31 kilometer-long relay.

The sacred flame will travel to Yangling and Xianyang next.

So you're celebrating the torch going through Yan'an because it was the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Revolution and the former home of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

THIS IS (Communism) what got you into trouble in the first place! If it hadn't been for communism, you'd probably be the richest country in the world a long time ago and millions of your own citizens would not have been killed from starvation and political prosecution.

So celebrate the rise of China, the growth of your cities, the increasing standard of living, the ingenuity and perseverance of the Chinese people, etc., but don't celebrate mass-murderer Mao and "the cradle of revolution". That's fucked up.