Beijing Olympics great success: Russian scholar
28/8/2008 16:25
"China is fantastic, and the Beijing Olympics was one of the most
successful Olympics in history," said Mikhail Titarenko, chairman of the
Russia-China Friendship Association and also a scholar, in a recent interview
with Xinhua.
Titarenko, who attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing
Olympics, was left with a deep impression with the eye-catching
performance.
He said the ceremony was a perfect combination of modern
technology and traditional Chinese civilization.
"The Beijing Olympics were a
showcase of the Chinese civilization, which can be traced back to thousands of
years ago, as well as the achievements China has made since it adopted the
policy of reform and opening-up in 1978," said Titarenko.
"It put the Four
Great Inventions of ancient China on display in a vivid and general way."
The
charms of the Chinese culture were also demonstrated when thousands of actors
performed the shadow boxing and recited Lun Yu, or Analects of Confucius, a book
recording the words and deeds of ancient Chinese thinker and philosopher
Confucius and his disciples, he said.
Titarenko felt delighted for the
progress China has made. "The Beijing Olympics was well-organized, and the
excellent performance of the Chinese athletes added glory to their country," he
said.
"China fared better and better in the Olympics. Congratulations!" he
said.
Meanwhile, China has attached great importance to public sports
movement, he said, noting that a lot of Chinese people gather in parks to do
exercises which will draw more to sports activities and build up the people's
health.
As a scholar who devotes his life to studying China and boosting
China-Russia ties, Titarenko said the Beijing Olympics will again arouse
Russians' interest in China after the reciprocal national-theme years in the two
countries.
Russia and China should make concerted efforts to spread the
Chinese culture and the seed of China-Russia friendship among the Russian
people, he said.
Xinhua
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