Plaudits for China for thoroughly spectacular Olympics: Indonesian newspaper
28/8/2008 16:26
There can be no doubt that plaudits are fitting for the Chinese people,
its government and the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee for a
thoroughly spectacular Olympics, said the Jakarta Post in an editorial published
today.
"Their efforts were not in vain as many in the world were provided
front row seats to some of the best that China had to offer. The 'sacrifices'
which residents of Beijing had to endure for the staging of the games were not
in vain," the newspaper said.
"We in Asia should be especially proud that a
fellow Asian nation can so gracefully host and succeed in such a monumental
endeavor.
"It was no casual undertaking, as it took a concentrated, national
effort to overcome natural, urban, organizational, technological and other
societal challenges".
The newspaper said the Beijing Games parallel in
triumph to the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South
Korea, in showing the world what Asia can do.
China is the global power to
watch, economically, politically and militarily, commented the newspaper, adding
that "a successful Olympics reinforces the confidence of China's leadership on
the course of action which it has pursued."
China has shown significant
good-will in developing a paradigm of economic cooperation with its neighbors to
the south, it said.
"Such has been China's enthusiasm that we in south east
Asia have hardly been able to match their eagerness in developing cooperative
projects."
Xinhua
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