Singaporean, Dutch media laud Beijing Paralympics
10/9/2008 17:43
The art performance during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympics
was amazing and the special care that the hosting country provided to the
disabled athletes was more impressive, Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao said in an
editorial today.
Following the success of the summer Olympics, China once
again promoted the hosting standard of the Paralympics to a new high, said the
editorial.
Compared with the Olympics, authorities of the host country paid
the same amount of attention to the Paralympics, and in some aspects, the
preparations and arrangements were even more careful, considerate and
human.
The paper believes that China was using the Paralympics as a showcase
window to convey the Chinese government's and society's respect and attention
for the disabled people.
It cannot be underestimated that these qualities
have influences on the reality of Chinese society in view of China's large
disabled population, the editorial added.
The Netherlands national news
agency, or ANP, said the opening ceremony of the Paralympics delivered a message
that every single life is meaningful and valuable.
"On the opening show I
couldn't keep quivering for several times not only because I was nervous to be
the flag holder of the Dutch delegation but also because of the grand scene,"
the news agency Monday quoted Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer as
saying.
Metro, a Dutch paper, said Monday that many details like restaurant
menus for blind people and lifts for people in wheelchairs in the subway all
warm the hearts of the disabled athletes.
Xinhua
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