Sunday, July 27, 2008

For one reason or another, the 2008 will be remembered

The stakes are high. It's US vs China- they are competing in sports for medals, and in the real world for reources. Who will win, and what lengths will each go to win? Meanwhile, what will terrorists achieve in this Olympics, and who would dare to bankroll them?
clipped from www.nytimes.com

In Chinese newspaper profiles this year, He was listed as 14, too young for the Beijing Games.

The Times found two online records of official registration lists of Chinese gymnasts that list He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14. A 2007 national registry of Chinese gymnasts — now blocked in China but viewable through Google cache — shows He’s age as “1994.1.1.”

There has been considerable talk about the ages of Chinese gymnasts on Web sites devoted to the sport. And there has been frequent editing of He’s Wikipedia entry, although it could not be determined by whom. One paragraph that discusses the controversy of her age kept disappearing and reappearing on He’s entry. As of Friday, a different version of the paragraph had been restored to the page.

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