From Reuters:
Thought the tender song “You and Me” at the opening of the Beijing Olympics was about peace and friendship? More like rising oil and food prices, some Chinese are saying.
“The Chinese name of the theme tune ‘You and Me’ is ‘You (oil) and Mi (rice)’, an expression of concern about this year’s oil and food problems …,” runs a Chinese-language joke being circulated online.
Po-faced guards and grim-looking officials give many Beijing Olympic viewers and audiences the idea that the Chinese are a people without a sense of humor.
But despite strict control of the Internet to censor out sensitive topics, irreverent websites, emails and text messages about the Games and the country’s politics abound.
