{"id":6205,"date":"2006-02-10T20:17:42","date_gmt":"2006-02-11T03:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/02\/10\/china-wants-olympians-to-see-its-best-behavior-calum-macleod\/"},"modified":"2006-02-10T20:17:42","modified_gmt":"2006-02-11T03:17:42","slug":"china-wants-olympians-to-see-its-best-behavior-calum-macleod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/02\/china-wants-olympians-to-see-its-best-behavior-calum-macleod\/","title":{"rendered":"China wants Olympians to see its best behavior &#8211; Calum MacLeod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/images\/_news__photos_2006_02_08_china-manners.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/images\/_news__photos_2006_02_08_china-manners.jpg','popup','width=180+20,height=180+20,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/images\/_news__photos_2006_02_08_china-manners-tm.jpg\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" alt=\" News  Photos 2006 02 08 China-Manners\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/2006-02-08-china-manners_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA\">From USATODAY.com<\/a><span style=\"color:#0e0e0f;\">:<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIconic Olympic venues are sprouting all over the Chinese capital. The national stadium is being woven in concrete and steel to resemble a bird&#8217;s nest. The &#8220;water cube&#8221; swimming center will soon be a giant box of blue bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>Communist planners are making China&#8217;s dowdy, gray capital beautiful for the 2008 Summer Games. Now comes a bigger challenge: Can they make it polite, too?<\/p>\n<p>That might be one hurdle too many, says the woman whose job is to convince Beijingers that common sights here &#8221; spitting, swearing, belching and cutting in line &#8221; are no way to welcome the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Building the stadiums is no problem,&#8221; sighs Zhang Huigang, director of Beijing&#8217;s Capital Ethics Development Office. &#8220;But raising people&#8217;s quality and civilization is not something we can do in one or two months, or even one or two years.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/China\" rel=\"tag\">China<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Olympics\" rel=\"tag\">Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From USATODAY.com: Iconic Olympic venues are sprouting all over the Chinese capital. The national stadium is being woven in concrete and steel to resemble a bird&#8217;s nest. The &#8220;water cube&#8221; swimming center will soon be a giant box of blue bubbles. Communist planners are making China&#8217;s dowdy, gray capital beautiful for the 2008 Summer Games. 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