From the Ningin blog, by mingminhui on 2008-08-13 04:07 PM (original link)

Hi, my name is Ming and I am a guest blogger for Ningin.

I don’t know about the rest of you but I’ve been spending the last few days glued to NBC. Religiously watching the Olympic is a tradition for my family (my parents have never missed a single one since 1984), but this one is extra special for us because my parents are from China and just as psyched as all 1.3 billion of them back in the motherland.

For that reason there I could feel how enormous the pressure was that China pull off the best opening ceremony ever. The Chinese care about “face” like nothing else and there would never again be an opportunity quite like this to show face to the rest of the world. All questionable facelift means aside (pun intended), there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that they pulled it off.

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Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies Part 1 (2008)
Part 1 of the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies. The drums and the 51 Chinese ethnicities coming together.

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Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies Part 2 (2008)
Part 2 of the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies. The scroll and painting, the 3000 Confucius disciples, and the wooden blocks.

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Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies Part 3 (2008)
Part 3 of the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies. The puppets, the silk route, the ship paddles

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Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies Part 4 (2008)
Part 4 of the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies. The pillars, the pianist, and the dove.

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Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies Part 5 (2008)
Part 5 of the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies. The tai-chi masters.

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Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies Part 6 (2008)
Part 6 of the Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremonies. The crazy globe, Sarah Brightman, the Torch lighting.

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Wow thanks! I was looking for videos of the Olympics. ^^

Thank you!

I hope it doesn’t get taken down. Everywhere else has.

Its high quality too.

Sarah Brightman was the singer at the end?!

You didn’t know? lol

I didn’t know who she was. I thought it was some Asian girl.

Yeah me too but I think it’s just her makeup and hair.

The calligraphy was the best part.

Really? Most people liked the globe or the dove.

What about the tiles thing? Where the people pushed the tiles up and down?

Are you guys going to post videos of the closing ceremony too?

I can’t believe the little girl was fake....

It happens who cares.

soutsada7 - 08/12/08 8:30 pm

Are you guys going to post videos of the closing ceremony too?

I guess. We’ll see!

Enjoy the clips =)