[updated 18 August, see down below)
Under a bright and blue sky (yep, happens sometimes) I had the pleasure to join the famous star Michael Chang for the opening ceremony of the “2007 Beijing International Tennis Festival”, in Chaoyang Park.
The event is organized by the Beijing Sports Bureau, Beijing Sports Federation, Beijing Tennis Association, Beijing International Sports Exchange Center, Beijing Veteran Tennis Association and also the “Beijing Association for Promoting International Sports Exchanges” (of which I am the honorary director of the board).

The competition is open for all interested players aged 18-50. Registration is at the following website (Chinese only….): www.united-mission.com
Finals will be on 22 and 23 September 07.

I had distributed many tickets during the recent Amcham event (“countdown”), not sure if people turned up, well, too bad if they missed the star. There were some real cool girls dancing – I took some good movie and pictures.
For more and better quality pictures of the event, open this link: http://homepage.mac.com/bjprc/PhotoAlbum3.html
To see a short movie, click the following link (sorry, I am still learning how to do this and have better quality… maybe I need to buy iMovie PRO version…): http://homepage.mac.com/bjprc/iMovieTheater4.html
And yes, this is being added on 18 August: the full quality clip is online:
http://homepage.mac.com/bjprc/iMovieTheater5.html
Let me know how it turns out for you… The clip was made with the basic version of iMovie.