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The year 2008 started with a somber mood (see earlier entries…). Beijing a visionary, I knew it. It continues not that good for me – struggling with decades of Beijing pollution stuck in my lungs and the usual Beijing burnout (in part caused by some people from Brussels – they don’t read blogs, so no problem).
Now the Chinese gossip columns agree with me. Eight is NOT a lucky number. Dish Chinese traditions. I actually suggest 13 to be the real lucky number.
Indeed, according to local analysis, the snow catastrophe in South China started on 25/1 (25 Jan). That makes 8. And Tibet became a sad news story on 14/3 (14 March). That makes 8. And the Sichuan earthquake was on 12/5 (12 May). That makes 8. Worse, that day was 88 countdown to the Olympics. What’s next? Maybe 11/6 or 2/6 or 20/6?
Never mind anyway, according to the Chinese authorities, this is all superstition. They don’t believe in all that crap (this is why the Games start at 8 min past 8 on the 8th of the 8th month in 2008, but that is all the fault of the IOC and Dr. Jacques Rogge).