Yes, Chinese media do not give the full picture. We agree, China is not perfect. But too many of the foreign media continue to report nonsense. Just a few days ago I watched CNN reporting the Beijing Olympics had cost 40 billion US$, the most expensive ever. So, let me list some of the foreign crap:

• Beijing spent 40 b US$ for the Games; untrue – most of this was for much needed city improvement
• The city spent over 2 billion US$ for the sports venues – untrue, the vast majority was funded by private companies and the city paid only for a minor part
• Beijing built an expensive and unneeded airport (Terminal 3) – untrue, it is modern, efficient and will be soon too small for Beijing so the city is planning a second airport; nobody complained when it started operation, much different from the fiasco in London (is it working now?)
• too much real estate was built for the Olympics, will lead to a glut and bubble bursting – untrue as most has nothing to do with the Olympics, construction will restart at top speed after September and the outlook in Beijing is rather positive
• the hutongs and siheyuans were destroyed because of the Olympics – largely untrue as what happened was because of (sometimes corrupt) real estate developers; there are no Olympic facilities within the second ring road
• over a million of people were ‘forced” to move because of the Olympics – now, talking about crap…
• etc.

As for security, human rights and all: let us all be happy we are in Beijing, not in Italy (Mafia), not in Russia (gangster country), not in India (total exploitation of the lower class and plain slavery), nor in the Middle East (women, shut up and cover yourself). And we have a united country with a government, something we miss in Belgium.