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(Note added 8/11/08: this morning NY TImes had an article about the feelings of Chinese-Americans which is related to this article below)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/sports/olympics/11chinatown.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1218463220-V0AojFZvaYXfZuqPvIuBsg)

This immortal line made famous by the Nobel laureate and American Novelist, Ernest Hemingway, and again in the 1940s’ movie of the same title "战地鍾声"was the dominant emotion I felt last night as I watch the “live” (delayed by 12 hours on the American east coast to suit prime time viewers) broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on TV. As someone who grow up seeing the signs “Chinese and dogs are not allowed inside” on garden gates  on Chinese soil, and who had to bow to the Japanese soldiers standing guard on the bridge separating the foreign concessions and the occupied China in Shanghai, my thoughts cannot help but turn to the countless Chinese in China and all over the world who endured humiliations, shouldered the burdens, and made the sacrifice, often times the ultimate sacrifice, during the past 150 years so that China can have this day. But they did not live to see it and I have no way to tell them that this day has arrived. Nor am I eloquent enough  to convey to my children and the younger generation the luck, privilege, and emotions I am experiencing this moment. To paraphrase another well known American advertising slogan: “This ceremony is for you!”

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