Beijing 2008, or: who else isn't watching?

[Adrian II]

Some of the stories are hilarious though. Anyone else seen the story about the government cheering squads?

The specially trained cheerleading teams have been kitted out in identical bright yellow t-shirts with Communist-red collars.

Each 'fan' has been issued with two inflatable red and yellow clapping batons, which co-ordinate with their shirts.

Sitting together among the foreign tourists who wear an array of clothes, they appear as solid yellow blocks with both their shirts and sticks mirroring the colours of the national flag.

Bashing the inflated PVC sticks together in a frenzy of national fervour to make a surprisingly loud noise, some of the 'volunteers' even appear to enjoy being 'supporters'.

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God, what a pathetic show.

Well, mundus vult decipi..