I waited all night to see my native & resident teams show flags for the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Beijing composed a most memorable and unforgettable opening ceremony but at the expense of their citizens as was viewable by the world...."One small part of a large machine"...something that rang an absolute with me while watching a documetary on the lower class citizen of Beijing....They had alteast 300 young women acting as a 'human fence' between the nations arriving, and the nations that had already marched in the parade....With drink-bottles attached to hips...these young women danced, and cheered the entire procession of the worlds atheletes...in heeled-boots no less....I mean, c'mon...... what woman wants to stand in 3 inch healed-boots for no less than 3 hours for a minimum wage? No woman in the west, I can tell you that much...What did you think of the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony??