The advantages of hosting Olympics
First of all, I want to say that obviously hosting the 2008 Olympics will do Beijing lots of good. Because if not, the government will be very clear about that, and then the government wouldn’t be eager to host the Olympics.
Then, we can talk about the details. Now Chinese athletes are having more and more gold medals, and the world are paying more and more attention to China. But still, lots of foreigners regard China as an old, poor, unhealthy Asian country. So we should let the world know the truth, and see our developing. And hosting the Olympics is one of the best ways.
A great number of people will come to China to see the Olympics. The tourism will develop extremely fast, and bring China lots of income to manage the country and make it even better. The whole world will see what China is like and how China changes on the TV, radio, and Internet. Of course it will be very crowded when so many people come, especially the population is already huge in Beijing. But we can limit the private cars to run on the main roads, and advocate taking buses and riding bikes more often. If people are still to many, we have to let some out-of-towns leave for weekends to maintain the streets a bit more empty.
In conclusion, I believe we will have successful Olympics in 2008 in Beijing.