The Olympics ceremony that you did not see on TV

This is just what I suspected. The Swedish (does it matter?) director for the Chinese version of the TV broadcast gave too many up-close shots, which weakened the integrity of the show. See below for images that the TV broadcast failed to capture.






The pictures are linked from various websites.

No dilemmas there

Amy was a bit confused about which side to cheer for: team China or team USA. Sometimes, she cheered for the Chinese athletes louder than we did. But when we were commenting positively on the non-US swimmers, she gave us "cold" looks and shushed us. Her loyalty to both China and the US is so strong that she often flip-flops on her priority on grounds that are not clear (or not clearly articulated) to us. It's really interesting to see the identity dilemma at work. To save her some struggle, I simply "advised" her to transcend, to cheer for anyone who did their best. They do not have to be American or Chinese or even medalists. This is my philosophy, at least.