哇哇哇，劉翔上澳洲《時代日報》的頭條啊！！！！！好帥啊～

[譚偉俊]

標題爲：“This man carries the hopes of 1.3 billion Chinese on his shoulders. Meet Liu Xiang, hurdler, and symbol of China’s great expectations.”

除了一些“人權”問題上的批評，有幾段蠻有意思的：

“Within China, however, the Communist Party is treating these Olympic Games as the most important political event in decades. Liu's victory would be physical confirmation that China has thrown off the "weak man of Asia" yoke that it wore through a period that official histories have come to call the Century of National Humiliation.”

“"We have to have a good Olympics," said Vice-Premier Wang Qishan when he was still the mayor of Beijing last year. "Otherwise not only will our generation lose face but also our ancestors."”

“In Athens, China pushed ahead of Russia and Australia to take second place on the gold medal ladder. In Beijing, there is every chance China will overtake the US and lay claim to being sporting champion of the world. If the size of China's gold medal haul is a political priority, then Liu's gold is a greater political priority than the rest.”

“President Hu Jintao personally handed the Olympic torch — known as the Sacred Flame in China — to Liu in Tiananmen Square.”

“Last year Liu's coach, Sun Haiping, told journalists what China's peculiar mix of politics and sport means for his protege: "Officials told us if Liu could not win a gold medal in Beijing, all of his previous achievements would become meaningless.”

“If Liu does win a second gold medal in Beijing, he will embody China's emergence as a global power. But that is something the world already knows. China faces a much greater test of its national maturity if Liu comes second.”

天佑劉翔和其他/她中國奧運健兒！保持對俄羅斯的領先優勢；最重要是超前美國！！！2008奧運將會見證中華人民崛起的！Throw off the “weak man of Asia” yoke! Just Do It!

更多資料請參閱：http://www.theage.com.au/news/athletics ... 15815.html