For China, the successful Olympic bid was a violation of heartbreak real awaking after the pain for memories of full occupations, the Culture Revolution, years of isolation.

• 对中国来说，这次申奥成功，见证了中国从痛苦记忆中渐渐崛起的历程：从近代被外国佔领，到文化大革命，到后来数年的隔离制裁。