2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony

[undisc0ver]

omg!! I MISS A LOT FRM THE OPENING!!!!!!!!! I HATE IT!!

does utube have like the whole thing on here?

[TheTrueFatMan]

i love china, but too bad they have to have a communist government

[JNagarya]

So we're told -- from cradle to grave -- by those who hate everything they LABEL "Commie," even when it isn't, or may not be.

Then again, you've experienced it at first hand, so know it's worse than the US as a torture-state.

[unixplus]

best!I've watched numerous times! It still make me proud of being a Chinese!

[IIinfiniteStarII]

i watched the program and it wos the best :) ever the opeing and the closein wos awsome to :D

[sonofmanchu]

The best ever. I still can remember every single moment in the opening ceremony.

[ChensList]

Beautiful.

I am Chinese and I respect the cultures of every race. I wish people would stop making assumptions based on the actions of a few. Instead of saying that we are of different races, why not look at the bigger picture and say "We are all humans"

[jail2121]

@ChensList I love your comments...congratulations!!! I wish someday you chineses are truly free!!!

[archansx]

japan better!! xD! they r awesome

[Kyros2012]

Communist Bastards!

[ShockDoctorJohn]

i wish the olympics was every year. :(

[Kyros2012]

were every year*

learn to speak dumbass!

[mikeman139]

the best ever love china!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ArthurKingLDM]

I love China!Love China!Love China!Love China!!!

[wenniscui]

the human beings are the same , why use hate to discribe?

[videosclaudio]

The Brazil loves you

claudio and Tetsuo takita

[mercx1993]

im sick of the hate between the chinese and americans. wats the point??

[toybandit]

I am Chinese and I don't hate Americans. We are being taught here to hate other races. We welcome anyone from all walks of life to HK or China. Don't let a few Korean/Japanese Americans ruin it for everyone.

[natsumelover15]

wat is HK? also i agree with you. we don't hate chinese and i didn't think that the chinese hated us?!

[Cheezhing]

Hong Kong.

Some people are and some not, all they thinking is about themselves who doesn't want to share with it.

Most people will scream at you is because when they are in an group. Your outnumber then.

[natsumelover15]

nice speech very good!!!

[Clof1959]

The Chinese "people" and The American "people"

do not Hate one another. Each of our Governments try to instill "fear" of the other but people of each Country realize that our governments have got to come to a mutual understanding to respect each other differences. The American Government just wants the Chinese Government to give it's people more of a Voice and allow them more freedom of expression. Governments use fear to control their people and this is still going on....It's not hatred..Bob

[lingqi1985]

such great memories, our most beautiful dream came true!!!

So proud to be Chinese~

[wsqjtbbb]

Enjoys when Olympic Games are joyful, your between lips only then commends present's you actually in the discuss politics, China diligently has been letting the world understand China, but in your eye is hostile to and has doubts you not to ask for discusses our government again, even you acts in our people's eye is only an only comedian clown, thanks you to take to our blockade and the pressure lets our Chinese even more strive to improve

[lovelyautumn24]

i was there at the olympics and it was brilliant. Billjesusgates, why are you talking like you represent china when your name doesnt even sound close to being chinese? Im chinese and no one would like it if you said things like hating the western people. It isnt like the chinese to say that period. The olympics brings people together from all over the world and China loves to see everyone come together so why not put on a good show?

[xwj666]

White Trashes! Just admit China is great and keep your mouths shut! You think you know a little bit of English and you guys are the greatest? It won't be long before Chinese becomes the official language and you guys will all be F***ed. Chinese people should stop saying one world one dream, look at these western people treating us like dogs! Never forget the pain they inflicted on us now and we will pay them back thousands of times more! To me, the western people are just a waste of my air!

[billjesusgates]

"look at these western people treating us like dogs"? do you know what CCP has done to chinese people in last 60 years?  if you don't....well, pick up a history book.

[danlagioi]

wtf is the point if u just put on pictures? where's the fuking video! u fuking idiot! dont get ppl's hopes up and shit next time, u cunt!

[83091t]

heeyy CHINA IS THE BEST OKAAY??=P

&& OLYMPIA WAAAS SOO GREAAT OKAAY:P

[jovanajankovic]

one love,one world and peace...i love ppl from all over the world...

[kevinwashere12345]

peace and happiness to all children and people in the world

[icki]

Talking like that wont help at all, because in fact there is no peace and happines to all children in the world.

[M33K1011]

true that

[BamaBomber8]

guys guys guys! this is the olympics! we are supposed to put this all behind us. that is the point! if you cannot see that then shut the fuck up!

[q1ax]

its very hard, your western people just cant keep their mouth SHUT.

[david181993]

q1ax: Thats quite ironic coming from you :s

[icki]

Btw dont tell me i dont know a shit. Im not american, my country had hard time thanks to USSR. So we perfectly know system you got in china. Lies in school;s ,lies in media ,mass jails,

people just dissapearing, all to make society even more stupid - to make us do whatever goverment will ask us for. And everything for greater good of the country. Yes.. thats true you had really amazing Olympics.. but what was the cost to organise it?No i dont envy chinese.

[banzaidawan]

icki: Heard Poland's economy is doing great today. That'll make you, like China, one of the shining survivors of the Wall Street Meltdown, which will devastate the U.S. and EU's economy in the next year or so.

Relax, China turned CAPITALIST 16 years ago. There are NO real Communists left in China today, just a bunch of Capitalists.

[billjesusgates]

banzaidawan supports the german invasion of poland in 1939. because poland is germany's tibet.

[banzaidawan]

billjesusgates: You're still talking about 1939 when Uncle Sam is STUCK in IraqNam and AfghanNam.

[billjesusgates]

mao said "one who forget history is one who forget his roots". the ball is on your court.

[banzaidawan]

billjesusgates: Work on your PULL OUT. It's YOUR tax money.

[billjesusgates]

pull out? huh?

[icki]

We just cant do it. We are not letting our goverments to manipulate us. Like it happens in China. If you will start talk too much in your country.. you will be in trouble with your goverment. Free media ? Nah.. you think its independend, but its manipulated to brainwash whole society(Its very typical for this kind of system). Its not only Chinese problem ,it also happens in USA.

 By the way.. Usa is fucked your economy slowly collapse. Soon american dream will turn into american nightmare ^^.

[billjesusgates]

danny, are you saying that the majority of tibetan people doesn't want to be free chinese communist rule?  also, was it OK for japanese to take over china and oppress chinese people? i love to hear you take on this.

[bencup]

we love china!! china is leading now! yeah baby

[billjesusgates]

danny, lets talk when china has multiparties elections, free press, free speech, and religious freedom. until then, it will always be a third rate country.

[eight95630]

If today's China have "multiparties elections, free press, free speech" as what you mentioned, it will be instantly be a third rated contry, if it is fortunetly not broken into Chaos and humanity disaster. There are more than two hundred countris have what you mentioned, none of them can't be successful if they are not developed country already. These things are curses to developing countries.

[1986celica]

China won over 50 gold medals, but what they don't tell you is that most of the gold medals were won in sports that offer very little international competition. In other words, the chinese win in sports nobody watches or plays. Too bad they can't win in soccer, a sport most chinese watch and play.

[dlobrown8888]

no - its 51 gold medals

[billjesusgates]

why do people take olympics seriously? its a joke.

[bencup]

thats bullshit man. check ur facts

[chancayano]

i want to know, IF ANYBODY PUTS THE ORIGINAL VIDEO is in RISK of be IN THE JAIL? IF NOT WHY NOBODY PUTS A NICE VIDEO OF THE OPENING CEREMONY?

[dlobrown8888]

there have been one or two people that attempted that effort but they taken off Youtube

[Samuikion]

Beautiful music, even if I am not a fan of Chinese lyrical pieces.

[bI1nK]

亚洲的老鼠KOREA

[CAviewer123]

I think 2008 Olympic Game in Beijing is one of the best since Olympic history. For the benift of mankind, We wish London and countries will carry on the good job and let the spirit of the Olympic be continue. One dream, one world. :-)

[billjesusgates]

i personally think that 2008 olympics should have been in north korea. they would blow china away.

[NYPD2008]

what a challenge would that be? what would the north koreans treat the world with? kimji? or dog meat? or a-bomb?

[MsCobaltBlue]

Congratulations to the ATHLETES, who are always the highlight of any Olympics. Whether you like it or not, Athens 2004 inspired and set the bar high having truly become the epitome of the Olympic Games from which even the Chinese BORROWED many artistic elements i.e. in BOTH(!!) of THEIR ceremonies. Greece can indeed be delighted because ... imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. For the record, bigger does ... not mean better!

[berserk9370]

Chinese!!!recently, Writes the article where the Chinese news goes wrong about Korea.

for example) 1. Korean want to war with China 2. GongJa is Korean 3. The compass was invented from Korea

it's very absurd. Do not misunderstand about South Korea. The Chinese news is not true.

Has written the compiler. Is clumsy, but understood

最近，寫中國新聞出錯關於韓國的文章。

example)

1.韓國語想要戰鬥(戰爭)與中國 2.GongJa is Korean 3.指南針從南韩被發明

It' 非常荒謬的s。 不要誤會關於南韩。 中國新聞不是真正的。

寫了編譯器。 是笨拙的，但是瞭解

[ndw0122]

that's not china media,but taiwan..

you should condemn taiwan's media which also with real judgement.

[98764455]

We already know those.Thanks.

[wazgrm]

我看你是狗急跳墙吧，哈哈

[jadorepandas]

where can i watch the opening ceremony? ive tried looking for it on youtube but i just get fake stuff.

[inogi339]

Title: 'Beijing Olympics & Human Rights in China - By Rep. McCotter'--- forbids comments???!!!!Why?????

[inogi339]

Volleyball game today (The last day), Brazil vs. USA, round 2, Bra a bit behind, one of the hosts, ex Miss HK said: Don't be afraid, Bra won the first round anyway, a few more points, Bra shall win. Who the hell was afraid? Why should hosts give comments? They should just announce the situation, neither comments nor bets. I hate it when ppl wish to see USA loses.

[inogi339]

Have you noticed this morning almost all comments are hidden? (Show)

Comments they do not like, deleted?

[inogi339]

I finally guessed who created YT.

No wonder you can't find USA in the 'Set Your Country Preference'.

[SKTPSY]

Hummn! Bird Nest? It looks like a gaint toilet seat to me! Regarding the "fantastic show", Chinese only know one thing and that is Fireworks! LOL Baffoons!

[niamtxiv]

You're just jealous.

[ndw0122]

jealous of us..ha

[555TRUTH555]

fireworks invented by chinese thats why.

SKTPSY you are piece of shit!

[SKTPSY]

Yeah, thats why they were going NUTS about it! BAFOONS! Toilet mouth, speaking toilet language "shit".

[cheehang1947]

my opinion is, SKTPSY's mouth equivalent to Chinese people asshole.

[SKTPSY]

Ha ha ha ha !!!! Can you see them, though!?

[johnluvsluna]

best olympiad ever! china did an outstanding job, who would thought a closed country under as strick a rule as china could pull of as an awesome display to the world as these olympics.

simply breathtaking, London 2012 u havn't got a hope of upstaging this. i suspect it'll piss with rain for every day of the 2012 olympics. we have to w8 and see.

[jadorepandas]

haha, i totally agree.

[billjesusgates]

wrong john, for opening of the london olypmics, thy are going to reenact the tiananmen square massacre that would blow away the beijing fireworks.

[leekie008]

I ♡ CHINA SO MUCH !!!

[fushichunqiu]

i'm so happy seeing your words^^china has many serious problems but it can't stop my love to her......

[Chinkaa123]

chinas kicking US ass. sadly. but our Basketball team is still the SHIT!!!! hahaaaa

[danzwaroneverything]

usa is gay

[chinaupup]

we love china!

[huyongchang]

The Beijing games with its amazing opening ceremony are a huge present for the world. One world, One dream, living together in harmony...olympic values caried out by China in a magnificent way. I AM PROUD!

[Hildapun123]

love that

amazing!

[30108519]

all the youtube vid about this Olympic especially the ceremony has been deleted due to the pressure from NBC. The only way to watch the ceremony is to watch on NBC site or pre-order their DVD

[KenfromDublin]

Just photo's of this video spectacular?

Are you having a laugh?

That's like showing us the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven or the manuscript for Beethoven's 9th symphony!

I'm outta here to find the videos!

[mighteewhitee]

watch?v=1UEOZGFzPas

[xXAngelicEvilXx]

Agree with Oyster here. I missed the opening ceremony and I just want to see VIDEO.

The fake advertising needs to stop on some of these vids. If you're showing a slideshow, say it and quit wasting someone's time when they're trying to find pure video.

[oysterlovers]

for fucks sake why is it impossible to find a video of the opening ceremony?

[m0byby12]

freak why do i see videos with only picture i wana see the real one...

[makigott2]

GUYS do you know the song that is played during the OLYMPIC rings scene???

[unfortunatewitnessX]

Wow! The pictures were breaktaking but the song was so wonderful that it brought tears to my eyes, honest to God. I wish I had that song on a CD somewhere.

[niamtxiv]

love the song, love china and its beautiful ancient cultures.

[rockstarrv]

the one thing I don't understand is the cauldron, the first part of the ceremony, you can see that the cauldron is not there, but when the torch lighting comes, it's there, high above the stadium... it should have been seen in many aerial views of the fireworks...

how did they do that?

[ThomasJoe40]

The director said:

"It is been hidden well until the moment of lighting."

I guess they played some visual magic, or just covered a huge black cloth on it.

[jly8211]

If you don't believe me, that is fine. If you don't believe Wikipedia, that is fine. Now, You show me a website or book or map which shows New Russia is smaller than Canada.

[vanostranII]

Hey, China is the capital of fireworks, you know?

[q1ax]

na just ignore Rangzenboy, many western faggots are just jealous of china thats why they keep barking like a DOG. Sooner or later USA will become chinas DOG, if they dont listen then we would just Dump their treasury. Lol say good bye to the western faggots hahaha.

[ThomasJoe40]

western dogs, and also western dog's dog, Koreans. Say good bye to all of them

[K3VY8295]

Small brains? I don't see you having any at all....proving that your a old uneducated idiot that posts useless comments that have NO prof to back yourself up do me a favor....go open that door at the front of your house and find yourself a job before us Chinese people do start dumping your treasury for good! and then your filthy country will disappear with your pet dog(Koreans).

[JNagarya]

Fouil-mouthed racist! You give your people and country a bad name.

[DarkMegaOmega]

i agree q1ax. nobody works for nobody because this is a free world. there are tons of usa people living in china right? people just insult other because they're just jealous of the other one

[quackerjack7777]

the two people on top of the globe are the ones singing the song :)

[Irmekroache]

Hear Hear!

[QiudiJodyPeng]

有朋自远方来, 不亦乐呼!

Welcome my friends!

[johnluvsluna]

been trying to find this song since the ceremony, i think its beautiful.

[Historiiboii27]

Best opening ceremony ever

[jly8211]

After the USSR has seperated, you even can cut half Russia out of the map, the rest part is about the same size as Canada. It's twice bigger than Canada ! I just can't believe that nowadays, someone even doubt about this !

[biocrystals]

Hi dude,

You must go to school again. How idiot you are.

PLZ learn about knowledge before you speak out. If you do not know, just go to library or simply google it online.

Study, study, study, never stop studying. Otherwise, you will be the next loser in the world.

[jly8211]

Who did you reply to ?

[jly8211]

HAHA !!! You must be a Canadian then !!!

Based on that number from Wikipedia. I think you'd better go back to school and ask your stupid teacher who told you that Canada is the biggest.

[jly8211]

1 Russia 17,098,242km² Largest country in the world.

2 Canada 9,984,670km² Largest country in the Western Hemisphere. Longest coastline.

3 People's Republic of China 9,640,8212 km²

From wikipedia

[AnnelieseCrystal]

the women have a AMAZING voise !!!!

[flycat108]

you and me

[hiya765]

Impressive.

[EatYourBeans]

What song was playing (At the actual opening ceremony) at 0:13?

[elsquibbs]

Does anybody know where I can find a real video of the Opening Ceremonis, instead of a goddamned slideshow?

[mbevel2002]

Word.

[K80blogfan]

theres this one site..lol...first you have to find this one video that hasnt got delted and it has a link but i forgot it.

[Jslatt12]

For a few Bright Shining Hours China Was not a smog infested country but a beautiful country with vast heritedge and history and that was the most beautiful opening ceremony ive ever seen!

[eugenet2893]

Russia is indeed the largest in land mass, China and Canada are about the same, and China has the largest population. But what are we comparing these statistics for? We are one big family. Every country has its dark and bright side, and we must bring out the good side. Lets have world peace!

[Sunmasta]

to eugenet

you're the one who brought it up??

[eugenet2893]

brought what up??

[eugenet2893]

brought what up??

[Sunmasta]

I'm not quite sure... lol

ignore my random comment

[jly8211]

Sorry, I think Russia is the biggest. Look it up on your map dude.

[SparklingFalls]

can't you just take a look at the note that the person who posted this it says that the song is called you and me....

[noobcbee]

the best song i ever heard

[lean2100]

what is the song he/she had sung?

[liufang0313]

you and me

[imjuxnothing]

to pradish27..

china will b the best country in the world sooner or later.

your country suckx man

[pradish27]

i know your you are the suck in the world... but you can not suck now... i am tell all over the world china is the vast countries..

[misspeace]

china has a beautiful history.

It may not be perfect but other countries have their past too.

this music is historical. so don't hate.

[pradish27]

Hi china you are the vast..in the world.. your the biggest country in the world...but you are too late to host the Olympic...

[samsungexodus]

the music so gay..

[euslisu]

Beautifull!!!

[happylifeuiuc]

stunning!

[mjt123]

truly the most beautiful opening ceremony Thats ever been done

[dhpdytb]

You have been to China, and is familiar with China? Looked that the news knows China. Stupid. Does not want the casual conclusion to you not familiar thing.