Chinese Friends - Dictators, Democracy and the Olympics - Ben Dalby

http://www.myspace.com/bendalbymusic Original music for Beijing Olympics.

This is my response to the political pomp and ceremony surrounding the Olympics, particularly the torch relay. I am not an expert in international affairs, so I don't know what the answers are, but hopefully some people will find this video thought-provoking.

I've appreciated Chinese culture and philosophy for most of my adult life, and this song is definitely about the Chinese state rather than the people. I suspect the Chinese government will continue to run rings around Western leaders, having a few thousand years more experience at politics.

There's a balance to be struck between the rights of the individual and that of the state - we in the West may have moved too far towards the former, but I don't buy the Chinese government's take on the latter.

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Thank you for listening.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Beijing
• Olympics
• Robert
• Mugabe
• Sudan
• Darfur
• Omar
• al-Bashir
• Gordon
• Brown
• George
• Bush
• Zimbabwe
• Hu
• Jintao
• China
• Chinese

[Nazrett]

Leave Africa for Africans you fucking moron, your weapon is not working let us use chinese now! dumb fuck what do you know about the political part of this war? it is British war for OIL we all know that! don't fucking put a gas on flame!

[bendalby82]

@Nazrett What are you talking about? Which war?

[bendalby82]

@befuddledbyfiddling Not Bournemouth Folk Club, by any chance?

[Jokerhamil]

Boring.

[slimjim5984]

Well i liked it, very well put together. (*****)

[brothertypewriter]

Ben Dalby is DA MAN! Genius.

[bennyvoller]

Good stuff, like the effort you've put into blending powerful images with topical lyrics.

Don't know what planet xwj666 or marvin6002 are on.

[zoewindsor]

thought-provoking, intelligent and fantastic guitar solo!!