On Apr 9, 5:01=A0pm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 07:09:02 -0700 (PDT), xi <xieu.l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
> ><its likely a rich Asian will be more than happy to pick up the
> >slack.><China, India, Japan?,
> >Malaysia, Singa****e>
>
> >I am not so sure. To associate a brand to the Olympic brand is a
> >billionaire decission that ust be done 4 years in advance. Who knows
> >what can happen in 4 years.
>
> It is tied to my prediction that few if any G7 countries will want to
> have that expensive an Olympics security headache. =A0So an Asian
> country bids for it, or perhaps a much reduced Olympics may induce a
> G7 country to host it after all. =A0Canada looks like the best
> possibility. =A0But with the 2010 Winter Olympics under its belt its
> very chancy. =A0The main point is the size and cost of hosting future
> Olympics after London will be a lot more modest. =A0That won't attract
> the current US and G7 gflobal brands. =A0The lower cost may attract the
> up and coming Asian cor****ations. =A0Its an advertisers market for
> consumer products. =A0So it won't be SINOPEC types but an excellent one
> for Tata or Chinese cars, computers, white goods (not food products -
> that will invite sneers of toxic foods). =A0Yep. =A0The Beijing Olympics
> will be the last extravaganza for a long time to come.
Summary of PaPaPeng: Holding the Olympics in Beijing will have the
effect of ruining the Olympics "for a long time to come."
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