BEIJING -- The upcoming Beijing Olympics belongs not only to the Chinese people, but also to people of Asia and the world, said a commentary on People's Daily, quoting President Hu Jintao's remarks during his Japan visit.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao delivers a speech at Waseda University in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on May 8, 2008. [Xinhua]
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The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is to publish the commentary on Sunday.
The moment when the International Olympic Committee announced Beijing would be the host city for the 29th Olympics, the world was expecting a successful Olympics hosted by China, the commentary says.
The moment when the fire from Olympia in Greece is lit in Beijing, China becomes the new station in human's relay of common ideals.
People may see the Beijing Olympics as a glory for a country with 5,000 years of civilization, the aspiration of Asian people to host another Olympic Games, and more than that clear proof of the appeal and cohesion of the big Olympics family, it says.
The Olympics is the common wealth of humanity, and no event in the world could compare with the Games in making participants shelve their differences and bringing people together on the same race track for a common goal, the commentary says.
To humankind, the Olympics advocates the spirit of "faster, higher, stronger" and pursues the universal dream of "peace, friendship and progress", which explains why the IOC has more members than the United Nations and why the Games can light the passion of the world's people, says the commentary.
It is the hosting country's responsibility to build up a platform for the world to carry out dialogue and communicate, says the commentary.
