CARPE MEDIA

by Gretchen Pressley

When you don’t speak the language, It’s kind of hard to tell if the Chinese are eager, annoyed or indifferent about the Olympics. Still, most of them seem excited, at least officially. When I walked into a market with my volunteer uniform and my media accreditation, I was immediately accosted by a young Chinese woman. (This isn’t as unusual as you might think in a market, since most of the sellers will stop just short of physical violence to get you to look at their merchandise.) But instead of showing me a stack of purses I didn’t want, the young women asked me to autograph a large book with a gold pen and then handed me a gift of appreciation for being a part of the media for the Olympics.

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