gold

In Chapter 2 of Saving Face, I'm going to focus on China's quest to top the gold medal count in the 2008 Olympics. If any of you read BBC or MSN articles, I'm sure you've seen one that focuses on the rigorous training regime that these "kids" are put through (I'll explain "kids" later), and I'm sure you've heard how they are sent to special schools at very young ages to begin their training. Well, I live in China and have quite a few Chinese friends and acquaintances, I can tell you, from what I've been told by them, that is all true. What gets me, they see nothing wrong with it.