Hu saga part of a much bigger story

摘要

EVERYBODY remembers where they were when the global financial crisis hit last year.It is a bit like - for those of us old enough to remember - when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.Everybody remembers that tremendous occasion but Reg Lindsays celebratory tune, Armstrong, hardly ever rates a mention.Similarly, the GFC managed to erase another major world event from the global memory banklast year - the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.Leading up to the games, China needed to carry out some major feats of construction: new infrastructure, new buildings and a fantastic new, state-of-the-art stadium.The Birdcage captured the worlds imagination, resulting in a collective "ooh!" which came close to causing a tsunami in the Pacific Rim.