Ngexesha lomsitho wokuvula iBala leSizwe laseBeijing, elaziwa ngokuba yiNyoka yeeNtaka ngenxa yoyilo olukhethekileyo, uMongameli waseTshayina, uXi Jinping, uvule ngokusesikweni IMidlalo yeOlimpiki yaseBusika yeXXIV.
I-Beijing sisixeko sokuqala esakhe sabamba iiOlimpiki zasehlotyeni nasebusika, emva kokuba ibambe eyeyangaphambili ngo-2008.
Umsitho omangalisayo kwikomkhulu laseTshayina, owawubonisa ukuzithemba nempembelelo eyandayo yaseTshayina, wawuzinyaswe ziinkokeli zehlabathi ezininzi kwaye wawutsalel’ imixholo “yoxolo” kunye “nekamva eliqaqambileyo.”
Abaphawuleka ukuba babengekho yayingamagosa avela e-US, UK, Canada, nakwamanye amazwe athe abamba uqhankqalazo lwemidlalo kuqhanqalazo lokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu eTshayina.
NgoLwesihlanu umboniso ngaphakathi Beijing yenzeka phantsi kweemeko eziqhaqhazelis' amazinyo kodwa nangona kunjalo yayinomtsalane kukukhanya kwayo okubonakalayo.
Umsitho ubugxile kwi Imidlalo yaseBeijing' isilogeni "sokunye ngekamva ekwabelwana ngalo" kunye nesaci esihlaziyiweyo seKomiti yeOlimpiki yeZizwe ngeZizwe esithi "ukukhawuleza, phezulu, ukomelela - kunye."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I-Beijing sisixeko sokuqala esakhe sabamba iiOlimpiki zasehlotyeni nasebusika, emva kokuba ibambe eyeyangaphambili ngo-2008.
- The ceremony centered on the Beijing Games' slogan of “together for a shared future” and the International Olympic Committee's updated motto of “faster, higher, stronger – together.
- Notable absentees were officials from the US, UK, Canada, and other countries who staged a diplomatic boycott of the Games in protest at China's human rights abuses.
