The Gwangju mayor, in Belgium, reacts to the news.
I will devote a little more to this later, when the local papers can take some time away from the suicide of a former president. The Calgary Herald has a little from the Gwangju mayor:
Gwangju Mayor Park Gwang-tae wasn’t shy about bragging up the city’s prospects for victory over its rivals in Edmonton and Taipei City, Taiwan during the bid process.
“Gwangju outclasses Taipei in its rich experience in hosting large-scale, international events while being better than Edmonton in the number of modern sports venues,” he told the Korea Herald, an English-language daily. “We also excel over both Taipei and Edmonton in the level of government support and the citizens’ enthusiasm toward the games.”
He told the paper that “many civilians walk 2,015 steps every day in support for the bid while more than 150,000 citizens have volunteered” to help promote the bid.
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3 comments:
One more reason for the Taiwanese to dislike Korea, at least when it comes to sports.
kushiboeh, as you allude to, Taiwan has plenty of reasons to hate Korea for sports.. that kids baseball thing was my favorite.
But you shouldn't really hate someone for pointing out the truth, should you? With respect to sports, I call this the Michael Jordan rule. If you pimp yourself during the competition? No sweat if you win.
Apparently the folks at the Universiade (WhateverTF that is?) agree.
Just sayin' ;-)
What the hell, I thought I turned comments off. Well, I'm back home now, so I can keep an eye on them. I'll post more pictures and stuff about Gwangju later in the week, maybe tomorrow. I guess it's nice for Gwangju to win . . . I'm no expert and can think of no reason to NOT want Gwangju to win. But Taipei has a special place in my heart, and maybe they'll have better luck next time.
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