| On Aug. 9 2008, the opening ceremony of the | | | | passed on the television's screen. |
| Beijing Olympic Games on Friday evening was | | | | L'Express, another French-Language daily, |
| highly appreciated here with the international | | | | congratulated China for hosting the Olympic |
| media describing it as "impeccable and | | | | Games saying that the opening ceremony of the |
| hallucinating", "a masterstroke" which attracted the | | | | Olympic Games in Beijing witnessed a wave of |
| eyes of the world before televisions. | | | | magic, power and aesthetics that China had the |
| The opening ceremony called 'One world, one | | | | secret. |
| dream' declared that the Beijing Olympic Games | | | | The Beijing Olympic Games which had invited so |
| began successfully. It was far from a test, it was | | | | much talk, was finally materialized and "the event |
| a masterstroke, it was without limit, impeccable | | | | was marked by a particular expectation, because |
| and hallucinating, which tells the facts of Chinese | | | | China has prepared the opening ceremony in the |
| Culture. | | | | greatest secrecy", Midi said, adding that the |
| "When the drum performance made its entrance | | | | opening ceremony was "very exceptional" and |
| into a frame of historic gallery - Confucianism | | | | "formidable", attracting the eyes of the world. |
| inspiration, Great Four Invention, ancient Silk Road, | | | | Le Quotidien said in its headline on Saturday that |
| Taiji, Chinese Kungfu and smiling faces from all | | | | the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic |
| over the world.... All what happened in the national | | | | Games was grandiose. |
| stadium, or bird's nest as it was known world | | | | Taratra, a Malagasy-language daily, said that China |
| wide, saying that it was a sign that every | | | | realized the most expensive Olympic Games and |
| member was a part of the great nations and it | | | | showed its competence and richness during the |
| had melt into the Olympic spirit. | | | | opening ceremony. |
| The world people were very happy watching the | | | | The opening ceremony was a grand cultural |
| opening ceremony through the national television | | | | banquet with combination of Chinese traditional |
| channel, especially the magical entering of their | | | | cultural elements, modern developmental signs and |
| delegates which led to a lot of fanfare they | | | | the Olympic spirit. |