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**Rapiddude** · 08-13-2008, 06:58 AM

Ninja, I agree with Zippy. China's "approach" to the Olympics is nothing like conventional marketing. Their government agencies pull 4 year old children out of their parents' homes if the government doctors think their bodies will be suited to gymnastics. Then they bring them by the hundreds to training centers where they live in dorms for years (by the ages provided on TV, probably 12-14, but in reality, probably only 7-9) and then come Olympics, their tryouts weed out the vast majority, who just go back to "normal" life, I guess.

Think about how you would feel if your government took you away from your parents from the ages of 4-12, made you live in a foreign dorm for years doing training 16 hours a day, 6 days a week, then put under immense pressure to qualify for the team, and THEN, most likely get sent home. What do you do after that?

08-13-2008, 06:58 AM	#41
Rapiddude Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 314 Senior Member	Ninja, I agree with Zippy. China's "approach" to the Olympics is nothing like conventional marketing. Their government agencies pull 4 year old children out of their parents' homes if the government doctors think their bodies will be suited to gymnastics. Then they bring them by the hundreds to training centers where they live in dorms for years (by the ages provided on TV, probably 12-14, but in reality, probably only 7-9) and then come Olympics, their tryouts weed out the vast majority, who just go back to "normal" life, I guess. Think about how you would feel if your government took you away from your parents from the ages of 4-12, made you live in a foreign dorm for years doing training 16 hours a day, 6 days a week, then put under immense pressure to qualify for the team, and THEN, most likely get sent home. What do you do after that?
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