Here’s a question: If China is willing to go to the highest levels of government to endorse a lie about the singing of their national anthem (to give China a good image), then how far do you think they will go to ensure they win gold (arguably a better way to give their nation a good image)?

Apparently they may go so far as to warp space and time, because it seems as though when they reported that one of the Olympic hopefuls was only 13 earlier this year she managed to be 16 (the youngest age possible to compete in the games). After all, there is no way that China could possibly produce fake documents to show that they are of the correct age, right? No one has that technology available to them.

My main curiosity now is whether or not the Olympic Committee will actually investigate this and take away the medals these girls won if it turns out they are underage. If there is no serious investigation into this you can pretty much count on me not ever giving a shit about the Olympics again. Of course, China is not accustomed to journalists asking its government “troubling” questions and has already responded to further investigation from the media as follows: “We already explained this very clearly. There’s no need to discuss this thing again.” Classy. So does this mean, then, that the Chinese media actually screwed up in the past? Impossible!

I am not saying that these girls are not amazing. Nor am I saying that the rules should not be subsequently changes to allow for younger participants. If you’re good, you should be able to show your skills. But the fact remains that the rules in regards to age may have been broken - and that would be unacceptable.

I had heard and believed before that the hosting of the games in China would be a gesture to the rest of the world to show that China wants to be a part of something global. Now I think it is becoming more evident that they are doing this for themselves so they can keep their people own people happy. “When we host the games, we win. We are so awesome!” After all, I am pretty damn sure that their media isn’t really going to investigate the controversial issues regarding China’s activities at The Olympics.

I didn’t have much respect for China before, and I am losing more and more of it as each day passes.