Essay on Olympics 2008 in Beijing

29^th of the Olympic Games took place in the Beijing, China. This event was held between the dates of 8-24 in the year of 2008. Beijing is the area that is being located in Northern part of China. This area is distinct in its topography as having mountains on its North side while plains on the east and south side. Because of its unique topography, changes in the weather takes place really often. Having such conditions in Beijing was a greatest challenge for the Olympics to take place properly.

Purpose of this Essay Olympics 2008 in Beijing:

Main purpose behind this Essay or study is to know about the effect that has been caused by the Olympics on the economy, environment, development and growth of the Beijing. Along with these major things, it was also to be noted that how advertising was being done through different sources like mobile, television or internet. Main purpose of this essay is to know about the effects of Olympics that how well the sports went in 2008 and what changes can be done in the future to avoid them. Different problems also took place in the Olympics 2008. This Essay will describe all these things in detail. (Aghaa, N., et.al 2012)

Key concept Olympics 2008 in Beijing:

Events that are being associated with the sports have grown much larger and also assumed much more of the importance on the basis of global scale. When any of the mega event like Olympics comes to a certain place and nothing has been hosted like this before on such a large scale, then obviously different challenges start arising that needs to be dealt with in a proper and appropriate way. In this section, main purpose is to know about the key concept that has been used in the article. This article has been chosen for the use of research because this is the area where the Olympic Games 2008 summer took place. It is not possible to highlight all the issues in such a small assignment but here main focus is to know about the problems that have been faced by the different people who were the part of this whole Olympics 2008.

Issues identified in this article Olympics 2008 in Beijing:

This is of no shock that when such a large event takes place at any of the place then different problems arise and such problems need to have their solution to avoid any kind of disturbance in the future times. So in this article, and in this section the issues that took place are going to be discussed.

Different Chinese organizers were mainly concerned related to some of the local threats of all the domestic terrorism and different kind of disturbances through which disturbance in the event takes place. So one of the major issue or problem that was being faced in such a large event is that God Forbids any bad thing can happen while in such a large gathering. (Abadie, A. 2004.)

Other main issue that came up in the mind while planning such a large event was that local people could get a chance to release their grudges. This was main issue to be noted because in the past many people did such miserable things like explosives in rural areas and many things. Different protests could also be a plan of such people to annoy the guests and to cause disturbances in the event.

Security was being done properly and everything was under control but still there were some issues that came to be known in later times. These issues were maybe not major ones but next time people can make them a major one by using them as a weak point.

Earthquake is one of the biggest issue in china due to its topography and people were much scared because of the mishap that took place just few days ago. After effects of such incidents remain for a long time duration and that was the other issue that has been identified in the article just before the start of Beijing Olympics 2008. There is no doubt in it that in future times such events for sure will take place in China but ultimately people will always have the fear in their mind no matter how much safety and protection they have been given.

Methodology of the Article:

Summer Olympic Games 2008 took place in chine and people took much interest in such a large event, not only just the players or the common people took interest but the Government also did take much interest in the event as it was the biggest event and could change the history and future both of a country China. Usually such large events like Olympic Games are being associated with the positive social and economic perspectives both by the Government. This event was the source of an opportunity for the earning of foreign exchange, addressing of the social changes and enhancement of the bilateral relations. Methodology which has been used in the article to know about the findings, problems and solutions of two types:

·         Quantitative: These Quantitative methods are associated with the measuring of identifiable variables like weight and height. To know the relation between them as well.

·         Qualitative: These Qualitative methods are mainly concerned with the understanding that what people are thinking about a certain phenomenon especially in such cases where variables are not being identified in such an easy way or method. In such cases where feelings or other things cannot be measured, Quantification is a word that can be used easily.

At the first place data was being collected through the audience or common people by using different kind of questionnaires having different questions with multiple options. Such questions helped in better planning and understanding both. After the collection of data, different mathematical researches were being used to analyze the data and know the ratio in proper number. Furthermore, such data was being analyzed using different graphs. (Mieczkowski, Z., 1995)

Some Findings or Recommendations of the study:

This article gives the complete data about better understanding of a rationale to estimate the short, medium and the long term impacts of such large mega events. Understanding the impact of occasions properly enables extra dependable estimation of monetary and different economic fees and their incorporation into the planning process. The estimation of monetary costs is crucial and must be adopted in the occasion making plans segment for adequate representation and know-how of the short term impacts. However, the alternative risk factors concerning socio-cultural, environmental and security problems are longer term and also want to be understood. (Minnaert, L. 2012.)

Second thing is that in future, different event organizers should try their best to not just secure the interest but participation of the past members as well. This can be of much help in understanding to organize the committees. In future, research should mainly focus upon the different effective uses of information by the organizing of committees when they plan for any large event like Olympic Games in Beijing.

Summary of Olympics 2008 in Beijing:

In summarizing this article, 29th of the Olympic Games took place in the Beijing, China. This event was held between the dates of 8-24 in the year of 2008. Beijing is the area that is being located in Northern part of China. This area is distinct in its topography as having mountains on its North side while plains on the east and south side. Because of its unique topography, changes in the weather takes place really often. Having such conditions in Beijing was a greatest challenge for the Olympics to take place properly. Main focus behind the article was to know about the problems that have been faced or challenges that people have encountered while arranging such large event. This is of no shock that when such a large event takes place at any of the place then different problems arise and such problems need to have their solution to avoid any kind of disturbance in the future times. Overconfidence and lacking in the confidence both can result in causing a disturbance in the event so, all the people part of such large vents in future times should be neutral as well.

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