Olympics celebrated overseas

Overseas Chinese are celebrating the coming of the Olympic Games in their own exuberant ways. In the United States and in Thailand there have been two concerts, sending best wishes for the success of the Beijing Olympics.

Overseas Chinese are celebrating the coming of the Olympic Games in their own exuberant ways. (Photo: CCTV.com)

There was a big, stadium concert in San Francisco, Saturday night. Artists and athletes from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as local performers, took part. Most of the spectators, numbering around 10-thousand, trace their family roots back to China.

Planning for the concert began six months ago. Many of the individual performances were created specially for the 2008 Beijing Games. Highlights include a theme song entitled "Zero Distance in the World".