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high.
That was
how television ratings were in China during the
spectacular opening ceremonies on Friday evening.
Some 842
million Chinese, representing 68.8 percent of the
country’s total television viewers, watched the live
ceremonies, according to CSM Media Research, a leading
market- research company in China.
The
research further said that more than 90 percent viewed
how legendary Chinese gymnast Li Ning lit the urn that
highlighted what was perhaps the best opening ceremony
in Olympic history. It probably even beat the 1992
Barcelona ceremony where an archer shot a flaming arrow
to light the Olympic urn.
The
Chinese people, the research added, showed unprecedented
enthusiasm for the Olympics—70.7 percent of urban
viewers and 68 percent of rural; 69.7 percent of men and
67.9 percent of women; 61 percent of the young
population; 72.8 percent of the adults; and 71 percent
of the elderly viewed the opening ceremonies. |
