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[quote=GUEST51319,248111]Americans ban Shanghai's official theme song from Oct 2 Opening Ceremony of Shanghai Special Olympics ... After 5 months of public campaign, 600 entries from various Asian, European and North American nations, 11 shortlisted entries for high profile public voting, and 1 official theme song unveiled on August 11. 2007, at the Shanghai International Convention Centre by the Minister of State Administration of Sport, Liu Peng, Shanghai Vice Mayor, Zhou Taitong, basketballer Yaoming, Olympic medallists Liuxiang and Wang Liqin ... the official theme song "I know I can" (music by Hao Yonggang and lyrics by Qian Wujie) was flatly rejected by the American producer Don Mischer and his joint Chinese/American production team for inclusion in the Oct 2 Opening Ceremony. What are the reasons? Because the Shanghai Special Olympics has contracted out the production of the Opening Ceremony to the Americans headed by Don Mischer, and now the Americans and their Chinese team members are in total control of the Opening Ceremony. Because while the Shanghai community enthusiastically voted on the shorlisted entries, the Americans secretly got an American Quincy Jones to compose another song of the same title as the offical theme song chosen by the Shanghai Government and the Shanghai people. Because the Americans arrogantly think that they did not have to submit their entry to the public selection process, but instead pressured the Shanghai Special Olympics Organizing Committee to abandon the official theme song and to exclude it from the Opening Ceremony. Because the Americans insist that the Opening Ceremony will only include the song they got Quincy Jones to write. Because the Americans are afraid that the offical theme song will steal the limelight from their version of the so-called "theme song" of the same title. Because the Americans even force the offical theme song to change its title to something else. So, the 2007 Shanghai Special Olympics is becoming the first ever international sport event whose official theme song cannot be performed in the Opening Ceremony. Rather, the world will hear the song chosen by the Americans, and written by the Americans. Somehow, the Opening Ceremony of a beautiful and meaningful international sports event has become highjacked by the Americans. Somehow, this is so wrong! [/quote]
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