172000 Crore

They say the Chinese Spent equivalent of US $40 Billion on the Olympic games.

For those of us who are Forex (USD/INR) conversion Fanatics, that amounts to:-

Rs. 1720000000000
Rs. 172000 Crore

To Compare, the Planned Expenditure for the 2008 Indian National budget was estimated at Rs. 243,386 crore.

The Chinese have put their heart & money into the games.



BTW: Today,

1 U.S. dollar = 6.84 Chinese yuan

Million Dollar Bicycle

How much does your bicycle cost?

Well, the bicycle pictured above costs $1 MILLION !

The Dutch company Koga, built this special bicycle for their Olympian, Theo Bos

Watch a Video HERE from Reuters

Awed by Beijing!

It was the most Awesome Opening Ceremony , Hands Down, on 08-08-08 The Beijing Olympics. 8 is a very lucky number for the Chinese.



Credit for the Spectacle was largely given to the Famous Zhang Yimou the Chinese filmmaker and cinematographer.


(from TIME Asia)

One NBC anchor commented ".... I have been to Olympic ceremonies for the past 25 years, and nothing has come even close to this ......... London (2012) wont even attempt to match this!......"