I ka wā o ka wehe nui ʻana ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻike o Beijing, i kapa ʻia ʻo Bird's Nest no kāna hoʻolālā ʻokoʻa, ua wehe ʻo Pelekikena Xi Jinping, XXIV Nā Pāʻani ʻOlumepika hooilo.
ʻO Beijing ke kūlanakauhale mua loa e hoʻokipa i ke kauwela a me ka hoʻoilo o ka 'Olumepika, a ua paʻa i ka makahiki mua ma 2008.
ʻO kahi hanana hoʻohiwahiwa ma ke kapikala Kina, ka mea e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka hilinaʻi a me ka mana o Kina, ua hele ʻia e nā alakaʻi he nui o ka honua a huki i nā kumumanaʻo o ka "maluhia" a me "ka wā e hiki mai ana."
ʻO ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia he mau luna mai ka US, UK, Canada, a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i hoʻokumu i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa diplomatic o nā pāʻani e kūʻē i ka hana ʻino ʻana i nā pono kanaka a Kina.
Hōʻike i ka Pōʻalima ma Beijing i hana ʻia i loko o nā kūlana hauʻoli akā naʻe he mea kupanaha i kona ʻike maka.
Ua kau ka aha i ka Pāʻani Peking' slogan o "hui no ka wā e hiki mai ana" a me ka ʻōlelo hou a ke Kōmike 'Olumepika International no ka "wikiwiki, kiʻekiʻe, ikaika - hui pū."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO Beijing ke kūlanakauhale mua loa e hoʻokipa i ke kauwela a me ka hoʻoilo o ka 'Olumepika, a ua paʻa i ka makahiki mua ma 2008.
- The ceremony centered on the Beijing Games' slogan of “together for a shared future” and the International Olympic Committee's updated motto of “faster, higher, stronger – together.
- Notable absentees were officials from the US, UK, Canada, and other countries who staged a diplomatic boycott of the Games in protest at China's human rights abuses.