The (PRC) Chinese are more humble than I thought:
“Yao Ming will face Kobe Bryant in the opening match of the Olympic basketball competition on August 10. By what margin (number of points) will the new US ‘Dream Team’ win its opening game against China?”
That’s the poll question being asked to online readers of China Daily, a widely circulated English-language newspaper in China. Needless to say, it doesn’t appear that the newspaper editors have faith in their basketball players. Who knows? This could be China’s “Miracle on Ice” moment, political and national symbolism included. China Daily commenter “people” believes his countrymen can pull the upset:
“you will wrong !we believe china ,chinese men !come on !”
Chinese men !come on ! indeed.
-L.
