This bloke makes a good point!!
"IF YOU didn't manage to make it out from under the doona this week, you may have missed the news that yesterday marked one-year out from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games. Now, there are many reasons to look forward to this great sporting circus heading to China, but it seems that the most obvious one has been overlooked: this will be the first Olympics where all the souvenirs are made in the host country."