Russia Seeks Ways to Keep Its Children and the 2008 Beijing Olmpic Games

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/world/europe/16adopt.html?scp=4&sq=Russia&st=cse
This article is primarily concerned with Russia’s suspension on adoption, which is caused by a 7-year-old boy who was sent back to Russia by himself last week by a Tennessee woman who adopted him last year.
This issue may not be an issue on international relations according to realists, who believe that parents and adopted kids cannot be actors. From constructivism prospective, this issue may contribute to the tension between the two countries. If all Russia kids live happily in the US, there must be some Americans who will feel sympathy for Russia’s kids and are concerned about the country. If, on the contrary, Russia’s kids live an unhappy live in the US. This fact must contribute to the negative inter-subjective identity between the two countries.

For this blog post, I also want to talk about the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, because during the preparation period, I was at Beijing and I witnessed all the coverage of the event at home.
The 2008 Olympic Games is not supposed to be a political event, but it is not as it turned out to be for the Beijing Olympic Games. Not every Olympic Games was seen as a political event, and some of them were just seen as an opportunity to develop economy, like the one in Sydney and in London. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is seen by many people as an opportunity for China to show its progress over the 50 years, its transformation from a country in extreme poverty to a developing country. So, the Olympic Game was actually related to a nation’s pride and honor. That’s part of the reason for which after the disruption of Torch Relay in Paris, China’s relationship with France almost hit the lowest point for 10 years.