What guests from West mean in East

Beijing's air quality is the worst in the world. The pollution can kill a normal human being even in 17 days. All Olympics' venues, including the architectural marvel the Bird's Nest, are virtual death traps. Even the water in the Water Cube is poisonous. It will suffocate swimmers to death. Let alone setting new records, athletes will find it impossible to even breathe in Beijing.

These are but some of the examples of what the Western media has served its readers and viewers in the run-up to and even during the Beijing Games.

We were even treated to an abrasive spectacle of a couple of athletes walking in the Beijing airport terminal with ridiculous-looking masks on even before stepping out into the Beijing air. Perhaps, gas masks would have served their purpose better.