By Tarun Basu. Asia Pacific, 11:01 AM IST

As the Chinese are all keyed up for the opening ceremony and the success of the Games, there are the inevitable newspaper commentaries that are taking a dig at the West for all the 'negative stories' and the 'moral judgement' that preceded it.

A commentator, Lijia Zhang, for instance, says: 'I have no problem with the negative stories, but I think it's wrong for the West to stand up in moral judgement, especially when some of the accusations are not true.'

Talking about the violence and repression in Tibet, that continued to be written about in the months and weeks to the Games, Lijia asked: 'For example, what happened in Lhasa? In my view, there was a violent riot, one that would not be tolerated in any country.'

She hoped the Olympics would give a chance for the West and China to understand each other better for 'much of the fear is generated by ignorance'.

By Tarun Basu (Staff Writer, © IANS)