USA vs CHINA good or bad?

Question

seems like this year, a lot more people are paying attention because there are 2 dominant countries like the USSR vs USA way back when, so they can root for one side or the other.

i think it's a really good thing for the olympics, especially in the usa, where the past 2 olympics, no one seemed to care at all (except michel philps)

Answer 1

It's only USA vs China in the eyes of the Americans.  The Chinese have not portrayed this rivalry at all, but they've merely wanted to perform well in front of their own home crowd.  They want to be proud of their achievements, and so far, have refrained from gloating over their achievements or whinging about losing.

I wonder why Americans are so eager to treat this as a grudge match?

Every country did well this time including China, Great Britain, US, Jamaica, South Korea, Germany etc.

Russia could have done better this, but hopefully they'll improve in 2012.

Answer 2

Competition is always good. Having one uncontested superpower is never good or exciting.