China’s rulers see the Olympics as a stage for demonstrating to the world the exceptional vitality of the country they have built over the past three decades. And that demonstration serves an even more important domestic political objective: further legitimizing the regime’s continuing rule in the eyes of ordinary Chinese.
中国的统治者把奥运会看作是他们向世界展示他们在过去三十年所建设起来的这个拥有巨大活力的国家的舞台。而这种展示还带有一种更加重要的国内政治目标：使这个政权的持续统治在普通中国人眼里进一步合法化。鉴于这一因素，一种高调并且巨型的建筑语言几乎就是不可避免的了。