Paralympics close, ending China's Olympic party

With the Paralympics ending, China's Bird Nest stadium's flame went out for good. There is a bit of lingering sadness that the Olympics, which was China's coming out party in which it invited the entire world to come see, is now over. Yet many in China remain optimistic that the country's sports and arts programs are on the way up and by no means, will there be a post-Olympic vacuum due to China having already peaked. The general sentiment among the people is that China has proven itself on an international scale and is ready to continue making forward strides. Now China will find something else to look forward to, as this great 2-month long Olympic summer of charm has come to its end. 

Beijing desperately wanted to land the Olympics. Now the 8-year journey came to a close, but with new dreams blooming.