Sydney time at 2 p.m., Beijing time at noon, it should be time for lunch and nap.
But in all enterprises and institutions in China, school auditoriums, large and medium-sized shopping malls, and small shops with TVs, all were tuned to the sports channel.
The gold medal match between the Chinese Men's Basketball Team and Team USA was about to begin, and these units, which were supposed to be on holiday, were packed with people.
This is the second time after the 1992 Barcelona Olympics that the Chinese Men's Basketball Team stands on the world basketball's highest stage to compete for gold.
In 1992, many families and units still didn't have a TV, people listened to sports programs on the radio starting in the 80s.
By 2000, color TVs had entered thousands of households as standard equipment, screens got bigger, and images clearer.
