It's early on Monday morning, in a recording studio in Hong
Kong. A burst of applause rings out as local singers Eason Chan and
Hacken Lee finish recording We Are Ready.
Hong Kong singers Eason
Chan (L) and Hacken Lee pose as they finish recording We Are
Ready, to mark the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic
Games, in this recent photo.
Almost at the same time, in a Beijing studio, another group of
singers celebrate the completion of their latest chapter.
Amid joy, recordings for the song to mark the one-year countdown
to the Beijing Olympics wrapped up early on Monday.
Recordings have been going on simultaneously in different
studios since July 23, and will be mixed together with the help of
the Internet.
Currently in the final stages of editing, We Are Ready
is slated for a grand release on August 4, days before the
countdown begins on August 8.
A preview version is scheduled to be available on Wednesday.
The Hong Kong singers are just a small part of the 133 top
Chinese musicians, spanning pop and rock, who have joined
passionately in producing the song.
The big team includes Taiwan singer Elva Hsiao, Hong Kong's Joey
Yung and Alan Tam, "Super Girl" Zhang Liangying and rock veteran
Wang Feng from the Chinese mainland.
Chinese mainland singers
Wang Feng (L) and Zhang Liangying record the song We Are
Ready in Beijing, in this recent photo.
Wang Feng said in an earlier interview that there were no bigger
stars or lesser-knowns in the team, but were participants, all
demonstrating the Beijing Games' theme of "I participate, I
contribute, and I enjoy."
(CRI July 30, 2007)
