The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
A diplomatic gaffe marred the inauguration of Grenada's China-financed stadium when the band performed Taiwan's national anthem.
According to the Associated Press, Chinese Ambassador Qian Hongshan and scores of blue-uniformed Chinese laborers who built the new US$40 million Queen's Park stadium as a gift from Beijing were "visibly uncomfortable" as Taiwan's anthem echoed inside the 20,000-seat venue. Full Story
Isn't this typical of the Dotties? :D :D :D :D
Where is Mitchell going to go now to get paid for votes at the UN? :D :D :D
China has long memory!!
Guess somebody gway get fired now
In reply to googly1961
They gotta fire the whole police band!!!
Mitchell might have to shed blood... He is $40 million in debt to them men...
Time to pay the piper!!
It's not just Grenada that is incompetent - it's the whole Caribbean - including Guyana.
In reply to HumbleCalf
I think Guyana woulda been able to noodle the difference between the China and Taiwanese national anthem.
Bush had the wrong flag at a recent ceremony. Damn this is embarrassing. They should have got the anthem from the Chinese Ambassador.
In reply to Chrissy You would think that would be teh first source eh?
In reply to Larr Pullo
Our incompetence has no boundary. And we all wonder why things are so bad, i.e., the economies, our cricket, etc.
In reply to HumbleCalf
They did!! The Chinese ambassador was a double agent of Taiwan!!!
In reply to jamgirl
Atta girl ....I always knew you liked me......I like you too. :lol:
Point go say is WICB fault. More example of big islandism. 8)
In reply to imusic
Is WICB self arrange for de Police band to play the anthem!!!
In reply to Larr Pullo
Probably have some Trini & Guyanese in de Police band too. Is dem hand out de sheet music.
Damn saboteurs!!! :lol:
In reply to imusic et al
Point and dem not showing they face anytime soon...where VOR, Ruffie et al????
Seriously though...whoever is in charge of protocol should be fired pronto!!!!
In reply to Chrissy
Wonders never cease..How could they make such a blunder..
Nobodt facting read the papers anymore or care about world affairs...
PM Michell is a good guy. Nuff head a go roll..
In reply to buds
Good guy??? Not if yuh hask Larr......
In reply to jamgirl
Honestly tho.....as somebody said previously....it wouldn't be a surprise if the same thing happened in any other territory.
Jes how we do... :?
is a conspiracy theory. the NDC got their people in the police band and when asked "is this the score for the chinese anthem?" the NDC-ite said yes!
anyway, keith was visibly upset. face crush up when he was trying to do a big apology.
In reply to Yamfoot
What did he actually say when he apologized?
In reply to Larr Pullo
The apology
Man......... dem dotties ent good fuh NOTHING.
Inadvertent error Mitchell calls it. Inadvertent????
BTW --TriniD knew someting was up when de band members were eating sushi in honor of de culinary traditions of de Chinese.
In reply to HumbleCalf hush yuh dirty mouth. this would neva have happened in Guyana. We played the Indian Anthem, not the Paki's, when the Iddian vice president came for the dedication :evil:
typical incompetent west indian fools. How could they let a thing like this happen?
An article about this
Dumb, this is typical of how the WICB, Caribbean societies do things.....no thought to planning, less to consequences
Well someone said paying the piper....welcome to the new imperialists.
Did these fuggers apologise to Grenada when they never hied a single Grenadian on the project befor eit was almost complete.
Look China is worse than the even the US imperialists..if yu can imagine that.
I afrca they even killing ugging people in their ravenous fight for energy, raw material and votes.
Poetic justice for Mitchell I guess, he changed the piper but the tune stayed the same.
I'm betting that another Embassy was involved with dis at the highest level.
Tagwa1 that may all be true but allyuh took the peeps money and messed up big time.
Hilarious :lol: :lol:
Only in the Caribbean... The Chinese should tear it down !! :lol:
In reply to Tagwa1
I giggled when I read dis..
In reply to jamgirl
Don't think so - dis was sabotage plain and simple. I would check bank accounts.
Everyone with a certain kinda look is chinese...suh we call dem in Guyana. Must be that :D :D :D So even the ones from Taiwan/.. :D
Regardless of the history of China and Taiwan in Grenada, this is a major embarrassment.
Nevertheless...you know what ? Shit happens, it was royal muck up but life must go on. Action must be taken to ensure something like that never happens again but nobody nah dead.
As much as I dislike the current administrations politics, I really feel fuh Keith Mitchell..and I feel for my country.
In reply to Chrissy
I won't speculate on the sabotage thing. I can think of a million scenarios under which the the two anthems could get mixed up.
Remember that Taiwan was here until recently...and the Republic of China on Taiwan could easily confuse some new clerk who went to the file to get the anthem etc etc. Not making excuses...just saying it could just be a lack of due diligence, ignorance, incompetence ...wuhever.
In reply to Cheeks
Yeh but I am assuming dat di protocol ginigogs double checked.
This is no mistake. This is unacceptable. This is disgraceful.
In reply to Chrissy
Since Worldcup reach Grenada ...everything is rush rush Chrissy....trust me, in my work .... everybody's running us ragged to get things done in time for the matches....its crazy...and we're a private company so I can imagine the state of things in the ministries. In the mad rush I can see how things get screwed up.
Nevertheless, I totally agree that a thorough investigation should be done..and if it does turn out to be sabotage..then decisive and appropriate action must be taken.
In reply to ganga_fan
Disgraceful yes ...unacceptable ..yes....how do these two things preclude it from being a mistake ??
:shock:
In reply to Cheeks
How can you make such a mistake. No double checks? No rehearsals? No management?
This is not a us dollar for a guyana dollar dude.
If there is some history between the 3 nations involved then surely someone has go to take time to make sure all the possibilities are ironed out.
In reply to Cheeks I agree. Cannot think of why there would be sabotage. The Taiwanese Govt does not want to create unnecessary tensions with teh Chinese and besides what would they or anyone else gain?
Put it down to a disgraceful mistake due to the vast language barrier. Someone should have gone directly to the abmassador
In reply to ganga_fan
How???
Di fugging ting just happened. Ask the people who were involved.
Di police band plays music fuh dem living...dem play hundreds of anthems ...all dem want is de score sheet on the day and dem good to play.
Somebody handed dem de wriong scoresheet..and hence dey play the wrong tune.
In reply to Cheeks
In reply to ganga_fan
Arrite sah ...it was a buck up. Haul yuh skunt now.
Its not the first international protocol muck up to happen in the world..and it won't be the last.
In reply to Cheeks
Arrite...I hope deh doh play the Pakistani national anthem when deh opening Providence in Guyana.
In reply to ganga_fan
Oh well never mind ....cause all yuh gine do is try keep going on and on how it was a big embarrassment when everybody dun know already.
Say it a couple more times to make yuhself even happier.
The wrong anthems have been played at sporting occasions and other events for decades. It happens regularly.
That doesn't stop it being funny. :lol:
In reply to anandgb
Nothing to do with Taiwan but di invaders aren't happy about China's presence in the region.
Check all di bank accounts. :wink:
In reply to Admin
Why do our leaders feel the need to be so wordy and aloof in their speeches. That apology sounded almost as bad as the playing of the wrong anthem. Like this lady politician on ABS the other day I guess she was in the House of Assembly talking about how some fair would aloow the local vendors to sell their barbeque chicken and johnny cakes it sounded as if she were making a declaration of war.
Does everybody here believe in nonsensical conspiracy theories?
In reply to Chrissy I suspect we will never get access to those bank accounts. Maybe look at lifestyle changes. 
Who are the invaders?
An investigation should launched.
Everybody breathe
Mitchell done apologise
De Grenadian people done embarassed as it is
I sure dey takin steps to determine what happened and how to prevent it from happenin again in de future.
Grenada followin proper protocol. Respeck to dem.
I sure China over it by now. And if dey not....yuh think dem wastin dem time on exactin revenge on Grenada? Steupes.
If anyting...de Chinese Ambassador mus jes be tellin Mitchell "Keith....doh worry about it. Mistakes happen. Maybe one day, you'll be in a position to do us a favour." And wit dat....one more vote in hip pocket at UN..
Enough arready.
In reply to HumbleCalf
You could help, can't you? The caribbean should welcome your assistance to make us better peeps!
frank
In reply to BigRab
its beyond funny...ah entire nation look stoopid...grenada gone in guiness book ah records second time around...fus time was tiniest country to have ah coup....daaaaaannnnnnggggg!
This blame ought to lay squarely on the Prime Minister's Office.
A most diplomatic & high profile matter as this ought to have been screened via a 'check list' with the Highest in Command a la the PM's Permanent Secretary ensuring the opening ceremony in order. There he/she would have had to ensure the correct anthem just as the correct seating arrangements.
The PM ought to take blame himself for not checking with his Events Manager on all major points regarding the ceremony.
Nonsense indeed!
I will have to excuse the Police; set of dumbs dumbs dey are all known to be. Imagine they could not even fight a lil wind named Ivan. Chuts!
frank
In reply to imusic
fer real??? At the risk of sounding braggadosish.
That sort of thing is unlikely to happen in Barbados. We measure twice, cut once. Carpenters Rule. It is embarrasing for the entire region that is a truth. hopefully there has been adequate damage control by the Grenadian Gov.
"In reply to watchman"
Not Barbados bro, I assure you. see my resonse earlier vis a vis carpenters Rule. not bragging but after you mess up, the goal is to learn fro mthe mistakes...we have had our share ,hence our reputation for being sticklers for accuracy and completeness.
Peace
This was an unbelieveable mess up, I'am embarrassed. My apology to the people of China.
Wesley
In reply to hewesleyb There you go. End of storyt. Arite peeps stop teh madness now. Wesley has apologized. Na kill de people for their government's screw up.
Enufffffffffffff.....
In reply to HumbleCalf
In reply to jamgirl
Look Gyal, messing up in Grenada is the same as in the rest of the Caribbean.
If you trying to make this a Grenada worse than the rest ting yu far off base.
As a matter of fact embarrasment for the region just start.
And whats this about Allyu mess.
Listen I'm a Caribbean person born in Grenada, living i the US. If its one thing that I have learnt that all this stupid seperation among the islands is just shyte.
It doesn't matter how much I explain to white Americans where I'm from from time to time I'm still that Jamaican guy.
In reply to BigRab
Conspiracy Theory? The only alternative is abject stupidity/ineptitude. Somebody needs some prison time and some lashes! Everyone in the right mind knows that Taiwan and China are mortal enemies. So its not like mixing up the T&T anthem and JA anthem. The point is these countries have missiles pointed at each other and you play the other country's anthem?
In reply to primedog
In reply to Tagwa1
In reply to che
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In reply to primedog
ah hope dem dont realign one to point down here...and mistek somebody fuh Grenada...
In reply to anandgb I suspect you are being being "funny" but this is a serious mess up and I wish it did not happen. I hope its not beginning of things to come in CWC 2007.
Dr. Mitchell has a job on his hand to make this right.
Wesley
In reply to hewesleyb
More woe for Mitchell
Some of the responses here are more revealing than the story itself, a lot of "only in the caribbean" and "that's jes how we do"
BULLSHIT!
This type of thing happens all over the world, would y'all have said that if owen arthur went and gave a female head of state a back rub in an official meeting???
Self hate is a hell of a thing.
In reply to faada
Thank you Faada.
Some amazing people who cannot err reside on this MB.
In reply to Cheeks Those without sin............
In reply to faada
The back rubwas completely inappropriate and really he should have been admonished by congress because of it. But when you are dealing on the international level you don't make mistakes of this magnitude. it can't be allowed to happen. They should have specifically requested the sheet music from the chinese embassy itself. End of story. it can't be justified.
I've got an interesting conspiracy theory:
Maybe it was an accident!
In reply to primedog
Of course it was unacceptable, I never tried to excuse it, i was merely saying i find it quite revealing how people have this self-hate, inferiority complex, whatever you want to call it that makes them say "only in the caribbean"
In reply to VIX