ceremonies of the games. >> reporter: the united states' so-called genocide remarks is a great lie of the century, china's foreign ministry blasted, but it's not a lie, scores interviewed over years by cnn. >> really from the get-forks xi jinping used this to project the assessment on the rest of the world and get the rest of the world to pie into that. >> reporter: for beijing, the olympics is an opportunity for political gain. during the parade of delegationings, state media announces introducing the self-governed democracy taiwan as china taipei instead of chinese taipei, imposing its sovereignty over the islands. then during the perform performance, they used a dove symbolizing a tie with taiwan on bold display to the world.