"The closing ceremony can even rival Brazil's carnival, and it is indeed an Olympic carnival," a Beijing correspondent of Band Sports said.

The Folha de Sao Paulo said on its website that a brotherhood atmosphere permeated the closing ceremony, and athletes were in the mood of attending a feast.

In Mongolia, four TV channels broadcast the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics live on Sunday evening, hailing the Beijing Games as a "great success."

A commentator from the TV 5 said the Games has drawn the world attention to Beijing and added a "fabulous" chapter to the Olympic history.

The opening and closing ceremonies, in particular, presented to the world excellent performances, marking two "China days" for all spectators.

China has fulfilled its promises of hosting a "green, high-tech and people's Olympics," which showcased China's fast economic growth and its increasing openness to the rest of the world, the commentator said.

In South Korea, the Yonhap News Agency said relations between China and South Korea further cemented through the Beijing Olympic Games.

The Beijing Olympics is conducive to the development of bilateral relations in the long run, Yonhap said in an article.

China has been South Korea's top trading partner and 700,000 South Korean citizens are living in China, which made the Beijing Olympics significant to South Korea, the article said.

(Xinhua News Agency August 25, 2008)