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Olympic Games in China5 Votes
Description:In 2001, after awarding the 2008 Olympic Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted that the event would improve human rights there. The Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country’s human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics. The Olympic torch relay that China organized to promote the Games was disrupted by protests. Air pollution in Beijing has remained severe despite efforts to reduce it. Denying reporters access to some information they might need to cover the events and the host country fully including the websites of Amnesty International, the BBC’s Chinese-language news, Radio Free Asia and several Hong Kong newspapers known for their freewheeling political discourse.  Do you think the Olymics in China was a good decision? Why? Loading People... |
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MichaelR(B.B.B.09)today on nbc news they mentioned the thousands of displaced people who are gathering to protest the games.these people where kicked out of thier homes so the stadium and other venues could be built.they where removed without compensation left to fend for themselves.if china had done nothing else this would be reason enough to boycote the games.of course georg bush will be there as it seems he can always be counted on to befriend human rights violaters since he and they share so much in common.it shames us all that our athletes and our president would attend these games
I can see how they thought it would help the human rights issues. I would have been shocked (and elated) if it worked.