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The Beijing Olympics debacle has begun
The Beijing Olympics debacle has begun
by Andrew Leonard
For everyone else with a trace of conscience and a grasp of diplomacy, the truth is out: The Beijing Olympics debacle has begun.
So finishes an editorial in the Taipei Times published on Saturday, as news reports of rioting in Tibet whipped around the world. The pro-independence Taipei Times is probably not the place to look for an unbiased view of events in the People's Republic of China, but what struck me as I pondered the words were how true they rang.
China has spared no expense in preparing for the 2008 Summer Olympics, now only five months away. The hope of China's leadership has always been to take advantage of the occasion to showcase the nation before the rest of the world. As a coming-of-age party, it would hardly be an exaggeration to suggest that a successful Olympics would partially erase the stain of 19th century foreign domination and imperial collapse that transformed China from one of the world's great powers into a basket case. If the 21st century is to have a Chinese flavor, then the 2008 Summer Olympics was to be an enticing first course at the banquet...
http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/19/stories/2008031954382000.htm
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0320/p01s03-wosc.html
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