China Must Not Let Its Brief Democratic Light Go Out

From the Independent: There was something rather inappropriate about the timing of yesterday’s solar eclipse, some of the best views of which could be seen in China. There was darkness over the territory of the 2008 Olympic host just as the government in Beijing was relaxing its policy of censo ...
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Realist says:

August 1, 2008 at 8:01 AM

“It now appears the IOC has told Reuters will enforce Internet freedom for Western journalists during the Olympics after all”

I’m afraid this is too little, too late. Public revelation of the IOC’s earlier secret promises to China has destroyed any remaining credibility this organization might have had.

I for one still love the games, but the IOC’s pretension of concern about “values” is simply BS.

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