56eb744847f5ab7eebc787807b06From TheStar.com:

As China was preparing for its grand “coming out” party last year – the glamorous, gorgeous Beijing Olympics – 57-year-old activist Xie Changfa thought it was time for his nascent political party to come out too.

After all, China’s Olympic organizers said: Give us the Games and we’ll show you improvements on human rights and democracy.

What better time could there be?