{"id":19930,"date":"2008-05-08T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T19:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/05\/romney-says-olympic-sponsors-are-concerned-about-their-brand-images\/"},"modified":"2008-05-08T12:42:58","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T19:42:58","slug":"romney-says-olympic-sponsors-are-concerned-about-their-brand-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/05\/romney-says-olympic-sponsors-are-concerned-about-their-brand-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Romney Says Olympic Sponsors Are Concerned about Their Brand Images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jayshree Bajoria interviewed Mitt Romney<\/a> on the Council for Foreign Relations website<\/a>:\t<\/p>\n

While China wanted to use the 2008 Beijing Olympics as its coming-out party, so far the event has been used by activists to protest China\u2019s poor record over issues ranging from human rights to the environment. Republican Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, who also served as president and CEO of the organizing committee for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, says China should take some action that would \u201csignal to the world that they, as a government, are willing to listen to the concerns of the world, and at the same time recognize the interests of their local population.\u201d Romney says companies sponsoring the Beijing Olympics are very concerned that what they hoped would be a positive experience for their brand could become a negative experience. But even as these corporations show their human rights concerns publicly, and privately encourage China to take correct action, \u201cfinancially, they\u2019re locked in.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jayshree Bajoria interviewed Mitt Romney on the Council for Foreign Relations website: While China wanted to use the 2008 Beijing Olympics as its coming-out party, so far the event has been used by activists to protest China\u2019s poor record over issues ranging from human rights to the environment. 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