Thursday, August 14, 2008

How many times? An incident again and again in China

Near the site of Olympics, the Beijing law enforcement authority detained a British journalist and also took 8 activists of Tibetan problem.

The activists were detained as soon as starting a protest. Their whereabouts after detaining is unknown. S, s, scary!

According to AFP (not Xinhua. So this info is reliable), the British journalist tried to take pictures of the activists, then the police held on his arms and forced him down on the ground. He was released after 20 minutes but he injured his arms and he said;
"This is a threat. I was infuriated from the bottom of my heart."

On the request of the IOC, the Chinese government is committed that people can do any media activities freely in China during the Olympics. But, on 10th, a Japanese journalist, who was covering the bombing incident in Hsinchiang Uighur Autonomous Region, was also detained. And access to some web sites is restricted in the media center of the Beijing Olympics.

I wrote on this blog that the Chinese government made a kind of manual for Chinese people because their behavior is terrible, but people don't follow them at all.
It's natural.
Even the Chinese government doesn't follow the request of the IOC, although they once accepted that.

If the Olympics isn't successful, I don't think it's China's responsibility. The IOC would be to blame, because they selected such a country as the host of the Olympics.

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