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...tune in. Hundreds of world leaders, including President Bush, will be in attendance. Medals will be won, records will be broken, and nations will rally around their Olympic heroes. But for democracies worldwide, it will be a moment of shame. By attending the Olympics, they will be tacitly endorsing China??s autocratic government, abuse of its own people, and its unsavory alliances. The United States should take a stand against China??s egregious behavior by boycotting the Olympic Games...
...government pledged to use them as a stepping-stone towards democracy. As Liu Jingmin, a top Beijing Olympics official, told the International Olympic Committee at the time, “By allowing Beijing to hold the Games, you will help the development of human rights.” But China??s words have not translated into action. Its people lack basic freedoms; thousands of reporters, political prisoners, and religious minorities languish in its jails and labor camps. Amnesty International estimates that China executes more people each year than the rest of the world combined. The government?...
...Domestic dissatisfaction reached a crescendo last month with Tibetan protests against Chinese rule. To quell the protests, the Chinese army entered Lhasa, and began firing upon protesters, killing over 80 people. The Dalai Lama has called China??s actions a “cultural genocide...
...Worst of all, China, as an ally of oil-rich Sudan, holds responsibility for the Darfur genocide by association. Its investment dollars and arms sales support the Sudanese regime, allowing it to continue its brutal war against Darfur. There must be meaningful consequences to China??s disregard for human rights...
...reluctant to mix politics and sport, decided to send a team to the games. Europe’s democracies followed America’s lead. The games went on, and Hitler was lauded for their success. The world in 1936 thus condoned the Nazi regime, just as we condone China??s abusive government today...