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Beijing Olympics

Journal Entry: Sat May 3, 2008, 6:34 PM
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With the Beijing Olympics fast approaching, China's controversies -namely Tibet- have been in the spotlight and everyone seems to have an opinion about it, even though most of them know very little, if at all, about the subject matter.

I personally rather dislike China, to put it mildly. Not its people, or the country itself -- I have many Chinese friends -- but its government. I think it's understandable when in my home country, Taiwan, tens of thousands of people were slaughtered during previous Chinese dictatorships in the past and even today, as a fully functional country by definition, we are still blockaded from joining any international communities, and even in sports events are forced to compete under 'Chinese Taipei' instead of Taiwan.

Certainly doesn't help that they continue to station around 800 missles aimed straight at us to threaten us against declaring independence.

And that's just against another country. Imagine what they do in the privacy of their own backyard... reports of gross human right violations like forced organ donation, forced abortions, imprisonment for speaking out against the government, etc etc... and of course, Tibet. They're not even asking for independence. They just want their Dalai Lama back and enjoy basic human rights. Too much to ask, obviously.

So I guess it kinda makes sense when I say I would like to see nothing better than for the Olympics to blow up in China's face and for the government to show their true nature in the spotlight. But then again, I have the sneaky suspicion that just like the Berlin Olympics, despite all the talk, everyone's just going to sit on their asses and watch the propaganda parade. After all, who cares when the atrocities are so far away and who would dare risking losing all that potential money to be made from China?





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