In the past weeks many political figures, especially throughout Europe,
have hinted that they are considering staying away from the Opening
Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics to mark their dissatisfaction
towards Chinese policy in Tibet. Our reaction to this? One word:
hypocritical. Because what is the logic behind using a non-commercial
sports event as the arena for protest against a host country when the
same political leaders eagerly fly into the same country with huge
business delegations signing trade agreements for billions of dollars?
China needs to improve its human rights record in order to deserve our
respect as a great country. Equally, western politicians need to stop
misusing the Olympic Games for domestic political purposes if they too
want our respect.
-TSE Consulting
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The Opening Ceremony will be a political show in Beijing. It is a pity that the corruption and commercial business with China plays the most important role in the Games....
I have to say that I completely disagree with the editorial. The whole reason China are hosting is for international prestige that can not be bought through trade. Of course...
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