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Boycott or abolition? The politics behind the Beijing Olympiad : Comments

By Binoy Kampmark, published 15/4/2008

The Olympics is invariably tainted. Far from being an occasion for uplift, the games invariably provide a time for mourning.

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I have been living in US and Australia for the past 8 years. I respect the political system of western country. They are efficient and very few corruption although not perfect. They are only fare and polite to their own citizens. The Chinese government system is not as good as what US have right now. But you should not ignore the progress Chinese government made in the last 30 years. I think human right issue in China should be decided by Chinese people themselves. If you go on the street and ask any Chinese about human rights conditions in China. They will tell you it is better now than 10, 30 years ago. People are freer to talk about politics, to criticize the governor, etc than before. And at last, Chinese people are have much better lives now than anytime ever in Chinese history. People do expect more human rights. But they are expecting a gradual reformation of Chinese government. Pointing fingers and criticizing are not helping at all. Most African countries adopt the government system from western democratic system. Are they having more human rights than Chinese? Are they living better life than Chinese? Western countries spent 200 years to get the current level of civilization. China has gone on the same path for the last 30 years. Why are you so picky on the issues in China, not to say many acquisitions are made up by biased western media? The real effect of what western media are doing is not helping China improving human rights issues, but arise the hatred of western public against Chinese and the hatred of Chinese against west. So if you are really concern about the human rights issues in China, do more research and have a broader view of those issues. Again, point fingers is much easier than get to know the truth, but it is not helping.
Posted by SunshineSydney, Thursday, 1 May 2008 4:34:13 PM
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