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China has responded in time-worn, depressing fashion: with massive numbers of troops; with the trundling out of Cultural Revolution-era political invective ("The Dalai Lama is a jackal wrapped in a habit, a monster with human face and animal's heart." For pity's sake); and with the exclusion of the foreign press from affected areas.
China may rail against those seeking to "politicize" a sporting occasion. But it knows that it has itself introduced the most political elements: a torch relay taking the Olympic flame around the world and, provocatively, through Tibet; and an opening ceremony to which it has invited the world's leaders.Already, the Olympics seem to have encouraged modest changes in China's policy towards Sudan and Myanmar. They may have influenced this week's decision to give Chinese Internet users access to the BBC's Web site.See the full content of this document
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Boycott of Olympics Would Be Misguided
The Economist
Berlin, Tokyo, Mexico, Moscow, Los Angeles, Seoul: the Olympic games are often "political" events, occasions for the flaunting of national progress, or for ...See the full content of this document
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