Beijing 2008
Beijing Olympics Start 0n 8th August 2008 But how on earth did China win the Olympic bid??
Friday 8th August 2008 sees the begining of the Games XXIX (29) Olympiad. Personally looking forward to them BUT…
Unless I am wrong
What is the Ethos of the games? Isn’t it social inclusion, friendly competition, A time where competing countries come together no matter of polictical views, economy and War??
How on Earth did the Peoples Republic of China win the bid to host the games? People in this country unless I am mistaken are not even living in a democracy! Voting there is illegal in a political sense!!
Surely China hosting the Olympics and Paralympic games is completely at odds with the whole premise of the games!!
Apart from the obvious human rights issues against Tibet which have seen protests throughout the Tour of the Olympic flame. There are in place it seems tough restrictions on media coverage. It seems that China are going all out to hide their crimes against human rights. So far on the opening ceremony Beijing authourities have banned the use of any recording mediums eg. Camera’s, Camera phones and MP3 recorders and so on. Why they would do this… Surely it is to cover up something. This is a country that enforces a one child per family policy! With severe fines against parents who don’t follow the imposed sanction. These children are then as part of their education signed up to the PRC Communist party. I have read and seen Television programmes where a foreign journalist is followed and then interrogated as to what they are doing.
Surely China hosting the Olympics is an outrage. Maybe when they discover a true democracy and stop the crimes against Tibet then they will be good hosts. But it seems the IOC decided against this in thier decision and as we have seen the protests against China have already began.
Lets hope the Beijing 2008 Olympics can focus on sport and competition and not over shadowed by political matters. The BBC have already sent Hew Edwards BBC News Reader to cover the opening ceremony on Friday.
I hope the Tag line “One World One Dream” can be realized and that the games as a whole don’t end up on a sour note from the beginning to the climax. I already know and have seen Free Tibet banners going up all over the local town here in the UK!!
