Just days before the opening of the Olympic Games in Bejing, a small group of the city’s residents protested against their forced eviction from their homes. The Chinese government quickly broke up the protest, afraid that allowing it will result in even more negative attention. (more…)

The International Olympic Committee has responded to allegations that it has cut a deal with the Chinese government to censor the Internet during the Olympic Games in Bejing (which are about to start). According to the IOC’s chairman Jacques Rogge, no such deal has been agreed upon. (more…)

‘Athletes who display Tibetan flags at Olympic venues — including in their own rooms — could be expelled from this summer’s Games in Beijing under anti-propaganda rules,’ the Times (of London) reports. Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hilariously said that ‘competitors were free to express their political views but faced sanctions if they indulged in propaganda.’ (more…)

The New York Times reports about a protest that disrupted an Olympic Ceremony last Sunday (when Greek officials handed over the Olympic flame to organizers of the Beijing Summer Games), but it seems to me that this is what they should have expected. China has one of the most oppressive regimes in the world, and the communists have tried to completely destroy Tibetan culture. This is the opportunity for Tibetans to force the world to pay attention to its plight. (more…)

This is the kind of thing athletes need to do this summer, when they’re in Bejing for the Olympics: “German pole vaulter Anna Battke plans to protest China’s intervention in Tibet at the Beijing Olympics. Although Olympic regulations prohibit political statements, Battke wants athletes to dress up as Tibetan monks and Chinese officials and symbolically shake hands.” (more…)