German Pole Vaulter Plans Tibet Protest at Olympics
Filed under: Asia, Bejing, Bejing 2008, China, Olympic Games, Tibet — Michael van der Galien on March 21, 2008 @ 12:06 pm CET
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…)
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