Ever since the end of the 2004 Olympics in Greece, I got to see a preview of the 2008 Olympics in China. I have been anticipating the date August 8, 2008 (08/08/08). Now that the year has finally come, it's hard to believe that it is just a few months away.
But with this year, it has also sparked some controversy as riots occur in Tibet, the situation in Sudan, and the treatment of the Muslims in China. In my opinion, the Tibetans should listen to the Dalai Lama, who says that China should treat Tibet equally by making it an autonomous region. He feels that Tibet doesn't have to break themselves off from China. On the contrary, Tibetan rioters are angry at the Chinese living in the region, and have been killing ethnic Han Chinese. The Dalai Lama doesn't think that violence will help solve the problem.
The Beijing Olympics is going to be one of the most grandeur and spectacular ones in history. It is true the Olympics are supposed to be about Olympic spirit, and uniting the world through sports. I do not think that politics should get in the way of preventing a world-wide event where nations come together.
In some way, activists are at fault. True, their cause is a good one, but banning the Olympics isn't going to solve anything. The Olympics are supposed to be a political-free environment. No one should express their beliefs on what is wrong and right. It's just not the proper time. Tibetans should'nt use violence, but instead listen to the Dalai Lama, for he is an admirable man. Hopefully the Chinese and Tibetans can coincide peacefully and come to an agreement. In my opinion, if Hong Kong is autonomous, Tibet can be too.
Anyways, the Olympics should and will go on. It's all about Olympics spirit and unity, not fusing politics into it. During ancient times, wars would be stopped and a truce was made whenever the Olympics was happening in order to promote the true athletic
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In fact, no event which involves a multitude of nations can ever be politics-free. So when the Chinese or the Olympic committee says that we shouldn't be bringing politics into this, they really are just dreaming. There is no "proper time" to demand that a nation improves its human rights.
Also, you should be careful in saying that the Tibetans have rioted. There is a lot of doubt about this. The Chinese government is very adept in causing riots. For instance, during the Tienanmen Square demonstrations, the Chinese government sent policemen and hired thugs dressed as civilians into the crowd to incite riots until they overturned buses and burned business. Then the Chinese government used this as evidence that they needed to use deadly force to murder students. After these murders, the Chinese government have been known to pile up the victims in a heap, remove the corpses' civilian clothes, and replace them with military uniforms. This is why even though no western media organizations witnessed any students with any kind of guns, the military reported more than a hundred military deaths. Families of these victims were never able to retrieve their bodies. They just disappeared off the face of the earth.
The same thing appears to be happening in Tibet. The handful of journalists left in Tibet during the riots reported that the entire police force just disappeared. The few uniformed policemen that were left simply stayed back and filmed the chaos. Also, caught on film during the riots were at least a couple of Chinese policeman dressed in civilian clothes leading the assault on ethnic Chinese. Needless to say, the Chinese government is using the footage of Tibetan rioting to justify their crackdown.
Recently, if you seen the news, some Tibetan monks interrupted a guided tour for foreign journalists. These monks are now arrested, and their monastery has been sealed off. No one gets in or out, and that includes people bringing food and water. Unless someone does something soon, the Chinese government will starve these monks to death.