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Beijing Olympics Boycott Now ‘Impossible,’ Chinese Activist Says

Posted in China, News on Jul 7th, 2008

By Keriann Hopkins and Michael Gryboski
CNSNews.com Correspondents
July 03, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - For Chinese human rights activist Harry Wu, the politics of the Beijing Olympics are a “temporary issue,” and efforts to boycott the Olympics are “in this moment impossible.” But the eyes and ears of the world, Wu said, should still be focused on human rights [...]

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Chance of Podium Protests in Beijing

Posted in China on May 10th, 2008

Australian Olympic chief John Coates says there is a “real possibility” of athletes launching protests on the medal dais at the Beijing Olympics.
Coates believed there could be a repeat of the sort of protest made by Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos over black rights on the medal dais at the 1968 Olympics.
“It is a [...]

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