History Repeating?
March 26, 2008
Wow, things are really beginning to heat up for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Committee and the government of the People’s Republic of China. It has been amazing to see how quickly the spotlight has turned onto China and its human rights reputation in the wake of the recent protests in Tibet. While there has always been loose chatter about how China needs to clean up its act but it has just always been an underlying conversation. But now, it seems that the Olympics have put the spotlight directly onto the issues and there does not seem to be enough places to hide. For the record I would like to say that I hope the games do not get disrupted and in the end they are a huge success; this is a big deal to the people of China and for them a successful show would be great. But with that said, there are some key issues that China could use some help weeding out and maybe this large spotlight will help aid in resolving those - and Tibet is one of them. Who knows, but right now I am sure things are a little bit more tense around the ol’ office in Beijing.
