Beijing Olympics kicks away political distractions
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-01 23:46:06
A leading Chinese Olympics official has said that any efforts to linkthe 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to political issues or boycotts would be"inappropriate and unpopular".
Biz figures such as and sundry human rights groups have seized upon the Olympics as achance to exert pressure on China for everything from the conflict inDarfur. Beijing's support of Myanmar's ruling military junta and therights of migrant workers.
"We believe that any political issuethat has nothing to do with the Olympics should not be linked to theBeijing Games," said Liu Jingmin executive vice president of theBeijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games.
He wasspeaking on the sidelines of the 17th Communist Party National Congressin Beijing an important five-yearly gathering that decides issues forChina's ruling communists. The event is expected to confirm PresidentHu Jintao's grip on power in the world's most populous nation.
MiaFarrow has been pushing the Chinese to do more to use their influencein Sudan to end the massacre in the Sudanese region of Darfur -- andsaid that who is helping organize the Olympics' opening ceremony risked being his generation's if he gave tacit support to China's role in Darfur. For its part. Chinasaid that it has done much to help ease the situation there.
Lastweek. Human Rights Watch urged China to use its U. N. Security Councilmembership to back up end state repression in the former Burma after lastmonth's crackdown on street protests.
Liu who is deputy mayor ofBeijing defended his government's role again saying China had playeda constructive and responsible move in the Myanmar issue.
"Webelieve that an attempt to use this air as an excuse to boycott theOlympics will be both inappropriate and unpopular," he said.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4743/53/
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