The Price of the 2008 Olympics
Human rights, national sovereignty, slave & child labor, torture, threats of military action, U.N. convention violations, environmental hazards, censorship, and a lack of basic freedoms are not issues under consideration by the International Olympic Committee when deciding who will host the Olympics. This is an undeniable truth now that they have announced that Communist China will be host to the world for the 2008 Olympic games. Announced in Moscow on July 13, I.O.C. President Juan Antonio Samarance said that Beijing China had beaten Toronto Canada, Paris France, and two other cities for the hosting of the Games.
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