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The Olympic Games 2008 - a political scam?
by Ana Maria Ciobanu

Everything orbits around the big, bad Politics domain for ages. Nothing has changed. In 2008 China will host the Olympic Games. The one year countdown has begun and protests have begun to. Six activists have been spotted by the authorities on Tuesday, descending part of the Great Wall with a 450-square-foot banner reading, "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008." If the Free Tibet Campaign is right, then China is using the Olympic Games to strengthen its claims on Tibet. So what China says it has ruled Tibet for centuries?! If the Tibetans of the third millennium don't feel Chinese, don't think Chinese and don't want to be Chinese how can anyone just take away their cultural identity, their traditions, their history and replace it with Chinese surrogates? We're not living in the Dark Age anymore, conquering isn't so important. At least it shouldn't be...but maybe we haven't learnt anything in these 2007 years. The Chinese communist troops occupied Tibet in 1951 and the region is still ruled with an iron hand. Anyone who thinks outside the communist wall should understand that Chinese athletes winning all the gold medals and a temporarily beautiful Beijing city, doesn't really bring comfort.

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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