Would you support a boycott of the Beijing Olympics because of China's crackdown in Tibet?

Sunday 23rd March, 08:10 PM JST

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nigelboy at 11:06 AM JST - 26th March

French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested the possibility of boycotting the opening ceremony and not necessarily the sporting events.
cleo at 11:12 AM JST - 26th March

”beat their asses to show them how right your way of thinking is". "The Olympics is about athletic achievement" Which is it, way of thinking or athletic achievement?

If you're concerned about the way of thinking, then by all means stay home, don't watch on telly either. If you're concerned about athletic achievement, then support the athletes. Can't say it bothers me either way.
Kwaabish at 02:11 PM JST - 26th March

I say, let the athletes compete, but ordinary visitors and leaders od nations boycott the Olympics. Let the Chinese spend money on a party where no one cares to come. Show them just how "popular" their stance is.
rajakumar at 02:40 PM JST - 26th March

The olympic show 2008,will go on,just as when moscow games was held. This time many more nations will attend as compared with Moscow games.

EU France say they may not attend opening as a tibet support protest. USA and GWB say they are definitely in the games.

Let see how the news/situations develops and how much support the anti-china tibet thing gets in support as the games near.

It does not bother anyone in many nations,we see enough swimming/athletics/other sports broadcasts daily. We are over saturated with sport broadcasts.

Olympics is the Mega sports broadcasts event. Televison industry, Multinational corporations and Advertisement industry will be biggest losers.
apecNetworks at 05:04 PM JST - 26th March

I see a clear solution to this tumoil. During the G-8 Meeting this summer in Japan, each member commits to taking a large number of Tibetan refugees on the PRC borders to show solidarity and concern for them. It would show real commitment and alleviate the plight of the refugees. To aid and comfort the Tibetan protests will only create more refugees and it is involving a country in the internal affairs. Someone has to take responsibility.

As far as the Olympics, it may be always be held hostage to politics. Alternatives may be needed.
Hikozaemon at 07:40 PM JST - 26th March

apecNetworks - I assume you mean Han and Hui refugees from Tibet. Surely those refugees can be relocated back out of Tibet to elsewhere in China. Why should Tibetans be relocated from their own country?

There is the question of how they are going to get the olympic torch through Lhasa trouble-free... I wouldn't be surprised if they stage the whole thing on some kind of movie set or something. It won't look good having the torch go through on a tank.

Peace
kalsang at 11:34 AM JST - 28th March

Welcome Tibet to the World,Is time to open the worlds Eyes •Keep up the spirit of Tibetans its a Great work For all countrys in the World, Freedom of FREE TIBET is Freedom of the All human beings not only Tibet Free Free World,

INDIA is also having Part of TIBET look at the Map so no way that India plays an active role is like self kissing ass‘ movement strike war like they did to free Iraq is time to do for free WORLD we dont need WAR I LOVER PEOPLES u need me not man with GUN,FREE WORLD
sukebeoyagi at 01:39 PM JST - 28th March

Boycott the world series because of Iraqi?
Nessie at 01:41 PM JST - 28th March

Boycott the sponsors and opening cermony attendance by politicians. Let the athletes compete. I don't watch them anyway, so not much for me to boycott, product-wise. I guess the only one who's profiting from the uprising and crackdown is Truncheons-R-Us.
cwhite at 05:54 PM JST - 28th March

let every country boycott the opening ceremonies. Send a message around the world that violence will not be tollerated. It will be a pityful opening, but the main sports events are what counts.
DubyaKiller at 11:53 PM JST - 28th March

The Olympics should never be boycotted because of politics. It is the responsibility of the International Olympic Commitee to decide whether a host nation has political issues. Once the IOC has agreed on the host nation then political activity should not touch the Olympics. If it is wrong for the Chinese to host the Olympic Games, then blame the IOC, not China. Interestingly enough, people such as Speilberg and Sarkozky were not too bothered about Tibet and Chinese politics until the Olympics came around.
Nordon at 04:27 AM JST - 30th March

Whoever voted no doesn't care about other people suffering.
apecNetworks at 08:05 AM JST - 30th March

What I don't understand is, where is the evidence of " China's crackdown in Tibet" that is so different than what other governments would do? I have looked, and I can't find any info of mass killings/torture. Can anyone give a link.

I personally do not wish to see the Olympics politicized and my previous posts confirm this view. However, I am getting local pressure for this opinion, so there are people in authoritative positions who wish increased pressure on the PRC over the Tibet issue. The evidence of brutality is not being shown to the public, I guess.
Hikozaemon at 10:21 AM JST - 31st March

apecNetworks - I think it is precisely the secrecy and locking down of Tibet, and China's known past record of abuse of human rights of Tibetan people that causes suspicion. If what has happened in Tibet is exactly as Chinese government news says, then they should be happy to have foreign media and human rights observers there to support the actions of the police and army against the protesters. What is your view on this - do you agree that foreigners should not be able to see what is going on in Tibet while the army "restores order" there?

Peace
apecNetworks at 02:40 PM JST - 1st April

To Hikozaemon:

With the right technology, a boycott of the Beijing Olympics would be moot. I have been trying to explain on JT that the US does do similar things as the PRC, but the methods are covert. It is important to all APEC economies to adopt these new techniques as established by the US, so human rights can be observed. My academics gave me a preliminary inkling of the technology, but it has expanded and progressing. The following link gives an idea of the technology, and works well at circumventing the Bill of Rights as well as covert usage in conventional wars.

http://www.angelfire.com/or/mctrl/nonlethal.html

Very sophisticated techniques are being implemented in the US, even by trainees, so even developing economies can obtain the tech if researched. In Japan, I know there is a dept. in FujiSankei that is aware of the technologies.