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BEIJING (AFP-<cite class="auth">Friday, January 18</cite>) - - Britain's Gordon Brown arrived in China Friday for his maiden visit as prime minister, with tackling climate change and boosting two-way trade and investment top of the agenda...

In the July/August issue of Amnesty Magazine it reviews the promises made six years ago on Human Rights when Beijing was 'awarded' the 2008 Games. It lists 10 serious violations across the country which they say are "fuelling instability and discontent".

China's one-party regime executes more people each year than the rest of the world put together; two thirds of the 68 crimes punishable by death are non-violent crimes. Re-education through Labour' camps have been used to hold critics of the dictatorship for up to four years without charge or trial. RTL is also being used, the report says, to "clean up" Beijing in time for the Olympics. 'Evidence' in courts can be the result of torture and verdicts given after political interference. Many prisoners, subjected to torture, die in custody.

The IOC rejected the objections and said, "A Beijing Games would leave a unique legacy to China and to sports". Equated with the award of the Olympics to Japan in 1964 and South Korea in 1988, the event is seen as an economic 'coming-out party'. But Amnesty International says that far from improving, as the Chinese economy has opened up to the world, repression in China is getting worse.

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I was wondering. It would have been better if our new Chinese member had introduced themselves prior to posting this thread. Don't know what to call him/her; my Cantonese/Mandarin are both a wee bit rusty.

I think this person is making the point that given China's appauling human rights record, it is wrong that they should be awarded the Olympics and be allowed to promote their country abroad, thereby sweeping everything else under the carpet.

I could be completely wrong though.

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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I've been searching the title via Yahoo and I've seen a lot of posts like this one with the same content by different people.

Those people also posted a link just like the one he used in the signature.

These posts are mainly posted in this month.

35% spam and 20% genuinely care about the Olympics for me...Just ignore it.

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... it is wrong that they should be awarded the Olympics and be allowed to promote their country abroad, thereby sweeping everything else under the carpet.

In that the CCP will not be rude to foreigners. it is good that visitors wear T-shirts bearing this logo then?

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Ok. I have completely no idea what the hell this thread is about.

Thank you.

*Whispers* Highlighting the human rights crises in China, which still treats its citizens in a way that might be deemed here contradictory to the civil rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.

The original poster is basically vexed as to why the international community would award China the Olympic Games as a country with ill-regard for its people and that reforms it promised to make if it were given the Olympic Games haven't been met, as reported by Amnesty International.

And Gordon Brown is basically a hypocritical c*nt, but we all knew that anyway.

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*Whispers* Highlighting the human rights crises in China, which still treats its citizens in a way that might be deemed here contradictory to the civil rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.

The original poster is basically vexed as to why the international community would award China the Olympic Games as a country with ill-regard for its people and that reforms it promised to make if it were given the Olympic Games haven't been met, as reported by Amnesty International.

And Gordon Brown is basically a hypocritical c*nt, but we all knew that anyway.

*Whispers*

Thanks :)

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*Whispers* Highlighting the human rights crises in China, which still treats its citizens in a way that might be deemed here contradictory to the civil rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.

The original poster is basically vexed as to why the international community would award China the Olympic Games as a country with ill-regard for its people and that reforms it promised to make if it were given the Olympic Games haven't been met, as reported by Amnesty International.

And Gordon Brown is basically a hypocritical c*nt, but we all knew that anyway.

's 'wot I sed, innit? [whispered]. Why the hushed voices though?

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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