Poland threatens to boycott Beijing Olympics

Cafferty said in a TV show on April 9 that Chinese products were "junk" and the Chinese people were "basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years".

Weren't you there and saw for yourself???

A fresco of Buddha defaced by a bullet hole at temple ruins in central Tibet.

It's beyond me why is the Free World supporting the biggest Commie Government on Earth?

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It's beyond me why is the Free World supporting the biggest Commie Government on Earth?

Beijing has recently added a new weapon to its arsenal of surveillance technologies, a system it believes to be a modern marvel: the Golden Shield. It took eight years and $700 million to build, and its mission is to "purify" the Internet — an apparently urgent task. "Whether we can cope with the Internet is a matter that affects the development of socialist culture, the security of information, and the stability of the state," President Hu Jintao said in January.

I see it didnt work :)

China - Gold Medal for human rights violations

It seems pander is on an assignment to convince us China is harmonious and free, or else.. ;)

Pender: Who is the newest dictator is the world? George Bush, definitely!!!

Who is behind the Iraq war? George Bush!!!
Who believes there are massive destruction weapon in Irap and cannot find any evidence? George Bush!!!
Who is behind the Guantanamo Bay prison? George Bush!!!
Who authorises the CIA to set up secret prisons for detainees in Europe? George Bush!!!

The world is bigger than that. The games should've never been held in China because it's too poluted, but I'm sure you can't even see that. I'm sure somehow Bush will be blamed.

Tornado do you think the games should be taken away from China and awarded to either Atlanta (Coca Cola Olympics) London, Kabul or Baghdad?

the USA

He may be an idiot

If by some fairly feasable reason China tops the medal table i think we can safley assume that the demise of the US as the leading super power is officially underway.

Dihydrotestosterone, anabolic steroids, erythropoietin and human growth hormones. All banned substances. All used by various members of the Chinese national swim team in the last 15 years.

China did not register among the world's swimming powers until the 1990s, and when they did, they did with a bang.

The country won four swimming gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and then took 12 of 16 women's titles at the 1994 world championships.

The team's sudden success fuelled suspicion of drug use, and by the next big competition, those hunches proved true.

Eleven athletes tested positive for dihydrotestosterone at the 1994 Asian Games. The big bust decimated the swim squad for the 1996 Olympics (they won just one gold), but soon enough the Chinese were back on top again. Not for long, however.

Four positive tests before the 1998 world championships along with the vials of the human growth hormone found in breastroker Yuan Yuan's luggage before the worlds signalled that doping was still thriving in China's pools.

Though the country maintained there was no systemic doping on its swim teams, the statistics say otherwise.

Over 40 Chinese swimmers since 1990 have failed drug tests. That's triple the amount of any other swimming country during the same period of time.

After pressure from FINA, swimming's governing body, China's swim association promised stricter drug testing and higher penalties for cheats.

Just before the 2000 Sydney Olympics, China removed four swimmers from its team because of "suspicious" drug test results.

Chinese swimmers were rarely on the podium in major competitions until the 2003 world aquatic championships in Barcelona. There, the women's team collected seven swimming medals, including three gold.

Whether those swims were clean or not, China's young swimmers will have to compete under a cloud of suspicion for years to come due to the generation of cheaters before them.

They just dope their athletes more and better!

Do you think the stimulant examination experts from the USA are ignorant? They donot have the know-how and instrument to find out whether athletes take stimulant or not?

POLITICS ASIDE.

Why do you keep focusing on the USA?

CHINA IS TOO POLLUTED TO HOLD THE GAMES

You are lack of common sense!

China is too polluted to hold the games? That's a bit harsh!!

China is too polluted to hold the games? That's a bit harsh!!

You think so???

Have you been to London? And the air is good?

Yes several times, the air is just fine, really.

Maybe the Olympics should be held in Antarctica, the air is the best in the world.