http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/23/chinas-olympics-coercion-or-celebration/ American Foreign Policy Analysis in Central Asia Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:07:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/23/chinas-olympics-coercion-or-celebration/#comment-3353 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:53:44 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/07/23/chinas-olympics-coercion-or-celebration/#comment-3353 [...] Yesterday, all Bush’s problems seemed so far away.  But know it looks as China’s authoritarian government is here to stay.  The Chinese are shall we say displeased about the US House of Representatives resolution requesting China to honor their IOC commitments in regard to human rights, internet blocking, and treatment of its Tibetan and Uighur citizens and about Bush’s meetings with 5 Chinese dissidents.  A Chinese Foreign Ministry spoken called the House measure an “odious conduct” and said the United States should stop “making use of so-called religious and human rights” issues to score political points.  I have previously talked about how controversial these Olympics may become, as China’s government fears destabilizing and embarrassing terrorist attacks, political protests from a host of groups, and desperately desires to impress its domestic populace with a well-run games in which they can be proud of (and therefore keep the Communists in power).  Having the world’s superpower voicing displeasure toward their policies and way of governance does not fit into this plan. [...] […] Yesterday, all Bush’s problems seemed so far away.  But know it looks as China’s authoritarian government is here to stay.  The Chinese are shall we say displeased about the US House of Representatives resolution requesting China to honor their IOC commitments in regard to human rights, internet blocking, and treatment of its Tibetan and Uighur citizens and about Bush’s meetings with 5 Chinese dissidents.  A Chinese Foreign Ministry spoken called the House measure an “odious conduct” and said the United States should stop “making use of so-called religious and human rights” issues to score political points.  I have previously talked about how controversial these Olympics may become, as China’s government fears destabilizing and embarrassing terrorist attacks, political protests from a host of groups, and desperately desires to impress its domestic populace with a well-run games in which they can be proud of (and therefore keep the Communists in power).  Having the world’s superpower voicing displeasure toward their policies and way of governance does not fit into this plan. […]

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