Shock: China still communist despite olympics

By Charlie

Yes, I am shocked *shocked* that gambling is allowed at this bar:

China breaks Olympic promises on rights, media, pollution

With four days left before the start of the 2008 Summer Games, Chinese officials have not lived up to key promises they made to win the right to host the Olympics, including widening press freedoms, cleaning up their capital city's polluted air and respecting human rights.

Really? The communists lied? This has obviously never happened before, right?

When they applied to host the games, Beijing officials also had completed a Candidature File, in which they agreed to meet specific requirements. Although the International Olympic Committee said the file is a public document, Beijing Olympics officials didn't follow through Monday on a request by McClatchy to see the Candidature File they completed.

Reached by phone, the Beijing Olympic organizing committee's head of media operations, Sun Weijia, declined to comment.

Ahh, the openness and honesty of China, paragon of freedom and liberty throughout the world. Did we expect any difference?

August 5, 2008 04:41 PM China

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Comments

this is Moscow' 80 all over again...
Only now the United States is not the hope of freedom for the Chinese people since it joined the ranks with the rest of the 'highly evolved' and sophisticated world... What a shame

olga · August 5, 2008 05:48 PM

GOSH,

The CHICOMS acting like.....well...CHICOMS.

I just drizzle in and comment, nothing to see here folks...just move along...move along.

Richard · August 5, 2008 10:19 PM

is ANYONE surprised by this?

mindya · August 6, 2008 06:03 PM

It's all Bush's fault.
...{tongue in cheek}
because he didn't sign the Kyoto treaty, doncha know?

Lawrence · August 7, 2008 01:21 PM

Oh, it must be Bush's fault...not. Outside of the US judo team, I'll be cheering for the Japanese to whip the crap out of the chinese on the judo mat. Gambare Nippon! I wonder if the opening ceremonies will have big portraits of chairman Mao or any of the sort. It should be interesting.

Seg · August 7, 2008 07:47 PM

Oh, it must be Bush's fault...not. Outside of the US judo team, I'll be cheering for the Japanese to whip the dookie out of the chinese on the judo mat. Gambare Nippon! I wonder if the opening ceremonies will have big portraits of chairman Mao or any of the sort. It should be interesting.

S · August 7, 2008 07:49 PM