Protest in San Francisco about Olympics
On Tuesday, the Olympic flame arrived in San Francisco, prompting thousands of protesters to demonstrate against China’s human rights record and its crackdown in Tibet. By marching to the Chinese consulate, chanting, and waving flags and signs that read “Stop killing” and “No human rights, no Olympics,” protesters hope to send a message to China. Meanwhile, the Olympic flame is being kept in an undisclosed location until the 6-mile relay through San Francisco, which is schedule for Wednesday.
Read more about this at http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/us.olympic.torch/index.html
Read more about this at http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/us.olympic.torch/index.html
posted by Maria Teresa de la Cruz at 11:33 AM
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With all of the obvious controversy that surrounds the Chinese hosting of the olympics, I wonder why they were chosen. Of all of the countries in the world, I just wonder, why China? I know that they are growing by leaps and bounds and becoming a huge player in the international community, but it seems that they could have chosen a country that would have resulted in much less controversy and chaos.
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