The Beijing Olympics: Ten Things You Should Know
About China 
Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Here's a little follow up snippet on
our article Boycotting the 2008 Olympics In Beijing. If you are not yet
planning on boycotting anything regarding the upcoming Summer Olympics,
here are 10 things you should know about China. What you don't know
might not hurt you, but it's hurting others right now.
Half of the world's population living in
countries designated "Not Free" by Freedom House live in China.
(Details)
China imprisons more
journalists than any other country in the world. (Details)
The Chinese government maintains one of the world's
most sophisticated systems of blocking access to websites and monitoring
its citizens' e-mail communications. How would you like
to live like that? (Details)
Pic from
Economist.com
The one-child policy leads to
forced abortions, a shortage of
females (that's right - what you may have heard is true, as
many families would prefer a male child, for inheritance and of course
sexist reasons), and an increased trafficking of
people. (Details)
65 crimes in China carry the death
penalty. Sixty-five. Including
drug charges and tax fraud. (Details)
The Chinese government has supported
extremely repressive regimes such as those governing Burma, Sudan and
Zimbabwe. (Details)
Tibetan Buddhists, Christians,
Muslims, and practitioners of other religions face frequent
harassment. (Details)
Thousands of North Korean refugees who
escape into China are sent back to North Korea to face arrest, torture,
and sometimes death. (Details)
Public protests have been on the
increase in recent years. (Details)
Chinese citizens deserve better.
(Details)
Thank you to FreedomHouse.org
for providing these facts about China. Please keep in mind that if
you plan to watch and/or support in any way the 2008 Beijing Olympics,
you are literally contributing to the tyranny that results in all of the
atrocities above.
And God bless the U.S.A. for allowing us
publish this and all of our other articles,
censorship-free!!
Please refer to our "How To Make A Difference" section
in our previous article on the 2008
Beijing
Olympics.
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