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CRF 2007, No. 3 - 2008 and Beyond
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News Roundup: May to July 2007
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2008 in Perspective
HRIC asks Jacques Rogge to publicly release the contents of the Olympic Host City Contract with Beijing.
He Qinglian believes opposition to the 2008 Olympics will continue to grow abroad and inside China unless the Chinese government demonstrates progress on human rights.
Fu Guoyong warns that official emphasis on medals pulls resources away from improving the health and fitness of ordinary people in China.
Xu Jilin went to Vancouver for the 2004 Olympics and found a society that valued sports and physical health more than counting medals.
Chen Kuide recalls how the Olympics spurred a change of values in South Korea 20 years ago, and suggests it could do the same in China.
Jean-PaulMarthoz observes that using the Olympics as a pretext for suppressing dissent can turn the Games into a catalyst for political change.
Erping Zhang proposes a new assessment of China that might provide a more nuanced approach on the Olympics.
Some Web sites posted purported excerpts of an official document listing out categories of people barred from participating in the Olympics.
Whose Olympics?
This HRIC Brief explores how public expressions of resentment are growing against costly publicity events promoting official prestige rather than the spirit of the Games.
Wei Liu looks to the Internet for clues on how ordinary people in China feel about the Olympics.
Liu Shui urges the international community to support the efforts of the people of China to speak up for their rights as the Olympics approach.
An open letter by more than 40 mainland activists and intellectuals calls for measures by Chinese leaders and the international community to end human rights abuses in China before the 2008 Olympics.
For some people in China, the 2008 Olympics has prompted reflection on China’s current social and philosophical challenges.
Lhadon Tethong kept her readers informed of her efforts to meet IOC president Jacques Rogge in Beijing, and her brief detention as a result.
Shi Ping spoke with the mother of imprisoned Chinese journalist Shi Tao soon after she received the 2007 Pen of FreedomAward on his behalf.
Going for the Green
Liu Jingsheng finds that the goal of “green Olympics” has provided new means of infringing on the rights of ordinary citizens.
Fan Baihua cites China’s environmental challenges as an example of how the international community needs to look beyond Beijing, and beyond 2008, to ensure that the Olympics has lasting relevance for China.
Huo Tao salutes the people of Xiamen in their effective united stand against a polluting factory.
Zhao Dagong sees the Xiamen protests as a sign that the Chinese public, and also officials, have learned some important lessons from the 1989 Democracy Movement.
Regular Features
What issues are at stake in the Beijing Olympics, and what the international community can do to help.
Web and print materials relating to the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Media Dialogue: China Rashomon
Chen Kuide responds to James Mann’s Washington Post article on the apparent invincibility of China’s rise.
Hope Floats
Charlie McAteer reviews Will the Boat Sink the Water?, by Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao.
Portrait of a Survivor
Rene Wadlow reviews Zhou Enlai: A Political Life, by Barbara Barnoin and Yu Changgen.
HRIC’s activities from June – August 2007