Comments on: We Don’t Want To Go To China http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/we-dont-want-to-go-to-china/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:36:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Iain Rowan http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/we-dont-want-to-go-to-china/#comment-108369 Iain Rowan Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:57:04 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/we-dont-want-to-go-to-china/#comment-108369 There's an irony in that the preparation for these games, which as you rightly say are an attempt to legitimize the current Chinese state, has itself lead to an increase in human rights abuses: http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=603 (Besides, I think the games should have been awarded to <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=jqheysKKvDc" rel="nofollow">Stoneybridge</a>). <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Iain. I was aware of the Amnesty list and, it is, as you say, quite clear that the Chinese government has reneged on promises to improve its human rights record. As for Stoneybridge . . .well, they was robbed. There’s an irony in that the preparation for these games, which as you rightly say are an attempt to legitimize the current Chinese state, has itself lead to an increase in human rights abuses:

http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=603

(Besides, I think the games should have been awarded to Stoneybridge).

jb says: Hi Iain. I was aware of the Amnesty list and, it is, as you say, quite clear that the Chinese government has reneged on promises to improve its human rights record. As for Stoneybridge . . .well, they was robbed.

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