Conservative Pulse

Gosper is the “fall guy” for IOC, Chinese flip-flop on press

International Olympics Committee member Kevan Gosper has gotten caught in the middle of what may have been a secret agreement between the IOC and the Chinese government to significantly restrict press access during the Games. The secret deal has outraged the world’s media gathering in Beijing for the Games in seven days, and marks a new [...]

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McCain meets with Dalai Lama, asks for progress on Tibet

Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain met with Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama recently and read a short statement emphasizing the need for the Chinese government to “engage in talk sand make progress with His Holiness’ representatives” regarding political prisoners and autonomy for Tibet. Tensions have heightened in recent months between Tibetan protestors and the Chinese government [...]

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Beijing plans to tightly control Olympic spectators

I was pretty optimistic when I first heard that Beijing was going to host the 2008 Olympics - in spite of China’s poor human rights record, maybe it would give them an excuse to open up a little.  Unfortunately, that probably won’t be the case at all.  It’s becoming readily evident that spectators, particularly Westerners, [...]

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Discrimination during Beijing Olympics?

This reeks of South Africa or Jim Crow laws over a generation ago in the United States: Hong Kong’s English newspaper The South China Morning Post reported Friday that Chinese authorities have issued a secret ban on blacks, Mongolians and other "social undesirables" from Beijing’s bars during the Olympics. The pledges that Sanlitun bar owners had been [...]

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No Olympics for you!

The Chinese government keeps a long list of people that they don’t want to see in their country.  Now mind you, these aren’t terrorists or criminals - they’re mostly dissidents and political opponents, and mostly from China itself. Two of the most high-profile names on this list are the Dalai Lama and Ma Ying-jeou, President of [...]

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China mars 2008 Olympics

The recent protests along the route of the Olympic flame have involved Tibetans, citizens of the respective countries, local and national officials, and even the torch-bearers themselves. In London, Konnie Huq both carried the flame and voiced her opposition to Chinese policy; San Francisco is scheduled to receive the torch on April 9, but in [...]

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