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Chinese Lies

I have many strong opinions on the state of China, how they deal with issues/people/truth, and the current Olypmics… but this article on the Chinese “women’s” gymnastics team sums up most of it.


Oh, the gracious land of the oppressed!

China believes the rest of the world is just as gullible, cow-eyed, and afraid to speak as their native population is.  So it shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone when they think problems are solved by just stating they are.

  • Age verification of Chinese athletes with only Chinese created documents?  Check.
  • Proving there’s no pollution, just “mist”, in Beijing by merely saying so?  Check.
  • Destroying your people’s homes and building walls around others, for “state purposes” related to the Olympics, and then pretending like you didn’t… when the rest of the world has proof?  Check.

I love the Olympics, but the IOC has failed miserably.  Allowing them to be held in China was the first mistake.

  • How could you even begin to believe all the promises made about the “progress” they’ll make before they’re held, when China hasn’t told a single truth to anyone in years?
  • How could you even imagine that Beijing’s pollution problem could be fixed/magically go away in a few short years, let alone when the government pretends like it’s not an issue?


Exactly my thoughts, Mr. Artist.

Their second mistake is to turn a blind eye to all of this with the intent of not upsetting their gracious hosts.  Do some research and you’ll find some interesting stuff.

The IOC refuses to do anything about:

  • Chinese “women’s” gymnastics team’s age issue
  • the blatant lies about the levels of Beijing’s pollution
  • the human rights atrocities committed in preparation for this Olympics (house demolition, house quarantines, indefinite jailtime for protestors/”the unharmonious”, etc.)
  • journalistic freedom failure, thanks to watchdogs (both human and computer), the Great Firewall of China, and many other restrictions about what is “harmonious” and allowed


Probably what the state-sponsored toilet paper looks like.

It’s not like the world doesn’t have Internet connections, or watch non-Chinese media.  The IOC is playing a game of “let’s hope they’re really stupid”, and it’s not working.  Funny how China’s been doing the same thing for years…

posted on August 13th, 2008 at 9:35 am by Kyle

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