:/ dear reuters, i expected more from you

[luciene]

So, I quote:

Despite the Phelps phenomenon, the Games' mood on Day Two was marred by attacks by suspected Muslim separatists in Xinjiang, some 3,000 km (1,900 miles) from Beijing. Seven of the attackers died, and a security guard was also killed

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[gothicauthor]

Agreed. -_-;;; If Tibet is being liberated at all, it'll have to happen through the Tibetans--by themselves--not a bunch of white people laying down with flags in Tianmen square, not a bunch of Western reporters talking it down all over the place, which is also why I've been saying that America has no place in this. It's about independence, too, which is kind of necessarily violent.

Also, the Nepali police are awful to the Tibetans, too, but if I hadn't been paying attention to the Chinese news, I never would've known they were involved. So what does America really care about? From where I'm standing, it sure as hell doesn't look like the Tibetans, 'cause if it were, why are they ignoring the other half of the problem?

I'm really tired of the random political attacks in every goddamn article about the Olympics. It's bad journalism and bad sportsmanship on top of that.

GA

[luciene]

To be honest I have no idea if it's just America or it's the American media. The articles have been pretty snarky about politicizing every single little thing, but the American government, and especially Bush as far as I know, is really careful about stepping on China's toes.

Bush, for all his faults, is doing a pretty good job of not making matters worse at the moment. They're still discussing things, but nothing new has been said, and recently there's only been some minor prodding about religious freedom and NOTHING about Tibet. He's using the Olympics to pay respect to China and generally keep 30 years of Sino-American relations intact, but that means all the smoke is coming from the reporters. That would be fine because while Congress is pissed, the President isn't listening to them. So on the government front it seems like everything will be fine.

But elections are coming round, and ... there is at least one presidential candidate who seems like the kind of guy who will listen.

[gothicauthor]

Yeah, I generally just say "America" 'cause "American media" is more of a mouthful. XD

This is very true! I can't complain about Bush on this one 'cause it seems like it's all been going pretty well on the official political front.

But as you said, the elections are coming. x.x We'll see what happens, I guess?

GA

[luciene]

This. This is true. It also leaves a really bad taste in the mouth >_> Randomly, Phelps just won his 8th Olympic gold.

rofl I like how you said "on this one". It seems we understand each other... XD

[matchynishi]

the western powers are doing their best to discredit china so their capitalist markets won't be as dependent on them as they are now... taking shameless advantage of the situation and everything, ne. :( Still, a shame that gov't propaganda is taking over the actual sports coverage. :|

[luciene]

I have no idea if they really are; they're so confusing! I'm pretty sure at some point the Western powers are looking to relocate all their production back to domestic markets where their own people can get more jobs, but that's not likely to happen when production costs in China are seriously dirt cheap. So I guess the only thing they can really hammer China on is the 'ideological' (did I spell that right) side, if you will. But a lot of governments also depend on the support of major corporations, so they're just. It's a balancing act, I guess, politically.

But the media... ugh, so annoying. ;(