Struggle Search On For China Qinghai Earthquake Survivors

Chinese rescue workers were scratching through rubble with their hands in the search for survivors Thursday after the country’s biggest earthquake in two years killed more than 589 people and left thousands injured in a remote part of the Tibetan plateau.

14 Million Stolen And Lost Travel Documents May Be Used By Terriorists To Disrupt Olympics Games!!!

With 14m stolen and lost travel documents in its database, Interpol will work with Chinese authories to implement a system for conducting checks at Beijing’s airport and other major border entries to prevent dangerous elements from entering China.

Head of Interpol Ronald Noble has warned that there is a “real possibility that the Beijing Olympics will be attacked by terrorists. He said security services in Beijing must be prepared “for the possibility that al-Qaeda or some other terriorist group will attempt to launch a deadly terrorist attack at these Olympics”.

He added that “These activities could range from disruptive behavior, like blocking major transportation routes or infrastructure or interfering with competitions, to more violent acts like assaulting Olympic officials or athletes or destroying property.”

Chinese officials have said that terrorism is the biggest threat to the August Olympic Games and have called for closer international co-operation to prevent possible incidents.

See previous articles – UPDATED – Sabotage Of Beijing Games? – Kidnapping And Suicide Attacks – What’s Next?

[Adapted from International Press Reports]

UPDATED – Sabotage Of Beijing Games? – Kidnapping And Suicide Attacks – What’s Next!!!!!!

Except for a few water bombs throw at the Olympic torch on its relay, the run was basically trouble free and the Argentinians sure will be breathing a sigh of relief now that it is over.

Chaos Surrounds The Olympic Torch Relay But The Games Are Still On

Having monitoring the recent events surrounding the Olympic torch relay of the Beijing games we note with clarity that what is happening right now is nothing more than a well intended, orchestrated attempt to embarrass China before the world.

From the beginning with the opening ceremony of the handing over of the Olympic flame where a man was taken away for unfurling a flag with the Olympic rings in the shape of link handcuffs, disruptions on the Greek relay route, mass demonstrations and arrests in Tibet, London, Paris and now in San Francisco where security personnel had not only shortened the torch relay route but temporarily extinguished the flame and keep it whereabouts a secret, until it was safe to exposed it to the public again, this calculated move not only brought Tibet once again in the limelight {desiring its independence from China} but also China human rights issues and if China is capable of maintaining law and order surrounding the games in what seem to a growing problem that isn’t going away in a hurry.

And so the upcoming Beijing games presented the perfect opportunity to get the world to turn their eyes once again on China & Tibet and to gained intrenational support to apply pressure to resolved unresolved issues.
Then there is back and forth talk as to whether who should or should boycott the games or just the opening ceremony. The IOC {The International Olympic Committee} was rightly so to state that the relay and games will go on.

Pray tell me, where is one going to host the games at this late junction of the hour. Cancelling the games will not only sideline athletes who spend years training for this momentous occasion and for some it will definetely be their last but what about the millions spend to host the games?. Well that would be just like taking away the previous Cricket World Cup from us {Caribbean} after all that money spend because persons may think we weren’t capable in securing the World Cup if massive protests were edvidence in the hosts countries.
China does have issues to deal with we know, but as their proverb goes ‘the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step’ and that step may not happen in my time or your life time. Needless to say others like the Australian Prime Minister Mr Rudd openly critical of China handling of the Tibet problem whilst at the same time advocating that the show must go on. Sensible man I say. And you can bet the straightforward Mr Rudd has seen to it that Australia’s own ‘ground security’ will be in charged when the torch arrives in Canberra later in the month with only one or two ‘Chinese attendants’ surrounding the flame.

Can’t have ‘Chinese attendants’ manhandling police and protestors outside their jurisdiction even if they are Chinese specials forces, now can we?

See previous articles – Boycotting Of Olympic Opening Ceremony Gaining Momentum

Lighting Of Olympic Flame Today

Boycotting Of Olympic Opening Ceremony Gaining Momentum

As China continued its crackdown on the recent unrest in its Chinese province of Tibet where at least 22 people have been killed so far, the Belgium government today have hinted at the possibility of boycotting the Beijing Games if the situation in Tibet worsened. The suggestion came a day after French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday spoke on the likelihood of boycotting the opening ceremony.

As the world continue to keep its eyes on China and Tibet, reports are that there is a move afoot to punish China for its handling of the violence in Tibet with the suggestion that VIPs boycott the opening ceremony of the games in August.

This is in stark contrast to the decision taken by the European Union and Olympic committees who held talks on Monday opposing such a move. “Under no circumstance, will we support the boycott. We are 100% unanimous.” Patrick Hickery the head of the European Olympic committees said in an interview. “A boycott is only a punishment of the athletes.” Australian Olympic committee President John Coakes endorsed the claim that boycotting  would achieve nothing except disadvantaging the athletes.

Economic relations between the 27- nation EU and China are moving closer all the time. Bilateral trade double between 2000 and 2005 and reached 370b in 2006. Europe is China’s largest export market and China is Europe’s prime source of imports.

See article – Lighting Of Olympic Flame Today

{Adapted from International Press Reports.}