Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: China Falls Short on Vows for Olympics: 'Long Way to Go' On Rights, Pollution And Press Freedom

Sunday 27 April 2008

China Falls Short on Vows for Olympics: 'Long Way to Go' On Rights, Pollution And Press Freedom

(Washington Post, Apr. 21, 2008)
China has spent billions of dollars to fulfill its commitment to stage a grand Olympics. But beneath the shimmer and behind the slogan, China has not lived up to a pledge in its Olympic action plan, released in 2002, to "be open in every aspect," and a constitutional amendment adopted in 2004 to recognize and protect human rights has not shielded government critics from arrest.