Bloodied 2008 China Olympics & Internet Spy Games; Americans and the Free World Must Boycott these Olympic games:

Bloodied 2008 China Olympics & Internet Spy Games; Americans and the Free World Must Boycott these Olympic games:
By Marc Chamot

If our spineless American presidents and politicians wont take action, we must take it upon ourselves to show China, that these anti-freedom violations will no longer be tolerated!

"What we’ve got is not a failure in communication with president George Bush, what we’ve got is a TOTAL failure in intelligence on his part."

President George Bush, the lowest rated in presidential approval ratings in recent memory. Is still doing a thing WRONG when it comes to China. And never mind that China has atrocious human rights records with Tibet and with their own people. The banning of religious freedoms such as the Falun Gong, president George Bush is heading to China for the ceremonies of the upcoming Chinese 2008 Olympics, while ignoring most Americans views against his trip.

It’s a wrong signal for a sitting American president to send to China. It merely condones their bullying and actions, something that we deplore from other nations around the world.

And now for a final blow! China wants to spy on all foreign Internet users mainly Americans during their trip to the Olympics. Spying and “freedom of speech” is China’s biggest abuse other than their Tibet and Falun Gong woes.

I for one will not watch the Olympics on TV. I’m sure that many others wont either. I’m also sure that some corporate networks and advertisers might get a consumer backlash from promoting these games. World discord and scorn towards China is at an all time high and if OUR American and world politicians choose to ignore our will. We will show them all, that the PEOPLE of the free world will no longer tolerate condoning to China’s wanton abuses!

Senator: China orders hotels to help spy on Internet users

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A senior U.S. lawmaker says China is ordering foreign-owned hotels there to install government software and hardware that would let authorities spy on guests' Internet activities during the Beijing Olympics.

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, released a translated document Wednesday from China's Public Security Bureau that he said orders hotels to use the monitoring programs.


CNN was not able to independently verify the original document, and calls to the Chinese Embassy in Washington went unanswered. CNN will continue to try to reach Beijing for a response to Brownback's allegations.

The senator said journalists, athletes, tourists, activists and others would be subjected to invasive intelligence gathering by the Public Security Bureau.

Several international hotel chains have confirmed the order, Brownback said, but he wouldn't disclose which ones, saying they fear retaliation from the Chinese government. He said the hotels are warning guests that their Internet activities are not private. Learn more how China monitors the Internet »

The translated document offered by Brownback's staff states that "refusing the installment or stopping operation of the system after installment will be subject to punishment. ... In case of serious violation, access to the Internet will be suspended or the business license will be canceled."

CNN reached one hotel manager who said authorities met with the staff to discuss Internet security. However, he said, the officials didn't provide any documentation.

The manager said on condition of anonymity that the Chinese government is capable of monitoring Internet traffic without involving or telling the hotels that it is doing so.
Stanley Marcuss, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of commerce, advised business travelers to leave their laptops at home.

"They are required by the U.S. government not to permit unauthorized access to information stored in their computers," he said, "and if the Chinese say, 'We're going to get access to what's in your computer if you use your computer in China,' that's a real problem."

The Summer Olympics in Beijing begins August 8.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/brownback.china/index.html

What do you expect from the worst loser president in history folks?

Bush Is Bound for Beijing as a Sports Fan, Not a Crusader
By STEVEN LEE MYERS

WASHINGTON — Aides organizing President Bush’s trip to China for the Olympics considered having him worship at a house church, one of the underground religious institutions that routinely face official harassment, but the Chinese authorities ruled it out.

Pastors, lawyers and other political activists whom Mr. Bush considered meeting in Beijing as a signal of support have instead been ordered by the Chinese authorities to leave the city during the president’s visit. Scores of others have been arrested.

The idea of giving a Reaganesque “tear down this wall” speech on human rights in China — as members of Congress and others are calling for Mr. Bush to do — has been abandoned as potentially insulting to the president’s hosts, one senior administration official said. Besides, most Chinese would probably not see or hear it, because of state control of the news media.

Mr. Bush, who departed Monday for a trip to Asia that will include four days in Beijing, has characterized his visit as an apolitical celebration of the Olympic spirit and American sportsmanship. But behind the scenes, according to officials and others involved in the discussions, the preparations have been far more complicated and remain a source of friction.

The White House’s plans have been thwarted by Chinese objections, by security issues and by sensitivities that the administration chose not to upset, even as Mr. Bush faced criticism from human-rights campaigners and lawmakers here in Washington for not doing and saying more.
Harry Wu, a well-known critic in exile of China’s prison system, who met with the president at the White House last Tuesday, dismissed the president’s statements as “just games” and expressed disappointment that Mr. Bush’s attendance at the Olympics was having so little effect on the Chinese authorities.

“There’s no quarrel,” Mr. Wu, now the executive director of the Laogai Research Foundation in Washington, said afterward, with a tone of resignation. “There’s nothing. He’s going. That’s it.”
Mr. Bush first announced last September that he would attend the Olympic Games, a politically risky decision, given China’s authoritarianism and the deep support in the United States for the country’s persecuted Christians, Tibetans and political activists.

Mr. Bush will be the first sitting president to attend an Olympic Games overseas; he and his aides have said the trip is a gesture of respect to China. While his love of sports is evident, he showed no such enthusiasm for the Olympic spirit when the Games were held in Greece in 2004. And he has rebuffed calls to at least boycott the opening ceremonies.

“I know it’s important for me to send a clear signal to the Chinese people that we respect them,” Mr. Bush said in an interview on Wednesday with China’s state television network, CCTV.
In that interview, he mentioned differences with China, but not their nature or causes, striking the balance he has sought in much of what he has said and done regarding American-Chinese relations.

When Mr. Bush met last week with Mr. Wu and four other Chinese dissidents, he did so in the White House residence, not in the Oval Office. And he made sure to drop by a West Wing meeting held the same day between his national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, and China’s foreign minister, Yang Jiechi.

While he evidently will not worship at an underground church, Mr. Bush does plan to attend services on Sunday at the Beijing Kuanjie Protestant Church, one of the most prominent of those officially registered by the government. (And then, that night, he will watch Kobe Bryant and the rest of USA Basketball play China.)

Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, who was among a group of advocates who met with Mr. Hadley last week to discuss China, said the problem with the balance Mr. Bush was striving for was that it too readily accepted the Chinese authorities’ conditions.

Referring to the decision to visit an authorized church, he said: “It’s not an affirmation of religious freedom. It’s an affirmation of government-controlled religion.”

The senior administration official who discussed the trip did not dispute that Chinese objections had shaped the president’s itinerary. “They’re going to make it difficult for the meetings to take place,” the official said, referring to Chinese efforts to keep dissidents away from the president. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the diplomatic sensitivities surrounding the trip.

Mr. Bush will meet President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders during the visit. And he and his aides said he would discuss a variety of contentious issues, including human rights in China; Tibet; and China’s resistance to international action in Myanmar, Sudan and Zimbabwe.

The problem for Mr. Bush politically is that the Chinese authorities have intensified pressure on dissidents and others as the Games approach, jailing hundreds in an apparent effort to avoid any demonstrations, according to reports by advocacy groups like Freedom House and Amnesty International.

That has left the president vulnerable to accusations that his entreaties to the Chinese in private have had little discernible effect in public.

The worst nightmare for the White House could be a harsh, even violent Chinese government response to protests at a moment when Mr. Bush is appearing in sparkling stadiums, watching sports with his family.

“He will look awful,” Mr. Roth of Human Rights Watch said, “if he ignores the repression around him.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/washington/05prexy.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1217883684-SR/piiVHoNGejgCJNRbsRw&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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