Chinese people believe that politics is the least we want in our daily life, because it is not edible when in hunger. While anticipating the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, which is just a few days to go, the Chinese want the least of Games-related politics, too.
Now, as we are ready to enjoy the party -- a gala sports carnival, and extend the festival atmosphere worldwide, some Western media are playing politics again. They claim that Chinese government has failed to provide them with “completely free access to the Internet” in Beijing.
Some sites including Wikipedia and BBC English are accessible now. However, the Western media outlets complain the Chinese de-regulation is not enough. They cry for unrestricted access to Websites which promotes independence of Taiwan and Tibet, which serves as online mouthpieces of the outlawed Falun Gong group, and other domains that are very hostile to China.
Patriotic Chinese netizens know very well why the above-mentioned anti-China sites have been blocked in China, and we support the regulation by the government. We also get to know who have funded those anti-China sites, and their untold motives for sponsoring them.
China’s National People’s Congress has enacted the Anti-secession Law, and ruled the Falun Gong cult group illegal on China’s land, so the government is legally bound to shut down the sites which speak for Taiwan and Tibet independence, or the fake religious group. After all, these
RE:Please put politics away from Olympics!
by Ryan Zhang on Aug 02, 2008 02:37 PM
Speaking from another perspective, the above Websites have no relevance to the Olympic Games, why some foreign journalists are so keen to read them, which are mostly China and Chinese-bashing? And, they even make lots of noise while cannot access them. Are these reporters coming to Beijing to report on the athletic competition of the Games, or are they coming here to report on the Falun Gong, Taiwan, Tibet, or China’s political system?
Beijing has staged unswerving efforts to make the Games a success. The eye-catching National Stadium, the Bird’s Net, is perhaps the most photographed landmark in the world, a brilliant combination of world design and Chinese execution. Following 30 years of economic reform and opening up to the outside world, the Chinese are now more open-minded, and always prone to learn the merits, and accept criticism from others.
However, we are not insensitive to others rubbing their hands with glee at this fabulous opportunity of Olympiad to bash China, for our many “sins” against democracy, human rights, freedom, etc. Earlier, the run of anti-China hooplas in Paris when the Olympic Flame relayed there has taught us a lesson. Our disabled Shanghai girl Jin Jing is now a national heroine. All in all, Beijing is determined to make the great Games a happy and enjoyable party. Nobody here wants it to have any divisive role. After all, the Beijing Olympics is really for, by, and of the Chinese ordinary people.
