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European countries boycotting the China Olympics 9 Articles

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    by David Chaproniere

    It is very easy to forget, in our politically charged modern times, the reasons and the nature of the original Greek Olympic Games. Tribal disagreements and politics were set aside, wars halted, and a flame of peace lit fo...read more

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    by Ted Sherman

    To protest Communist China's brutal crack-down on Tibetan people fighting for independence, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the Beijing Olympic Games in August. Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland and Pres...read more

  • by Sweetsmile

    Is This Going to be a More Competitive World or a More Harmonious World? After watching one after another Olympic games and admiring their courage and perseverance in pursuit of the Motto of "Faster, Higher and Stronger...read more

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    by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

    I am hearing the news about the European Leaders boycotting the Beijing Olympics of 2008 as a form of protest against China. While many people are thinking about boycotting as a feel good option, boycotting will never be a...read more

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    by Maurice Sassoon

    An Editorial Article : It is unconceivable that the outgoing president of the United States is hell-bent on visiting the Olympics in China when some European leaders have already decided to boycott it. His unreasonable ac...read more

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    by Miles R. Hoffman

    I remember the four Engineers who arrived at work one day. The address we were working was Hunan.I knew that was China but I didn't quite know where. We were doing some kind of navigation systems. It was still a Red China ...read more

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    by Thaxton Lewis

    It should be impossible for European nations to boycott the Olympics not jsut in China, but anywhere in the world. After all, in just the last hundred years, European nations have caused two world wars, spawned two horr...read more

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    by Gianni Truvianni

    Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Poland has decided to boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic games in an act of protest against Chinese actions in Tibet. This is a fact that few people through out the world...read more

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    by Jones Joneford

    The journey of the 2008 Olympic torch is frankly nothing but farce and a shambles. This so called beacon of hope' and 'freedom' has done nothing more than rouse thousands of passionate protesters who have tried everythin...read more

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