Plea to China to keep Olympics TV live
By Roger Blitz in London
Published: March 27 2008 19:57 Last updated: March 27 2008 19:57
The International Olympic Committee has asked China to promise not to delay transmissions of the Beijing games, after France raised concerns about Chinese television’s censoring of Tibet protests at the torch-lighting ceremony in Greece this week.
French TV executives have asked the European Broadcasting Union to extract guarantees from Beijing that transmissions will be live and uninterrupted even if protests take place.
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It is the fact that the EU et al., must consider asking China to guarantee that the television coverage be live without interuption - THAT is why China is not in the same category as Europe or America. THAT is why they cannot be trusted. THAT is why we must never relinquish one inch to China on any issue. They are not in the same category. Until their politically repressive communist system is plowed under, it will remain a threat.
You want the reason why China can't be trusted? The fact the EU must ask to keep coverage live is all we need. More than enough.
UPDATE: April 3, 2008
Witnesses confirm: Chinese soldiers "dressed as monks" sparked the violence
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