The guy just wants to keep his well paid job.
He does not care who gets killed.
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On Apr 27, 4:47=A0pm, PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Rogge demands end to hectoring China
> =A0+ - 09:05, April 27,
2008http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883=
/6399666.html
>
> The west must stop hectoring China over human rights, International
> Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has demanded.
>
> "You don't obtain anything in China with a loud voice." This was the
> "big mistake of people in the west", the IOC chief said in an
> interview with the Financial Times published on Saturday.
>
> Rogge said, "It took us 200 years to evolve from the French
> Revolution. China started in 1949," a time when Britain and other
> European nations were also colonial powers, "with all the abuse
> attached to colonial powers". "It was only 40 years ago that we gave
> liberty to the colonies. Let's be a little bit more modest."
>
> Rogge said the IOC always believed awarding the 2008 Games to Beijing
> would "open up China", and that in time this would happen.
>
> "The Games we believe, over time, will have a good influence on social
> evolution in China, and the Chinese admit it themselves," he said.
>
> Rogge questioned whether media attention on Tibet would be as strong
> if the Games were not taking place in Beijing. "I wonder if Tibet
> would be front page today were it not that the Games are being
> organized in Beijing. It would probably be page 4 or 5," he said.
>
> Rogge said China had given significant ground to the IOC by opening
> access to foreign media for the Olympics, which he expected to be
> extended beyond 2008 and believed would be a key factor in the social
> evolution of the country. China had also responded to IOC concerns
> about pollution in Beijing, he added.
>
> "We have been able to achieve something. I am not quite sure that
> heads of government have achieved much more than we have done," Rogge
> said.
>
> The Games would continue to be awarded to cities with the best
> technical bids, and were for the benefit of athletes rather than for
> international political evolution, but "if at the same time they can
> bring something for the region of the country, yes, fine," Rogge said.
>
> Source: Xinhua
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