General+Worldwide+Protests+5

By Anna P. and Astrid

Protests in Favor of Beijing Olympics: Found at Flickr.com By:carhead Protesters in favor of Olympics: Flickr.com By:carhead http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/ Chinese-Canadians protest in favor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/21/content_7829932.htm

On April 19th, over 300 Chinese Americans and national Chinese people over seas gathered to protest their support for the olympics. They protested that the Anti-Western China forces were using humiliating remarks aggenst the Chinese people, also protested Tibet's independence. The peoples main reason was because they didn't like the distorted media reports. They also didn't want racial discrimination aggenst the olympics.
 * Foreign Nations are voicing their opinions about the Beijing Olympics. Countries like Mauritania and Pakistan want the Olympics to still be held in China, and they applaud China's determination.
 * France has declared its support for this year's Olympics as well.
 * Singapore's Minister for Community Development agrees that sports should be kept separate from politics, and that
 * protests say that the Beijing Olympics is an opportunity for China to present its achievements since the adoption of open policy
 * the games do not have anything to do with politics, and the both have nothing in common. and the atheletes should be there for the games not politics.
 * The Chinese also rallied to oppose media distortion and media fabrication in the recent events.

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