]I did a quick Google News search
]for "China Human Rights"

...and so the Chinese Secret Police are now using Google Street View to watch your house...

You don't even know what democracy is!

Do you ever know the truth that you are living in a fake so called "freedom" country?

You believe you will be admired as long as you post such a stupid article here, in NCAA website. Are you insane? You think it is cool? This reveals your fear about the growth of China, like your government and your fellow people.

Please, please try not to be so naive, Americans.

I have felt from the beginning the IOC made a huge mistake in judgment by allowing the games to head to China. For something that is built around the humanity of the world coming together in a peaceful display through athletics how can it be allowed to come to a country that has been repressing a region for decades. The latest incidents are not new in Tibet. The Chinese government has constantly beat down this peaceful Buddhist nation. I for one would be for a complete boycott of the olympics. I know people will say the olympics aren't about politics but about the athletes, it's not the athletes fault. But I have to disagree the Olympics have always been intertwined with politics. These games very much resemble the 1936 games where the Hitler used the Berlin games as pure propaganda to show their superiority. China as a nation boycotted the 1976 and 1980 games. So lets take this it's not political out of the equation. China is pouring millions into this olympics at the expense of anyone and everyone. They want to show that they are a world power to be reckoned with. They have evicted thousands of their own people to build these olympic stadiums without compensation. There would be nothing more insulting then to say no thank you to attending. The US is scared to make a stand because then we couldn't get all the cheap low quality goods that we import every day. I for one will not watch this year, I cannot in good faith support anything about these games. Their treatment of the nation of Tibet is horrendous and has been for decades. Yes Marta it's great that there are several articles but that is not a cause to action. Results need to happen not words. Words will not save these people.

Like most of us, all I know about China is what I read and see on TV. From a human rights perspective, not much of it sounds good, but we do create perceptions through our own filters. In fact, great numbers of people across the world are just as troubled by Western behavior as we are about what's happening in China.

The world is a fractured place these days, and I'm not certain that Olympic sports are the unifying factor that they once seemed to be. That's kind of a downer, but I think that will be the lasting legacy of Beijing.

I would agree dp that the world is very fractured but I along with many worldwide, are upset not with just China but yes western behavior as well. It has to do with a humanitarian issue not democracy vs communism etc. I know my post is long about the Tibet nation but is more holistic in the belief of human rights around the world. What is happening in China is very wrong and I would think if the olympics were in the US I would expect countries to complain if not boycott because of our middle east policy.

I'm hopeful that bringing the games to China will expose the culture to so much of what the rest of the world is about that it will be the beginning of the end for their regime.

However ... I may be tilting at windmills here.

"but we do create perceptions through our own filters." I really appreciated that kind of open mind.

"China's link to the genocide in Darfur" - are you sure you understand what is the link - if there is one? You can't turn on the TV without hearing about it - that is exactly how corrupted American media became. The media is not trying to report the fact; instead, it just says what the audience wants to hear. Unfortunately, a large part of the audience are so close-minded.

I'm from China and didn't like the government there at all. But American people would better use their head more instead of depending on some childish label on everything. Did you think about why the protesters' signs in the above photo are in English instead of Chinese or Tibetan? Did you know all the recent pictures of the assuming Chinese police beating demonstrators/monks are all Nepal and Indian police - none are Chinese police. How many ordinary Chinese people did you talk with about what freedom they have and what freedom they don't have? How much are people hurt economically and emotionally because of being evicted to build Olympic stadium? Or as a matter of fact, did you set your feet in China at all? Of course, it is not really necessary to visit China to have an opinion, but if the information you depend on is produced to please your existing opinion, that is not going to lead you to the truth.

This is to respond Pat's comments: Although at least more than half of Chinese still live in very poor rural areas, the rest (still more than entire American population) who live in the metropolitan area know much more about the world than what most Americans know.

Please enlighten us anonymous on your life in China. I am very open to hear what you have to say on the facts. Where did you live? How long were you there? Have you moved out do you live in the US? Why did you not like the government? You quickly lashed out but what did you dislike so much you had to leave? Then what is wrong with wanting a change for humanity. I am not putting the problems of the world on China alone. I am very critical of US policy also. I believe words alone will not bring about social change for the world. Is it justified then to have Buddhist monks senselessly beat by any police regardless of location? You just opened up many questions.

To answer your question, Anonymous, China has been linked to the crisis in Darfur because China is the Sudanese government's largest trade partner, importing more than two-thirds of the Sudan's oil products and also has reportedly sold the government weapons. While this may be a more implicit than explicit role (Chinese troops aren't actually taking part militarily), it's clear that the Sudanese government (which has been responsible for more than 200,000 deaths and more than 2.5 million refugees) is benefiting from the relationship economically. Of course, the U.S. has had our own questionable trade partners in the past…

In the end, I think the real benefit of this increased attention to China will act to encourage fair and equitable human rights, while also elevating China's place in the international community. In fact, there are a few indications that is already happening. Over the last year China has made significant changes in its approach to Darfur, sending a special envoy to "deliver a stern warning to the Sudanese government, and to remind its Western critics that they, too, could be doing more to stop the fighting."

China is basking in the international spotlight. It's up to Hu Jintao’s government to make changes that can have a positive impact on how China is perceived in the future. It's a terrific opportunity for all sides involved.