China

'Free Tibet' flags were discovered being made at a factory in southern China. These flags are banned in mainland China so I'm sure Chinese authorities were happy to be able to crackdown on the manufacturing of these flags especially getting so close to the Olympic Games which are in 100 days.



People will find a way to protest, don't worry.
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I do wonder if we can separate politics from athletics. Are the Olympic games an event that is just about athletes competing from their respective countries and not a time to make political statements and boycotts? If countries from around the world are participating in one event, isn't this the exact type of forum a country/group could use to infuse politics with sport? I feel like it can't be helped. I mean, remember the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?
Thank you to Jesse Owens putting a damper on Hitler's Olympics.
How about the 1972 Munich Games were the Israeli athletes were kidnapped and killed by Palestinians?
I think the Olympics are one of the greatest events in the world and fortunately and sometimes unfortunately, they are used as a forum for political expression. We'll see what the Olympics do for China's policy regarding Tibet. Maybe nothing. I don't even know what to say about Tibet.