Posted on March 31, 2008 by nolympics
Sabine Verhest writes in Belgian daily La Libre about the problems of Europeans when dealing with China: (via eurotopics)
“While the Tibetans continue demonstrating in Lhassa despite the repression, the Europeans have very courageously taken the step of treating China with kid gloves as much as possible. Meeting in Slovenia [on March 29th] under the presidency [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by nolympics
John Fox, a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations calls for a more efficient EU foreign policy that does not rule out any olympic boycott:
EU leaders need to make clear to the Chinese Government that they are prepared to boycott Olympic ceremonies and to consider a broader boycott of the games [...]
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