From Newsday: ALL NATIONS SHOULD OBSERVE a truce during the Beijing Olympics next August to enable athletes to compete and help build "a peaceful and better world through sport," [...] A resolution adopted by the 192-nation body cited the ancient Greek tradition of ekecheiria, or "Olympic Truce," as a model. [Link]From WCSN: "Olympic chief Jacques Rogge, in a speech to the United Nations before the resolution was passed, reiterated his view that engaging with China by holding the sporting spectacle in Beijing would have long-term benefits for the whole world.
"In China, the Beijing 2008 Summer Games have already delivered important social, legislative and economic benefits," he said. "It is better to open a new door to China than to leave it closed at this point in its modern evolution." (...) [Link]
All of the above articles stress that there was opposition to the truce resolution from human rights groups due to China's positions on Tibet and Dafur. To see a contrast between the western press and the Chinese "press" on this issue look at this Xinhua article which only plays up the pro China aspects rather than the pro democracy points of view. [Link]
The Xinhua article sort of reminds me of the FOX News Network in regards to our current political Zeitgeist.
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