About one minute into this video report by the BBC on China's crackdown
on dissidence, Pastor Zhang "Bike" Mingxuan is seen being forcibly
detained by Chinese authorities. He was released shortly after the
incident but was arrested again on August 6, two days before the
Olympic Games opening ceremonies.
You can sign a petition to the Chinese government regarding Pastor Bike at the following link: http://www.freepastorbike.com
Also in this video is a woman who claims her home was demolished by the government for the Olympics and no compensation was given to her. I had actually just been wondering about all the space a city has to clear out for building new structures to host the Olympics, and this is a rather dark answer to my questions. On a not-as-serious note, I also ran across this article on the upcoming London games: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7112603.stm
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