May 8, 2008

Security at the Beijing Olympics will literally be a military operation

China’s military is in charge of coordinating security for the Olympic Games, according to the state-run media. The China News Service, said on Aug. 25 that “unified organization and coordination” by the General Staff headquarters of the PLA is handling “elaborate preparations, undergoing intensive training and making rigorous battle preparations.”      
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Security training session for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at a military base in Shenyang, Liaoning province on May 6. Reuters

Hu Jintao seen using 'delay tactics' with Tibet talks to defuse boycott threat

Bowing to international pressure, Beijing has restarted on-again, off-again talks with emissaries of the Dalai Lama. There is widespread suspicion that President Hu Jintao, party secretary of Tibet from 1988 to 92, agreed to restart the talks only to defuse calls by U.S. and European politicians to boycott the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics.
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Envoys of the Dalai Lama Lodi Gyari, right, and Kelsang Gyaltsen, said on May 8 that a date will soon be set for a seventh round of formal talks with China on Tibet.    AFP
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