Boycott Payback. Those 2 Britons and 2 Americans who unfurled a "Tibet is Free" bannewr should be fined and deported from Beijing immediately. Banned from visiting China for life too.
BEIJING — The Chinese embassy revoked the visa of Joey Cheek, a former Olympic speedskater and the founder of the group Team Darfur, a day before he was scheduled to fly to Beijing, Cheek said Tuesday. Cheek had planned to fly to Beijing Wednesday, but said he received a call from the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. late Tuesday afternoon saying that his visa had been revoked. He said he was not given a reason for the change.
Team Darfur is a group of athletes, including 72 current Olympians, who have called attention to China’s link to the Darfur crisis. “I have always been an absolute believer in the Olympics and what the Olympics can do,” said Cheek, who won a gold medal in Turin in 2006. “I never asked for a boycott.”
Emmanuelle Moreau, a spokeswoman for the International Olympic Committee, said she was aware of Cheek’s visa situation but said she could not comment. Because Cheek is not a current Olympian, “visa applications from non-accredited persons do not fall within the I.OC.’s remit and we are therefore not best placed to answer you on this question,” Moreau said in an e-mail message.
A spokesman for the Beijing organizing committee could not immediately be reached for comment.
PaPaPeng <PaPaP...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Boycott Payback. Those 2 Britons and 2 Americans who unfurled > a "Tibet is Free" bannewr should be fined and deported from > Beijing immediately. Banned from visiting China for life too.
Makes more sense to use the traditional chinese approach, bullet in the back of the neck and send the bill for the bullet to the relos.
> BEIJING - The Chinese embassy revoked the visa of Joey Cheek, a former > Olympic speedskater and the founder of the group Team Darfur, a day > before he was scheduled to fly to Beijing, Cheek said Tuesday. > Cheek had planned to fly to Beijing Wednesday, but said he received a > call from the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. late Tuesday > afternoon saying that his visa had been revoked. He said he was not > given a reason for the change.
> Team Darfur is a group of athletes, including 72 current Olympians, > who have called attention to China's link to the Darfur crisis. > "I have always been an absolute believer in the Olympics and what the > Olympics can do," said Cheek, who won a gold medal in Turin in 2006. > "I never asked for a boycott."
> Emmanuelle Moreau, a spokeswoman for the International Olympic > Committee, said she was aware of Cheek's visa situation but said she > could not comment. Because Cheek is not a current Olympian, "visa > applications from non-accredited persons do not fall within the > I.OC.'s remit and we are therefore not best placed to answer you on > this question," Moreau said in an e-mail message.
> A spokesman for the Beijing organizing committee could not immediately > be reached for comment.
> Boycott Payback. Those 2 Britons and 2 Americans who unfurled a > "Tibet is Free" bannewr should be fined and deported from Beijing > immediately. Banned from visiting China for life too.
Who would be stupid enough to unfurl a "Tibet is Free" banner in Beijing?
Everyone knows that Tibet is being crushed and denied freedom by the imperialist running dogs of Communist China.
>> Boycott Payback. Those 2 Britons and 2 Americans who unfurled a >> "Tibet is Free" bannewr should be fined and deported from Beijing >> immediately. Banned from visiting China for life too.
> >> Boycott Payback. Those 2 Britons and 2 Americans who unfurled a > >> "Tibet is Free" bannewr should be fined and deported from Beijing > >> immediately. Banned from visiting China for life too.
> >Wrong newsgroup.
> Yep. I was wondering where this post went.
No problem. We're willing to cut you a break. We know you've been cramming for your finals for a few years now.
