News Snapshot:
On Wednesday, the Olympic flame arrived at Beijing amid protests from critics overseas calling for a boycott on the February 4-20 Winter Games. At a highly guarded airport ceremony, Cai Qi, Beijing’s Communist Party Secretary, was presented with the flame. Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, but it was not the open and democratic environment many had hoped for. On Monday, activists disrupted the flame-lighting ceremony in southern Greece. They accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of legitimizing rights abuses in China. Officials from the IOC have stated that they are committed to ensuring that the competition continues and that...
