"We will certainly be able to totally smash the splittist schemes of the Dalai Lama clique," said Zhang Qingli, Communist party secretary in Tibet in one of the post-relay speeches.
So much for the IOC and China's demands that sport and politics be kept separate.
The silence from the IOC over the torch relay in Tibet shows that they are willing to speak out against dissent but will give tacit support to anything China does to politicize the games.
"We will certainly be able to totally smash the splittist schemes of the Dalai Lama clique," said Zhang Qingli, Communist party secretary in Tibet in one of the post-relay speeches.
So much for the IOC and China's demands that sport and politics be kept separate.
The silence from the IOC over the torch relay in Tibet shows that they are willing to speak out against dissent but will give tacit support to anything China does to politicize the games.
billk61 3 years ago