Comments on: Waiting for the Torch in San Francisco http://care2campaigns.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/waiting-for-the-torch-in-san-francisco/ Learn how to make a difference on issues such as environment, animal welfare, human rights and more. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:26:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 3seed http://care2campaigns.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/waiting-for-the-torch-in-san-francisco/#comment-5 3seed Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:38:16 +0000 http://care2campaigns.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-5 "Where were these people before?" I can't speak definitively about the whole crowd, but of the group I was with, all of us had done work on the state of human rights in China. In some cases, over a decade's worth. What's different now, however, is the opportunity for media attention. Given the struggle to get the media to notice these kinds of issues, it's important to take advantage of the media's attention while it holds. “Where were these people before?”

I can’t speak definitively about the whole crowd, but of the group I was with, all of us had done work on the state of human rights in China. In some cases, over a decade’s worth. What’s different now, however, is the opportunity for media attention.

Given the struggle to get the media to notice these kinds of issues, it’s important to take advantage of the media’s attention while it holds.

]]> By: cheshmgir http://care2campaigns.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/waiting-for-the-torch-in-san-francisco/#comment-4 cheshmgir Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:31:11 +0000 http://care2campaigns.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-4 For a Pakistani perspective on the situation please see link: http://cheshmgir.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/pakistan-supports-china-on-tibet/ For a Pakistani perspective on the situation please see link:
http://cheshmgir.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/pakistan-supports-china-on-tibet/

]]> By: cheshmgir http://care2campaigns.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/waiting-for-the-torch-in-san-francisco/#comment-3 cheshmgir Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:29:31 +0000 http://care2campaigns.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-3 Many thanks for your comments. Yes its true, there are two sides to each story. What has been most surprising is how everyone has suddenly jumped onto the Tibet bandwagon within a month or so's period. Where were these people before? China has a concern with human rights and cultural freedoms, no doubt about it. But so do a lot of other countries. A boycott is definately not the answer. It is interesting that the Chinese have started an annual Human Rights Record of the US in response to critisism: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-03/13/content_6533800.htm Many thanks for your comments.

Yes its true, there are two sides to each story. What has been most surprising is how everyone has suddenly jumped onto the Tibet bandwagon within a month or so’s period. Where were these people before?

China has a concern with human rights and cultural freedoms, no doubt about it. But so do a lot of other countries. A boycott is definately not the answer.

It is interesting that the Chinese have started an annual Human Rights Record of the US in response to critisism: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-03/13/content_6533800.htm

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