How to crank up the pressure on China?

"The Olympic family, as it likes to call itself, must finally admit that it does indeed possess political power," Christof Siemes writes and explains: "What political power does sport have? Olympic officials answer this question as it suits them at any given moment. They urge the two Koreas to compete under a joint flag - as if that wouldn't be a political demonstration. Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch promoted the awarding of the games to Beijing above all with the argument that Olympia could change a city 'and even a country'. ... Just over a month after Beijing won the games, Samaranch's successor, current IOC boss Jacques Rogge, explained that his organisation was not a 'watchdog' for the observance of human rights in China."

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