Found this via China Law Blog

"Gulf Between Foreign and Chinese Expectations of the Olympics"

In the past couple days, ok since the protests in Tibet started making news, I've become obsessed in Chinese politics not seen since I did my Participation in Government presentation on human rights abuses in China when I was a senior in high school.

I can't stop reading about what's going on. And obviously I can't stop linking to what I'm reading.

I've never been a big fan of China getting the Olympics, I always thought it was a bad idea, not just from the human rights standpoint but also from the environmental standpoint.

Should countries start boycotting? I'm completely torn. The radical in me, would love for it to happen, but the realist wonders if anything would come from it. On one hand I think boycotting would send a strong message to China. But on the other the government will become more steadfast in it's belief that the West is trying to bully them. 

No matter what happens, I don't think the next few months are going to be pretty.