25 May 2008
China is not fit to host the Olympics
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The second Intelligence Squared debate takes on sport and politics. As the great Olympics torch debacle showed it is difficult to keep separate the two categories. Beijing is desperate it all goes to plan. But for many the 2008 Olympics is a sham; it should not have been awarded to a country with such a shameful record of human rights abuse. Let the debate continue
Guests
Senator Bob Brown
The Australian Greens
Chin Jin
democracy activist
Hamish McDonald
journalist
Simon Balderstone
IOC adviser
Michael Milton
elite athlete
Paul Monk
East Asia analyst
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