Olympics Host China Comes Under

Olympics Host China Comes Under Fire for Human Rights Concerns

1. What did the Olympic organizers hope would happen if they awarded the Games to China?

2. What did China pledge to do if it was awarded the games?

3. What did a recent Amnesty International report say about China?

4. How does China crack down on protesters?

5. What did the U.S. House of Representatives recently do regarding China?

6. How many writers and journalists are currently in prison according to PEN?

7. How do journalists know that China censors the Internet?

8. Do you think China should have been awarded the Olympic Games? Explain.

9. What is more important, freedom of speech and press, or stability? Explain.

10. Can you have freedom of speech and stability? What are the risks?