2SER FM, Sydney, Australia, August 09, 2008
This year’s Chinese Olympic torch relay was continually marked by controversy, as human rights protestors seized their chance to rally against the Chinese Regime.
Indeed, two British nationals were deported from Beijing this week for raising pro-Tibetan banners, and themselves, on towering flag poles near the Olympic site.
With the global spotlight turning on to China for the Olympic Games, it was hoped that this exposure would promote social change.
But is the world’s attention ever likely to trigger a shift in the Chinese Government’s Tibetan policies and treatment of Falun Gong practitioners?
Dr Erping Zhang, Mason Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, spoke to 2ser’s Nick Hollins.