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  • Another Brilliant Move By Rogge and the IOC

    08/21/2008 9:47:40 AM PDT · by robertvance · 4 replies · 136+ views
    TeachAbroadChina.com ^ | 08/21/2008 | Robert Vance
    On Thursday, well into the second week of the 2008 Olympic Games, Rogge must have decided that it was time to do some "tough talking." He must have thought that it was about time to show the world that the IOC did have some 'backbone' after all. Unfortunately, by the time he was finished with the interview, he had proven to the world once again that the IOC is as weak and tactless as ever. Instead of addressing issues such as the China gymnastics age scandal or the fact that Beijing has not even approved one protest request, he inexplicably...