The Chinese authorities are forcibly evicting 1.5 million people from their homes in Beijing without compensating them to make way for the Olympics leaving many displaced former residents homeless, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions revealedthis week. According to the Geneva based rights group's field research, based on Chinese government statements and documents, by April 2007, at least 1.25 million people have already been displaced as a result of urban development linked to the Olympic Games, and unknown numbers of these people were forcibly evicted. COHRE reported that at least a further 250,000 people are expected to be displaced in the final year before the Olympic Games, resulting in a total of 1.5 million people being displaced in Beijing by August 2008 due to Olympics related development. more: http://pressesc.com/01181413136_china_evict_1_5_million_olympics Seems to me, China could evict that many and they probably would be "missed", given the huge population there! Actually, I shouldn't joke.. this is a pretty serious charge!
and people think our govt (USA) is bad China has a way with it's people when it comes to stuff like this...how many people did they displace for their massive dam project? 10 times that I think? pretty pathetic if you ask me...they should be at least compensated!
China and USA are both as bad, don't you think that the USA did something different in the past? (something with indians if I remember correctly) It's not like these practices is anything new to this world, and that it's been long ago that the USA did this, and that they might have given they're excuses for it, doesn't mean that it's all forgiven and good.
At least they are gonna use these buildings unlike all the empty sky scrapers they got lying around. Is anyone really fooled by China's growth??
and noone at the IOC looked at the bid and noticed 1.5m people living there? well someone was slipped a brown bag stuffed with cash under a toilet door huh.
god no i went in the gents once for a wee and the smell made me sick, while being sick i wet myself. never again, never again.
no kidding huh. I think most men have the potty etiquette skills of a 7 year old see the little handle? you push it when you're finished!!