China - the host of Olympic Games 2008 - will face the spotlight when the world's greating sporting event begins that not only foster greater international relationship and promoting peace as well as sportsmanship, but it also carries with it the political and income effect.
I wouldn't harp on income effect at all since we all know that tourism China is reaping in tons of cash. So what more to say when it comes to the Olympic Games!
Anyway, the human rights issues are severe in China. But that is well taken care of by the activists in China, the many international organizations as well as political weights from US. However, a disturbing piece of information from SPCA made me sick!! The following was received from SPCA Malaysia :
Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds or 'cat death camps' as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games.
This inhumane cull comes in the wake of a government campaign warning of the diseases cats carry and ordering residents to help clear the streets of them. Cat owners, terrified by the disease warning, are dumping their pets in the streets to be picked up by special collection teams.
Paranoia is so intense that six stray cats -including two pregnant females - were beaten to death with sticks by teachers at a Beijing kindergarten, who feared they might pass illnesses to the children. The crackdown on cats is seen by worldwide animal campaigners as just one of a number of extreme measures being taken by communist leaders to ensure that its capital appears clean, green and welcoming during the Olympics.
The cull of Beijing's estimated 500,000 cat population is certain to provoke international outrage as it comes just over a year after the Chinese were criticised for rounding up and killing stray dogs across the country.
Reports state that hundreds of cats were also being sent to Guangzhou in southern China, an area infamous for restaurants that serve meat from cats and dogs and exotic animals such as snakes and tigers.
We can only condemn the people in power in China for these acts of cruelty and hope that all the media exposure for this and other things will ruin their Olympic party and help things change for the better.
Read more here at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=528694&in_page_id=1811
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