I have to agree. I think it's appalling that the Government is making no statement with regards to China's abuse of human rights. Welcome the torch but with caveats - that would be the mature thing to do.

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Wendy, Hull, UK

If you despair, just relax and abstained from commenting further. Your Government and IOC do not see anything wrong with the Chinese ambassador taking part. Maybe she was a sportswoman before. Spoiling her run is very unsporting. Anyway why the displeasure? Life is short you know.

In the blink of an eye, August 8th would be upon us. The Greatest Olympic Games ever would be held and over two weeks later. The Chinese would have their Glory. You, your say. What more do you want. Everything would be back to normal. Tibetans would live their normal lives again, in the land called CHINA. Neither you nor I can change that fact though we differ in our ideals. You are anti China while I am definitely Pro China.

Peace to the world, ONE WORLD, ONE DREAM.

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Tibet is our internal affairs .2012 we should boycott UK olympics .ireland scotland should independent .Chinese envoy in Uk represent not only china govenment but also chinese .any interrupt is a shamful act to chinese/.tibet is always a part of china in history and in future. dalailama also support olympics and recognise tibet is a part of china . why westerns destroy the world events?

tangjinde, shanghai, china

Jay, your ignorance about China is shocking. China alredy stopped calling the West evil-but the West havn't stopped partaiting China as a monster...
When will human being start to be objective and have less prejudice towards each other?
Chinese people suffered from riots in Tibet, but all the west have done is supporting the riots and blaming victims...
Where is humanity?

Monica G, China,

To Colin from Carmarthen

Alright, you are now turning heat to ORDINARY CHINESE PEOPLE. If I carry the flame in the streets of London, I will be crush to death simply because I believe Olympic games is good for China's society development not biased west media.

Own governement is not elected by the system you have, which makes us ordinary Chinese people's life worthless.

Colin, you in the west, always believe that you have the upper hand, in fact, you are not.

rymnd, Shanghai, China

Let Fu Ying carry the torch in London. She will find out first hand what Londoner's and the UK really think about Communist China and the Olympics.
I suggest she runs very fast to escape the torrent of public protest that will inevitably greet and pursue her through the streets of London. It is all part of the democratic process. Good luck.

Colin, Carmarthen, UK

I urge everyone to act on their morals and protest peacefully as the torch passes through their home city. China needs to close its forced labor camps, stop live organ harvesting from political and religious prisoners, and stop the genocide in Tibet.

JAY, Sydney, Australia

To Luca from Beijing.

If you are a Chinese, then I strongly suggest you to live in the West. You should see how well you could live with your neighbours in the west. You should see how well you could get along with their government too.

If you are a westerner, then I can tell you that racial tension is comparatively higher in your own motherland than china. Next time, when black youth running riot in the street of London, Paris, Nazi youth striking Turkish migrant homes, then your government should not crack down on riotors.

One should not turn a blind eye in the name of freedom of speech.

rymnd, Shanghai, China

Wake up, people! Who cares about a stupid torch or a steroid dimsum party?

Let's do something real, people.

The U.S. should stand up for Tibetans and show the world that we are the true leader of freedom and democracy. We at the very least should re-open the CIA military training camp for the Dalai Lama's resistance fighters at Camp Hale near Leadville, Colorado.

We can ask Japanese to financially support the Free Tibet operation. Dalai Lama loves Japanese people. He enthusiastically endorsed a Japanese spiritual movement, 'Aum Shinrikyo', in 1980's-1990's.

We can also ask Germany for some substantial support from Europe. Germans had deep connections with Tibet in 1930's and 1940's. Dalai Lama's tutor in 1940's was Heinrich Harrer, a member of the 'Schutzstaffel'. These people are closely linked together. We can form a huge coalition force for sure to change Tibet back to Shangri-La.

Great Britain, please join us. Let's all dream together for a
Free Tibet!

Tom, Atlanta, U.S.A.

I am amazed at the duplicity of the statements made by the chinese. One of the bloggers was invoking Gautam Budha's teaching against the so called voilence of tibetans. A country that is officially communist, repressses the members of falun gong(must have killed around 70 million of them in the past decade) talks about the teachings of shakya muni.
China is the only country in the world which has border disputes with every one of it's neighbour's including India and japan. They are the worst perpetors of nuclear proliferation including the missile technology to their stooge( Pakistan) and they talk about moral rights..
what else to expect from a morally corrupt and brutal regime. Listen my friend, Had Tibet owned a stock exchange and economy even half your size,or owned petroleum , world would have razed you to pieces. It's your luck that you have big economy and western countries can do nothing about it. They have invested Billions of dollars and you guys know how to leverage it.

chandrabhan, Chicago, USA

I was near the Tibetan border for several months in the mid 1990's and heard the stories and saw the scars of young Tibetans (refugees when I met them) that didn't follow the Chinese way. Lot's of anger on the part of people involved in these protests (especially the ones taking place outside of Tibet), and lots of foolishness on the part of the Chinese.

A question for those that seem to be supporting the Chinese state, If what has been happening in Tibet the last month was all legal and ethical, why is it that no 'outside' media are allowed to document?

Jerry, london, UK

Come yo China,and see the people and country by your own eyes,never be fooled by your medias. If you don't believe what I say,try to ask your friends who have just visited China ,like Angelina.Prejudice to China is prevailing in your mind.

Lee, Wuhan, China

I really wonder how much any of you know about China.
You don't know chinese culture ,chinese policy towards other minor ethnics,and how hard our chinese people wish to build a good relationship with foreign friends .We chinses people are not fools.Last year ,every chinese people were looking forward to the first time for us to hold the Olympics.To make it more successful ,we gather all the energy and wisdom
of our nation,wishing that
we can understand each others more.
The so-called issue of chinese individual rights is in fact a matter difference of social system.Though there is still a lot for chinese to know and improve ,we are progressing and our goverment is
making every effort to think for the majority and every individuals.
I don't know why such things happen on our way to the Olympic.The only reason we can figure out is the antichina activists can destroy the reputation and harmony in china which was earned through all these years .

Chen Xi, Wuhan, China

Oh yes and shes a lot less qualified than mia farrow, whos an actress, not a politician

David, weymouth, Dorset

Of course Gordon Brown won't boycott the opening ceremony: a few years ago Britain pushed hard to end the ban on arm-sales to China. Nowadays how many billions of pounds worth of weapons are you annually selling to China? Do not mix Olympics with politics, huh? And what about economics? This event is a shameful travesty. It's just a crude act of self-glorification by a nationalistic state which doesn't even consider the concept of individual human rights.

Luca, Beijing, China

The Olympic Torch will burn as a sign of both our stupidity and hypochrisy. I am ashamed that it will sanction our approval of an obnoxious regime to whom we have sold our collective soul for cheap consumer goods.

richard, liverpool,

This is surely one thing that will draw protests to the event like moths to a flame. What is the IOC thinking of? I have long since decided that I will most definitely not be supporting the Beijing games because of China's atrocious human rights record, but the IOC have really appalled me with this totally inappropriate decision. The supporters of the Beijing games are saying they should not be used for political purposes. They have accused the pro Tibetan protesters and people who call for a boycott of the games as using the games for political gain. The IOC allowing the Chinese Ambassador to carry the torch through London is most definitely making a political statement. I only hope the IOC Committee can sleep in their beds at night knowing they are just puppets in the Chinese Government's propaganda machine.

Shame also on the British Government for allowing this whole charade to take place on British soil.

I despair.

Wendy, Hull, UK

If the Olympics is truly non-political as the organisers claim, then there should not be any politicians at the opening and closing ceremony at all. At most, only the sports ministers may be allowed to attend.

dk, Tampines, Singapore

Why do we maintain the false facade that the Olympic Games are nonpolitical? They are one of the most politicized events on earth. The games have been given to several violators of human rights - Hitler in 1936, Moscow in 1980, and now the Red Chinese. I hope that we all have the sense to ignore this Red Chinese propaganda event and protest its preparations every step of the way!

Edwin Jiang, Austin, TX

smacks of hypocrisy on the part of the Chinese to me!

Craig Morley, Oxford,UK (also Beijing),

Being a Chinese, I think the Chinese Ambassador should stay away the torch relay too. Why drawing unnecessary attention?

Let's so-called human right and pro-Tibet groups to make fool of themselves by protesting the torch relay.

Jerry Yang, NYC, NY, USA

If the americans are hosting the games for a change, will the protesters be as angry as those opposing the chinese? Just because the Chinese govt doesn't believe it should validate its actions for its internal affairs to the world.

As for the Falun Gong protestors. Seriously, do some homework before you blindly believes what you are told. I was in China when Falun Gong was the hottest sport. I was there when it escalated into meaningless protests. I read what they've written about their "religion" (which btw wasn't ever promoted as one when it was in China - funny that, its "god" is still alive and making huge bucks in the US) when I'm here. They are as much of lying controversy as the Chinese govt.

Angelina, London,

What a shocking travesty these Olympic Games have turned into. And what utterly absurd nonsense that if we just close our eyes to China's failure to honour it's promise to the Olympic Committee on improving its record on human rights and hold our noses to the smell of blood wafting from Tibet we will help bring democracy to the country! Can anyone really be this naive? Or is it yet another cynical ploy to allow us to continue to benefit from cheap Chinese imports whilst giving the many millions of Chinese who are at long last able to indulge it, a taste for the expensive top- end-of-the-market goods we need to sell then to keep our economies afloat? I hope Sarkosi stays away from the opening ceremony and the banquets which are scheduled to follow, as he says he will -and I hope all the other ministers and prime ministers and kings and princes attending get a bad dose of food poisoning.
I can't change the course of global politics but I for one will not be watching these "Games".

Paola, Milan, Italy