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Argument: The Olympic games should not be politicized

Issue Report: Boycott of 2008 Olympics in China

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  • Foreign Minister Zhai Jun said, after an April 2007 visit to Sudan as special envoy of the Chinese government. – “These people’s remarks run against the spirit of the Olympics and the universally accepted principle of non-politicalization of sport.”[1]
  • Darryl Seibel, a U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman, said June 4, 2007 that the Olympic movement is “about sport, not politics.”[2]