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Stopping the torch: where: San Francisco, CA.(IN FOCUS)(Brief article)
EACH OLYMPICS BEGINS with the lighting of the torch in Olympia, Greece, and then it travels throughout the continents to finally reach its destination-in this case, Beijing in August-and commence the Games. As an international symbol, nothing else resembles its familiarity, which is why it has become a target for people concerned with China's human rights record. Among the long list of grievances is China's strained relationship with Tibet and its persecution of the Uighur, an ethnic minority in China, and Falun Gong practitioners.
Starting in Olympia this year, protestors like the one shown here have dogged the relay in attempts to disrupt the procession, or more deliciously, douse the flame. In London, protestors tried to use fire extinguishers, and in Buenos Aires they ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Stopping the torch: where: San Francisco, CA.(IN FOCUS)(Brief article)