Any attempt to use the Beijing Olympics to discredit China or force it to change policy is doomed to failure, the leading Communist party newspaper insisted in a commentary piece yesterday.
The public relations counterattack comes in a rough week for the Olympic organizers, who have had to admit previously concealed fatalities on their construction sites and counter reports that the Dalai Lama backs Olympic-related protests.
Activists from Hollywood to Taipei are trying to link the games to Darfur, Taiwan, religious liberties and freedom of expression. The commentary in the People’s Daily – the mouthpiece of the party – says China faces "accusations from all over the world, including misunderstandings, sarcasm and very harsh criticism".
Such anti-Chinese attacks, it says, are miscalculated. "The noise they made might bring some troubles to the organization and planning of the Beijing Olympics, but they will not discredit China."
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