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China foresees Olympics unrest

Posted by patriot on July 5th, 2008

We’ll see how the summer games go…

A senior Chinese security official says the Beijing Olympics are threatened by sabotage and unrest, state media says.

Authorities also moved to sack officials blamed for a riot that torched a police headquarters.

The trouble in Guizhou province in the southwest on Saturday came as China seeks to quell any signs of unrest ahead of the Games in August.

Vice Minister of Public Security Yang Huanning told police officials that the Games would be a target for forces hostile to China’s ruling Communist Party.

“The current international and domestic situation is full of complications,” Yang told the meeting, according to the People’s Public Security News.

“Especially as the Beijing Olympic Games draw near, a range of anti-China forces and hostile forces are striving by any means and redoubling efforts to engage in trouble-making and sabotage.”