“The Chinese government puts people first, and is dedicated to maintaining and promoting its citizens’ basic rights and freedom,” said the statement by Qin Gang, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, as translated by The Associated Press. “Chinese citizens have freedom of religion. These are indisputable facts.”
Well, I feel relieved. Turns out the Olympics won’t descend into a farce after all!
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Nothing to do with this post, just commenting to let you know the photo change at the top is Good, much better than unbearded Geoff!
Lu - they’re on rotation. There’s a few different ones to choose from.