| chimo, how short a memory you have. The media blasted both the US and USSR in 1980 and 1984. And again in 2004, Greece was blasted for not being ready and how the Olympics should be taken away from the country because of terrible preparation.
As for the current situation, many countries kept quiet in the hope that the Chinese government would show restraint (i.e. it would not send in the troops and beat people in the street). It got to the point when other governments could no longer keep quiet - in some countries human rights counts for something and that's tough I realise in countries which/for people who disagree.
The Chinese government has handled the situation very badly; but the problem is of its own making and solution lies in its hands. Unfortunately it doesn't help when it continues to shoot itself in the foot. | 
