2008 Olympics Updates

Ahead of the much-awaited Beijing Olympics Games 2008, Chinese government has taken an extensive security measure in collaboration with other countries. The government is trying to ensure a strong security for the world’s biggest sports occasion. Beijing Olympics Games 2008 will kick off on 8 August 2008. Ray Mey, a consultant with U.S.-based private security firm GardaWorld, has said that it is impossible to make an event like Olympics completely secure because there are many athletes, heads of state, corporate VIPs and spectators from different countries expected to visit Beijing during the games.

CTV.ca reported:

“The fact of the matter is that you can’t completely secure an event like this so there is a risk that something could happen,” Ray Mey, who spent 23 years working for the FBI, told CTV.ca.

“Will it happen? Probably not. But can it happen? Yes.”

Mey also added that China had already spent about US$10 billion in the last seven years on security ground. During Olympics Games 80,000 security guards will only be involved with the event.

I’m sure you’ve noticed a dramatic change in the tone of the coverage about the Beijing Olympics during the past two weeks.

A month ago China was under increasing international pressure over its human rights record, but the earthquake changed all that.

Now the country has the world’s sympathy and support as it comes to terms with the extent of the terrible natural disaster.

It’s going to be very interesting to see if that tone will change again in the weeks leading up to the Games.

he finals of 12 events were staged at National Stadium on Sunday, the final day of the "Good Luck Beijing 2008" China Athletics Open. Non-Chinese athletes participated in eight events, with Sudan and Malaysia having their first tastes of gold.

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