A new controversy surrounding the Beijing Games erupted this week and once again, in a rather predictable fashion, calls for boycotting the Olympics rang out across the Net. Reporters from around the globe arriving in Beijing this past week to cover the Games found themselves being denied access to certain sites on the internet. It turned out that the Chinese government’s assurance that they would not censor the internet during the Beijing Games had gone unfulfilled. In addition, there were reports that the air quality in Beijing was still a concern as a haze could be seen in the air despite various efforts put into effect by the Chinese government to curb the levels of air pollution.

Apparently, that was then and this is now. Speaking at his first press conference in Beijing today, IOC president Jacques Rogge announced that many of the internet sites that were found to be blocked earlier in the week are now accessible to foreign journalists and Olympic officials have announced that the air quality in Beijing for the last six days has been deemed “adequate” for the Olympic Games. Click here to continue reading »”The Beijing Olympics Fiasco – Who’s Really To Blame”