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Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud
SkeptOlympics writes "A new chapter in the ongoing controversy surrounding China's women's gymnastics team opened today, as search engine hacker stryde.hax found surviving copies of official registration documents issued by China's General Administration of Sport of China. The incriminating documents, expunged by censors from the official site and from Google's document cache, still appear in the document translation cache of Chinese search giant Baidu, here (1) and here (2), showing the age of one of China's gold medal winning gymnasts to be 14 instead of 16, the minimum age for competition presented on her government-issued passport. Now that official government documentation is available, how long will the IOC be able to keep a lid on this scandal?" I imagine the answer is "Forever."
This gossip and tabloid type scandal is perfect for more distraction of the public. Even if nothing happens now, in China- The US news will be plastered.
What war in Iraq?
Belief? Hope? Preference?The Existential Vortex
I hoped that the Olympics were a chance to show that they're progressing and turning into more than a second rate country. But all these Olympics have done so far is make me realize my hatred for their pathetic government. I feel sorry for the poor Chinese citizens.
I believe it's called waterboarding in the Bush administration.
Why does everything have to lead back to the Bush Administration. Is your (and the GP's) hatred for Bush so great that there is no room left for true tyrants?
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
As John McCain has said, "History did not end in 1990."
You sure about that? Given McCain's age, I'm surprised he can remember *anything* that happened in the past 20 years.
I can't believe how people keep criticizing China for this. I mean this is ridiculous.
If the country officially changes the date of birth on the certificate or passport it should be OBVIOUS that this is for good reasons and as we all know, it's a valid legal document. Whatever's true for you, is true for you -right? I would love to see the IOC go to a Chinese court over this.
I mean, that's like if the U.S. claimed they had proof a foreign state was a threat to their nation and then invaded them only to gain control over the natural resources in the area and later on admit that they had fabricated the evidence or once again engaged in "preemptive disinformation". Who are these rumor-spreading freedom-hating enemies of democracy? What a ridiculous discussion. When states lie it's not evil, it's politics.
*Cynicism sponsored by the Peoples Republic of Dystopia*
So a 14 year old kicked a bunch of 16 year old gymnast asses.
Kudos to the girl for stomping her older competitors. That's all I have to say. That's all I think really matters.
Question everything
No one is getting tortured for reporting truth to power on US soil.
Sure they're not, we all know all the USes illegal torture takes place in Gitmo!
which is totally what she said
Doesn't change anything pathetic Americans! Even if you manage to steal her medal, we are still beating your crappy ass. This summer olympics marks the birth of the New Super-Power: The Communist China! And we own your ass as well, as if you stupid Americans look deeper, in the end the company you work for is somehow owned by one of our Chinese Wealth Sovereign Funds. So, if we want to destroy your pathetic broken country we just have to flood the money market with the Trillions of dollars we own and make your currency worthy nothing.
But we won't do that. We prefer to see your country dying slowly, suffering the pain of a long and excruciating death...
Yeah because isolation is going to help them become a better country? Look at America for an example of what happens to a country when all people are interested in is their own culture - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3ghdwINqirU . Giving the Chinese a bit of exposure to the rest of the world is a good thing. It's nothing to do with China as a 'nation' anyway, it's only their government.
which is totally what she said
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! Wake up, retarded patriot American. You really think something like you horrible "anti-terror" big-brother-legislation would ever pass in Europe. THINK AGAIN!!!!
It is many, many presidents since the US was the most staunch defender of free speech. Wake up to reality, retardo boy.
Why, no! We haven't declared "hostility" with any nation! We just bombed the shit out of them, and have troops in them actively fighting and dying!
We're not hostile, though! When we accidentally bomb a wedding as a terrorist get-together, we at least cordially apolog-- wait, we don't even do that. But we feel REALLY BAD about it!
Let's stop dilly-dallying and just change "-1: Overrated" to "-1: Disagree" or "-1: Doesn't Subscribe to Groupthink".