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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."
China has already taken their official stance. They just don't care about the rules and don't care what other people think about it.
Reminds me of one other country, that's been acting like that for decade(s)...
Oh noes, Bush listens to you phoning someone to tell them you'll be there in 5 minutes? And wants you to prove your identity while travelling? The inhumanity!! Totally comparable to the concentration camps. You win at Godwin.
which is totally what she said
It is ruled by a strong, centralized political apparatus.
Long live the emperor's cock!
"If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
Hmm... as I read it, the Chinese are being sticklers for the rules, and quoted that the official method for age verification by the IOC is by passport, and this gymnast has a valid Chinese passport showing an age that allows her to compete. They're demanding that the rules be followed to the letter. I'm not sure it says anywhere in the IOC rules that the government needs to validate their passport birthdates. It's not that they don't care about the rules, but that they want the official rules properly enforced. They just don't care about reality.
in essence at war and are spending enormous amounts of money, energy, and lives for no good reason.
Sorry, left out a very key word there (emphasis mine)