Criticism over Human Rights Eight years ago, the Chinese were elated when they thought they had won the 2000 games. But the nation was shocked when they realized soon after that the games had gone to Sydney. It was the lingering international anger over the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square. But Liu Jingmin, the deputy mayor of Beijing, disagrees. There's no question that most ordinary Chinese are excited about the prospect of an Olympic games in their country.
Chinese officials are still very nervous.
Security has been out in force to make sure no one with a grievance gets anywhere near the IOC committee visit this week. In fact, the new surveillance system that China will be showing off to the Olympic committee, along with the commandos trained to combat terrorism, are already in place. The Web Copyright 2001 ABC News Internet Ventures.