Wonderful, Great, OPPRESSIVE China

From Voice of the Martyrs comes this story:

Pastor Zhang “Bike” Mingxuan, known for traveling across China on a bicycle to evangelize, was arrested by Chinese police just two days before the Olympics began. Pastor Bike was the inspiration for the recent partnership between The Voice of the Martyrs and China Aid Association to create the Olympic Prayer Band.

This story came across on an e-mail alert and is not posted on the website. Here are some more stories of the "benevolent" regime of China showing "openness and tolerance" toward citizens who follow Christ.

While Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Bob Costas and the other NBC lackies fawn over how wonderful China is, remember that the Communist government of China is jailing people for being Christians.

The Olympics and Totalitarianism

Many people are upset (raging angry, in some cases) about the upcoming summer Olympics being held in China. The beef is mainly with Chinese human rights violations, in general, and in Tibet, in particular.

The Olympics really do not have a very good track record on this issue. There were "Hitler Olympics" of 1936, where der Fuhrer sought to showcase the superiority of the Germanic race. The funny thing is that an American of African decent, Jesse Owens, went over there and needed a cargo plane to bring back his medals.

Then there were the Moscow Olympics of 1980, after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Jimmy Carter thought it would be a good idea to boycott them. The Stalinist tactics, however, were not repudiated by Olympic officials.

So, why should China be any different? The butchers of 6 million Jews had their day. The proprietors of the Gulag had theirs. It seems only fitting that the butchers of Tienanmen Square have theirs. Who nows, maybe Osama bin Laden will be the organizer of the Olympics in the near future.