Forget Failed Past Boycotts

Raining on the Olympic parade will hardly help the Burmese people.

Posted to Ali Ettefagh at PostGlobal on October 2, 2007 7:21 AM

Don't Mix Sports and Politics

China's influence in Burma isn't reason enough to punish the Chinese people.

Posted to Daoud Kuttab at PostGlobal on October 2, 2007 11:19 AM

Keep Politics Out of the Olympics

Are countries ready to deliver if China calls their bluff?

Posted to Endy Bayuni at PostGlobal on October 2, 2007 11:06 AM

Ultimatums Won't Move China

Why anger the Chinese public with an ultimatum we're not prepared to carry out, threatening actions that wouldn't work even if we did?

Posted to James Fallows at PostGlobal on October 4, 2007 9:08 AM

China's Fall From Grace No Surprise

It's really extraordinary for knee-jerk anti-American Europeans to view the Middle Kingdom as more dangerous than the Great Satan.

Posted to Kin-ming Liu at PostGlobal on May 6, 2008 10:21 AM

Boycott China's Games for China, Not Burma

It's a fantasy to expect the regime that produced the Tiananmen Massacre to stop its Burmese friends from killing protesters.

Posted to Kin-ming Liu at PostGlobal on October 2, 2007 11:27 AM

Boycott Plans Naïve and Unrealistic

Pressuring China sounds like a noble idea, but the logistics don’t pan out.

Posted to Miriam Leitao at PostGlobal on October 5, 2007 5:07 PM

Boycotts are For Foolhardy Bullies

Guilt by association has no place in global diplomacy.

Posted to Rami G. Khouri at PostGlobal on October 3, 2007 9:50 AM