The current events are inspiring different forms of representation, which has given a twist to design.

While the torch relay is being disrupted around the world, i have mixed feelings about it and am also confused because i don't have a fair representation of the issue at hand given the lack of access to information. My colleagues have vehemently defended the position of China and reiterates that tibet is china and that it will never change. As far as i understand the issue was never about independence, but rather autonomy.

Anyway, i felt that this article had something interesting to say... i remember in history classes, the 19th century opium war with the british and traces of history marred by western colonisation in China.

"The Chinese don't see the pro-Tibet protests as well intentioned criticism. They regard them as a hypocritical denigration of China by a Western culture with a history of colonialism, which condones armed intervention in places like Iraq or Chechnya and practises waterboarding in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib, while preaching about human rights."

there is truth in this. All the hypocrisy. While i believe all the aggression has to be addressed, I also think that it's unfair to mix politics and sport. Athletes train for years for this event and it's unfair for them to wait another 4 years to compete as they suffer the backlash of political implications... well about the air quality, that is another matter altogether.

With all my chinese friends and colleagues having (love CHINA) on their msn and skype handles showing their patroitism, pledging their support for the olympics.

I too don't agree with boycotting the olympics, the implications will be far reaching in the long run and will not in any way resolve the pressing issues on hand.