Redigerer Sommer-OL 2008 (avsnitt)

=== Bekymringer ===
Det var en rekke av bekymringer knyttet til valget av Kina som vertsnasjon, deriblant påstander om at Kina skulle bryte sitt løfte om fri tilgang for medienes rapportering,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/sports/olympics/09beijing.html?ref=olympics Two Concerns for Olympics – Air and Access – NYTimes.com]</ref> ulike påståtte [[Menneskerettigheter|menneskerettighetsbrudd]],<ref>
{{Cite news
|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3545274,00.html
|title=Protestors Rally in Europe on Eve of China Olympics
|date= 7. august 2008 
|publisher=Deutsche Welle
|accessdate= 9. august 2008}}</ref><ref>
{{Cite news
|url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=c06e4f24-ea77-467c-960e-abc94721e094
|title=China's un-Olympic human rights record
|publisher=Calgary Herald
|date= 9. august 2008
|accessdate= 9. august 2008}}</ref> dens løpende støtte til undertrykkende regimer (som [[Zimbabwe]], [[Myanmar]], [[Sudan]] og [[Nord-Korea]]), luftforurensning både i Beijing og dens nærområder,<ref>
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2008-08/07/content_6912755.htm
|title=Ji Xinpeng: Beijing welcomes you with its blue sky
|accessdate= 8. august 2008
|work=China Daily
|date= 7. august 2008}}</ref> foreslått boikott av lekene,<ref>
{{Cite web
|last=Kosyrev
|first=Dmitry 
|url=http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080806/115849259.html
|title=Beijing Olympics as a diplomatic convention
|accessdate= 9. august 2008
|work=RIA Novosti
|date= 6. august 2008}}</ref><ref>
{{Cite news
|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1009630.html
|first=Saul
|last=Newman
|title=Why Grandpa boycotted the Olympics
|date= 
|publisher=Haaretz
|accessdate= 9. august 2008}}</ref> advarsler om mesterskapet kunne bli mål for [[terror]]grupper,<ref>[https://archive.today/20120526202130/www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080425.wolyminterpol0425/BNStory/International/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080425.wolyminterpol0425 «Interpol says Olympic terror attack 'real possibility'»], ''The Globe and Mail'', besøkt 25. april 2008]</ref> potensielt voldelige demonstrasjoner fra pro-tibetanske demonstranter,<ref name="interpol">[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25042008/3/interpol-chief-warns-olympic-terror-threat.html «Interpol chief warns of Olympic terror threat»] {{Wayback|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25042008/3/interpol-chief-warns-olympic-terror-threat.html |date=20091223032027 }}, Yahoo! Eurosport UK, besøkt 8. august 2008</ref> og religiøse forfølgelser.<ref>{{Cite web
 |url         = http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-08/2008-08-10-voa26.cfm
 |title       = Bush Olympic Visit Highlights Religion in China
 |date        = 10. august 2008
 |publisher   = Voice of America
 |first       = Mike
 |last        = O'Sullivan
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090826095001/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-08/2008-08-10-voa26.cfm
 |archivedate = 2009-07-23
 |url-status  = død
 |accessdate  = 2. juli 2009
}}</ref>