Tibet adds pressure for Olympic sponsors (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 03/19/2008 - 7:54pm

Executive vice president of the Beijing organizing committee Jiang Xiaoyu looks on during a press conference in Beijing, Wednesday, March 19, 2008.<br /><br />The Olympic torch relay route through Tibet and to the top of Mount Everest will not change despite recent violent protests in Lhasa, Jiangl said Wednesday.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty)AP - McDonald's, Coca-Cola and other sponsors paid tens of millions of dollars to link their names with the Beijing Olympics.

Now they're trying to mollify activists pressing for change on Tibet, Darfur and other issues, without angering China.




 

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