As China Proves, Olympic Panel Can't Separate Sports and Politics

The International Olympic Committee tells us in its charter that it aims to "place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity." Also, that "the practice of sport is a human right," and "any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement." All beautiful ideas if one hasn't learned to trust the moral compass of the Olympic Committee about as much as that of a