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Even on the most difficult issues, like the genocide in Sudan, where China has supplied military hardware and bought half the country's annual oil output, Beijing is slowly changing. From refusing to discuss Khartoum's atrocities, China now backs the joint peacekeeping force in Darfur. With such reforms, China may yet rekindle its African romance...
...Games in Beijing promise to be one of the most politically charged Olympiads in modern times, offering a unique platform for protest groups seeking to highlight issues ranging from the host country's crackdown in Tibet and its economic ties with the Sudanese government responsible for the atrocities in Darfur to its domestic political repression. Already, demonstrators have disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Paris, San Francisco and other stops, sparking nationalist outrage on the streets of China. As August's opening ceremonies draw closer, athletes heading for Beijing are increasingly aware that they're heading into a season...
...softball player Jessica Mendoza is another exception to athletic silence. "My goal is to create a conversation," says Mendoza, also the incoming president of the Women's Sports Foundation. She embraces the questions about China, and is particularly passionate about Darfur. "I'm willing to talk about it while most athletes aren't." Mendoza is extremely careful to avoid criticizing other athletes who shy away, citing the added pressure that activism brings. But as more athletes are asked about China, she says, "the last I would ever want any athlete to do is to say they don't know...
...continue the service or political work of their time at school—most head to some sector of the business world, while others head to law, medical, or other graduate schools. Maybe they will send some money to help AIDS in Africa or make a phone call for Darfur, but will they care about their neighborhood meetings? Will they think about who is making and enforcing the possibly discriminatory laws in their towns and cities, or who sets up budgets for inner-city versus suburban public schools...
...often service is separated from everyday life, so that a person has to go to Texas on Alternative Spring Break or be concerned with Darfur to do “good.” That is not to say that going to Texas or Darfur is not good, but only that the idea of service on campus may be too restrictive—that we have given up on affecting major change to the issues that immediately surround...