[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1492]
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                         BIG BROTHER IN ATLANTA

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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 1996

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, on July 31, two Taiwanese students were 
arrested at the Olympic Games in Atlanta for waving the flag of the 
Republic of China on Taiwan during a ping-pong match.
  Mr. Speaker, this defies both the American and the Olympic spirit, 
and the authorities who made the arrest ought to be ashamed of 
themselves.
  Apparently, a citizen of the People's Republic of China, who happens 
to be chairman of the International Table Tennis Association, called 
the police and asked that the students be arrested.
  Teaming up with this privileged member of the elite from a Communist 
country in order to snuff out the free speech of two individuals right 
here in America is a disgusting reminder of how far the so-called 
civilized world will go in order to appease the Communist bullies in 
Beijing.
  What an ugly stain on the Olympics, Mr. Speaker.
  
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