Passing the torch
Sports officials in Taiwan made it clear yesterday that the 2008 Olympic torch relay cannot come to the island unless the torch first passes through a third nation.
Beijing will host the next Summer Games and it has got approval from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to start negotiating the route for the torch, bringing China closer to involving political rival Taiwan. During a presentation to IOC members in Turin, Italy Thursday, Beijing organizing committee chief Liu Qi said the proposed torch route covers 28 foreign cities and 70 in China.
There’s nothing like seeing sport bring two nations closer…and this is nothing like it.