while i was getting my coffee today

at dunkin', i noticed a little sticker someone put on the side of the counter. it said something like

PLEASE CHINA, have the olympics in darfur
(the following is from december 2006)
China and Darfur
The Genocide Olympics?
NEWSPAPERS HAVE been running harrowing ads on the genocide in Darfur. They feature images of suffering coupled with appeals to President Bush to halt it. But the key to this tragedy lies not in the killing fields of western Sudan nor even in the White House. It is to be found instead in Khartoum, Sudan's booming capital. The sleek new office towers sprouting up in the commercial district explain why Sudan's government has resisted American and European pressure to end the genocide. But they also show why Arabs and Asians -- and especially the Chinese -- have the power to influence Sudan and the responsibility to use it.......