Minky Worden of Human Rights Watch has written one of the best pieces on China for some time, that reflects on many authoritarian regimes. 

An excerpt: Two days before the Opening Ceremonies of the Beijing Games, IOC President Jacques Rogge told Reuters: “We believe the Games are going to move ahead the agenda of the social and human rights as far as possible; the Games are going to be a force for good.”  More than a year later, however, it is clear that awarding the 2008 Games to Beijing actually worsened the human rights climate in China

Click here: What an Olympic glow can’t mask — Minky Worden