Olympics day one - Dutch reporter dragged away by Chinese security officers

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Looks like they were telling him he couldn't broadcast there. "dragged away" is a little dramatic.

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The reporter was on the greenbelt. He should not stand there.

The Chinese guard (he wears a red band. He is a volunteering guard ) was telling him in Chinese: Hey, Buddy, can you move down a little bit?

But the guard is stupid. He should not do this before live TV. This small violation should be tolerated, especially in front of live TV.

One thing is: the Chinese culture does not respect social distances between unfamiliar people. A lot foreigners visiting China do not feel comfortable since Chinese can come very close to them. For example, if you are lining for a bus, the next Chinese will stay very close to you and breath down your neck. In US, people tend to stay 3 FT away from each other.

This guard should let the reporter finish first and let the reporter walk away by himself.

Optics. Xi goes out of his way to thumb his nose at the west and then his later this happens. I think you can excuse it as a mistake the 1st time but I'm sure word will go out to his minions that's they will be sent to those re-education centers in the west if they do it again.