Typhoon of a different sort hits China

Speaking of religious freedom (post below)…now this.

China Aid Association confirms that a central government-directed campaign to expel suspected foreign missionaries has been ongoing since February 2007…

According to reliable China Aid sources and collaborated reports by at least five different mission agencies, over 100 foreigners accused of being involved in illegal religious activities in China have been expelled or deported this year between April and June. Sources inside the Chinese government informed CAA that the Chinese government launched a massive expulsion campaign of foreign Christians, encoded Typhoon No. 5, in February 2007. This campaign is believed to be part of the “anti-infiltration” efforts to prevent foreign Christians from engaging in mission activities before the Beijing Olympics next year.

Foreign Christians. China has been persecuting Chinese Christians harshly for a long time, and that continues, prompting a letter from Pope Benedict recently.

With all their human rights violations, how did China ever get the Olympics, anyway?