2002 Commonwealth Games. Along Berlin, the city was seen as a favorite due to the bid book stating "The Paralympic Games will be jointly financed with the Olympic Games and athletes will have the same opportunities and conditions offered to their Olympic counterparts". Beijing had very weak arguments, similar to those of Milan (who withdrew), though Beijing stated that "the city would accept the mission of organizing and hosting the Paralympic Games, and that the financing would be the same". However, that the entire project would be developed jointly between BOBICO and the IPC, respecting all international rules and legislation. Despite this, the Chinese bid was still frowned upon because of issues relating to the protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989, along with weak legislation related to the disabled and the accessibility of public places. With all these problems seeing the other candidates eliminated, only the APF candidacy remained, which also faced serious problems: despite being the only viable candidate, there were still no financial and structural guarantees. During the first phase of feasibility studies, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Bid Committee had rejected the holding of the Paralympics, haunted by the perfect storm that was brewing in Atlanta, who were organizing its event with two non-communicating organizing committees that operated completely independently. The result of an "oversight" on the part of the Atlanta 1996 Bidding Committee, the Paralympic Games were only saved due to a collective action on the part of civil society and the administrators of the Shepard Center, who assumed the candidacy and eventually the management of the Games: at that time, they also had financial uncertainties which were only resolved at the last minute, when large companies and multinationals based in the city bought the sponsorship quotas, and when the situation became public after several reports, claimed that the Paralympics were undergoing "a corporate boycott" headed by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Sydney did not originally submit any documents regarding the holding of the Paralympic Games, which angered the Paralympics Australia, as the funding for the Olympics was secured: it seemed there was no realistic prospect of any funding for the Paralympics. A few days later, when the application documents were released and the applications were accepted, it was reported that all cities except Sydney had given guarantees to host the Paralympics. Berlin and Manchester were still committed to financing and organizing the Paralympic Games with