Beijing has spent $ 40 billion , seven years planning for seven years Olympic Summer Games . In 2001 , China promised to improve human rights , press freedom and pollution . Foreign journalists in China for the Olympics complain that access to report on anything that extends beyond sporting events has been severely limited . China official : Free Internet jeopardizes national security , detrimental to youth . Experts disappointed in 'significant opportunity lost ' for reform , improve world view .
Beijing has spent $ 40 billion , seven years planning for seven years Olympic Summer Games . In 2001 , China promised to improve human rights , press freedom and pollution . China official : Free Internet jeopardizes national security , detrimental to youth . Experts disappointed in 'significant opportunity lost ' for reform , improve world view .