Protesters at the Beijing Olympics, our media invariably referred to them as "human rights activists". They were no such thing, not the ones getting the oxygen of publicity on my telly anyway. They were supporters of Tibetan separatism, and "Free Tibet" was their only slogan. The billion plus Chinese suffering at the hands of the oligarchy were of no interest to those western tourists with attitude. The message conveyed to me was "Tibetans good, Chinese bad".