ShareThisThe following are selected findings from a telephone survey of 1,012 adult residents of the United States contacted by the Scripps Survey Research Center of Ohio University from Feb. 10-28."The Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing, China, this August. Are you planning to watch at least some of the Olympics on television?"Yes ..................... 76 percentNo ...................... 20Don't Know or Other ...... 4"This is the first time the Olympics will be held in China. Does this make you more interested in the Olympics, less interested or does the location not affect your interest?"More Interested ...... 12Less Interested ....... 5No Change ............ 78Don't Know or Other ... 5Some activists like movie actress Mia Farrow have called for the United States to boycott the Summer Olympics in Beijing, because of China's human rights violations. Should the U.S. boycott the Beijing Olympics or not?Yes ................... 9No ................... 79Don't Know or Other .. 12(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
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