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World News tagged with Beijing Bloody Olympics

Have the Games Changed China?
World  (tags: Beijing Bloody Olympics, Tibet - Chinese Oppression, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 477 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
...But one thing that has not changed is the Chinese government's ability to shoot itself in the foot. So eager is it to make sure everything is perfect that it is trying to hide everything that is not...
12 comments
Olympic Relay in Beijing Climax
World  (tags: Beijing Bloody Olympics, Tianmen Square massacre, Free Tibet!, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 478 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Cheering, flag-waving crowds in the Chinese capital, Beijing, have been watching the Olympic torch on the final leg of its global relay. Four activists from the UK and the US were arrested after unfurling banners close to the Olympic stadium...
3 comments
China's Media Freedom Is in Name Only
World  (tags: Beijing Bloody Olympics, Freedom of the Press, Censorship )

Ben
- 501 days ago - phayul.com
Chinese authorities have ordered a 10-second broadcast delay to avoid "undesirable" incidents - such as protests or anti-Chinese slogans - being seen by the domestic masses, according to Hong Kong's Ming Pao daily, a Chinese-language newspaper.
3 comments
Why Is President Bush Going to the Olympics?
World  (tags: Beijing Bloody Olympics, Business, Corruption, Hypocrisy )

Ben
- 506 days ago - unmadeinchina.org
Let's put President Bush's decision in context: no U.S. President has ever attended Olympic Games held outside of the United States. Ever.
32 comments
Let the 2008 Tibetan Olympics Begin!
World  (tags: Tibet - Chinese Oppression, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Beijing Bloody Olympics )

Ben
- 555 days ago - tibet.ca
"Two years of planning and one year of work for the Tibetan Olympics are coming into fruition. We are proud to present fifteen men and nine women," the Tibetan Olympics director Mr Lobsang Wangyal, the man behind the Miss Tibet beauty pageant, said
10 comments
China Urges 'Rational' Protests
World  (tags: China, Nationalism, Beijing Bloody Olympics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 587 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
China has urged its citizens to be calm amid further anti-Western protests in the country, focused on French supermarket chain Carrefour. The official Communist Party newspaper, the People's Daily, said patriotism should be expressed rationally.
5 comments
The Olympic Torch Relay According to China (EastSouthwest Blog)
World  (tags: Beijing Bloody Olympics, Tibet-Chinese-Oppression, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 587 days ago - zonaeuropa.com
"This is not China's home turf, so the supporters of Tibetan independence and the opponents of the Olympics can express their views and wills in front of the cameras of the reporters from all over the world, just as we could wave our national flags..."
2 comments
China: Olympic Flame Turns Up Heat on Sponsors (Human Rights Watch)
World  (tags: Business, Beijing Bloody Olympics, Sponsors, Corruption, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 587 days ago - hrw.org
"Shareholders and consumers who care about human rights should not let Olympic corporate sponsors off the hook. Their silence on abuses in the run-up to the Beijing Games makes their claims to support human rights especially disingenuous" (HRW)
13 comments
London Ready for Olympic Parade
World  (tags: Beijing Bloody Olympics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 600 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
"Chinatown is expected to give the relay a particularly warm welcome but there will also be a strong police presence as a number of pro-Tibet groups have said they will hold protests..."
4 comments
   

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