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2008
8
Jul
With exactly one month left before the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing, Reporters Without Borders today condemned the absence of a goodwill gesture from the Chinese government as regards the approximately 100 imprisoned journalists, Internet users and cyber-dissidents.
“Do the Chinese authorities really think they are going to turn these games into an international success […]
2008
8
Jul
July 7, 2008
In 2001, China’s Communist leaders promised the International Olympic Committee to allow free press access to both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the country as a whole. So far signs aren’t good that Beijing will stick to its word.
Witness the case of Norman Choy, a senior reporter with Hong Kong’s Apple Daily who […]
2008
2
Jul
French president Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday he might attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if talks announced Sunday between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama make progress.
“If there was continued progress and if the Dalai Lama and the Chinese president acknowledged the progress, then the obstacle to my participation would […]
2008
30
Jun
Reports suggest that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already secretly decided to attend the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing on 8 August, despite his promise to consult his European partners on the subject and to take a decision in accordance with the progress made in the dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama.
“On what […]
2008
26
Jun
Reporters Without Borders thinks that the International Olympic Committee has not gone far enough in its expression of “regret” today about the political message of hatred towards the Dalai Lama and his followers that two senior Communist Party officials made during the Olympic torch relay in Lhasa on 21 June.
“It is not enough for the […]
2008
25
Jun
BEIJING (AFP) — China re-opened Tibet to foreign tourists Wednesday after claiming victory over the worst unrest there in decades — which led Beijing to all but seal off the area from the outside world.
China’s crackdown in the wake of violent protests in Tibet in March drew international condemnation, and led to demonstrations in several […]
2008
24
Jun
Reporters Without Borders today accused China of breaking its promises to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by preventing foreign journalists from freely covering the journey of the Olympic flame through Xinjiang and Tibet.
Only a few were allowed to go to Kashgar, Urumqi and Lhasa, and they were forbidden to talk to local people. The authorities […]
2008
15
May
Grace Wang is a Chinese student living in the US. From the Duke University, she tried to be a messenger betwwen the pro-Chinese and the pro-Tibet. She received death threats for that and her parents in China also had tourble. When sport make people crazy. She decided to tell her story in the Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802635_pf.html
2008
3
May
We thought the communist party was ready to talk to the Tibetan government. Between approaches from the Dalai Lama, a positive communication, China now seems to position itself on the sports side only.
Their marketing is cheap. We can see that nobody will tell China what to do and China won’t let anybody’s rules. On April […]
2008
27
Apr
Since the Olympic torch was in Paris, a few anti-French demonstrations have started in China. The French people disrespected China by embracing the free Tibet cause.
Tibet is a part of China. French dissident can not understand why the Chinese government continues to prevent the Tibetan from independence and freedom, not only territorial independence but cultural […]