By Michael Morton
GateHouse News Service
Thu Feb 28, 2008, 08:27 PM EST
Three weeks before the Boston Marathon grabs the world’s attention, a group protesting China’s alleged human rights abuses plans to use the same Hopkinton-to-Boston route to publicize its cause: boycotting the summer Olympic Games.
By Sev Ozdowski
People who mention human rights in context of the Olympics are often accused of mixing politics with sport. So what is the legitimacy of this linkage being made in case of 2008 Beijing Olympics?
HARRY REID
February 28 2008
The world’s biggest building, designed like a monster dragon, opens tomorrow. Needless to say, it is in China and it is an airport terminal. The new Beijing Airport building is bigger than all Heathrow’s terminals - including the new Terminal Five - put together.
PARIS (AFP) — As athletes train for the summer Olympics in China, a new book claims that the country’s vast spy network is gearing up for a different challenge - keeping an eye on journalists and potential troublemakers.
The Hollywood director resigned this week as artistic adviser to the Beijing games to protest China’s Darfur policy.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will seek to head off any riots or protests that could mar its showcase Olympics Game year through secret investigations and punishment of errant officials, state media reported on Wednesday.
PARIS (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said he respected film director Steven Spielberg’s decision to quit his Beijing Olympics role because of China’s policies in Sudan.
By James Lyons
The eyes of the world will be on China when the Olympic Games of 2008 open with a spectacular ceremony on August 8.
By AUSTIN RAMZY / BEIJING
By the numbers, Beijing’s preparations for the Summer Olympics are formidable. With less than six months to go before the August 8 opening ceremonies, 30 of the 31 competition sites and 44 of the 45 training venues have been completed. Organizers hold regular press conferences trumpeting progress on everything from sewage treatment to cloud seeding. But no amount of preparation has readied Beijing for the protest and criticism the Games are attracting.
Friday, 22 February 2008
China imposed tighter control on purchasing Olympic Games tickets, especially for the opening and closing ceremonies. An official document of Beijing’s local authorities gave orders to effectively monitor “enemies” during the Olympics. The list includes international terrorists, ethnic or sectarian separatists, opponents with hostile attitude, hardliner Falun Gong practitioners, criminal offenders, people who are seriously dissatisfied with the society and petitioners who came to Beijing to appeal their cases.