February 9, 2008
With exactly six months to go to Beijing Olympics, Reporters Without Borders condemns broken promises
There are just six months left until the opening of the Beijing Summer Olympics. The world’s biggest sports event will get under way in the Chinese capital on 8 August. The Chinese authorities gave very specific promises in 2001 in order to win the games for Beijing. They said the holding of the games would “help improve human rights” and that there would be “total press freedom” before and during the games.
China – Olympic Games: Time to take action
Press release of FIDH (Paris)
7 February 2008
Editor-in-chief: Willy Fautré
Email: info@hrwf.org
Website: http://www.hrwf.net
EU has teeth but no bite on China
Press briefing 1500 hours Tuesday February 12 2008-02-07
European Parliament London Office, 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London W1H 9AA (Tel 0207 227 4300)
Whether at home or abroad, China is silent on matters of democracy
International Herald Tribune
Thursday, February 7, 2008
SHANGHAI: For months, as the Beijing Olympics draw nearer, China has been refining its arguments in favor of disassociating the Games from politics.
Wary U.S. Olympians Will Bring Food to China
February 9, 2008
By BEN SHPIGEL
COLORADO SPRINGS — When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken — half of a breast — that measured 14 inches. “Enough to feed a family of eight,” said Frank Puleo, a caterer from Staten Island who has traveled to China to handle food-related issues.