By Jacques Meon
Of course, one regularly hears of social upheavals in various parts of the country and the recent condemnation in Beijing of the human rights advocate Hu Jia to three years and half imprisonment shows that the situation is still far ...
Cross-Culture - http://blog.crossculture.com/crossculture/
IOC Member Anita L. DeFrantz Available for Interviews on Beijing ...
AScribe (press release) - USA
... member of the International Olympic Committee WHY: Ms. DeFrantz is a proponent of holding the Olympics in Beijing and opposes calls for a boycott. ...
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Olympic Torch Arrives in Buenos Aires
FOXNews - USA
AP April 9: An unidentified Olympic torch runner waves during opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympic torch run in San Francisco. ...
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SF State professor appointed to film 'Olympic Spirit'
Golden Gate [X]Press - San Francisco,CA,USA
Zhang was appointed by China Central Television to be the director and cinematographer of the US unit for the official Beijing Olympics film. ...
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Olympic torch relay cut short due to protests
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
The International Olympic Committee's decision to hold the 2008 Olympics in Beijing has been vehemently criticized by human rights groups, ...
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Moscow Sees Attempts to Boycott the Beijing Olympics as Unacceptable
By 01varvara
Russia sees attempts to boycott the Beijing Olympics as unacceptable. A statement made by Vice-Premier Aleksandr Zhukov, in an address to a session of International Olympic Committee executives in Beijing, came out against the attempts ...
Voices from Russia - http://02varvara.wordpress.com
Olympics in Crisis
By memoryofmoving
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman responded that IOC officials support adhering to the Olympic Charter and “not bringing any irrelevant political factors into the Beijing Olympics.” “I hope the IOC officials will continue to ...
Memories Of Movement - http://memoriesofmoving.wordpress.com
Beijing Olympics & The Moral Low Ground
By Shaun Mullen
This brings us to the Beijing Olympics. As I noted here, my bottom line is that the whole thing sucks to high heaven: The Chinese government sucks. The US government sucks. The Olympics suck. And while I hugely admire the Dalai Lama and ...
KIKO'S HOUSE - http://kikoshouse.blogspot.com/
By Bob
There is no avoiding the Olympic Torch Protests - Bob is beginning to feel like this is the Beijing Olympics Protests Blog - so anyone wanting to read about something else check out the recent stories about Paula Radcliffe, ...
Beijing Olympics Blog - http://beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com
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