Sen. Salazar says Americans should disobey Bible restrictions at Olympics
(Catholic News Agency, November 16th, 2007)
Washington DC, Nov 16, 2007 / 11:01 am (CNA).- Several U.S. senators have weighed in on the Chinese Olympics web site's recommendation that entering visitors bring no more than one Bible into the country, Cybercast News Service reports.

China to Quash Protests at Olympics
(The Associated Press, November 16th, 2007)
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police will deal harshly with social or political demonstrations at the Beijing Olympics, a top security official said Friday.

Olympic builders unearth the past
(REUTERS, AFP, November 15th, 2007)
CHINA'S multibillion-dollar building boom ahead of the Beijing Olympics has unearthed hundreds of ancient relics — some dating back 2000 years — leaving archaeologists to pick up the pieces behind construction crews.

U.S. companies carry a torch for Olympics
(By Edward Iwata, USA TODAY, November 15th, 2007)
When world-class athletes vie for medals at the Beijing Olympics next August, the Otis Elevator Co. already will have scored some big wins in China.

China successfully tests Everest mobile phone station ahead of Olympics
(AFP, November 14th, 2007)
BEIJING (AFP) — A Mount Everest mobile phone base has had a successful test run, meaning climbers will stay in range of calls and text messages on top of the world's highest peak, Chinese media reported Wednesday.

China Tracks Summer Olympics Journalists
(By ANITA CHANG, The Associated Press, November 12th, 2007)
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has created profiles on thousands of foreign journalists coming to report on next summer's Beijing Olympics and is gathering information on thousands more to put into a database, a top official said in comments published Monday.

Official: China going "all-out" to ensure food safety at Beijing Olympics
(The Canadian Press, November 12th, 2007)
BEIJING - China is making an "all-out effort" to ensure the safety of the food supply at next summer's Beijing Olympics, a top product quality official said Monday.

Rights group urges IOC to press Beijing on Olympic media freedoms
(The Canadian Press, November 6th, 2007)
BEIJING - The International Olympic Committee must press China to allow complete freedom for foreign media ahead of next year's Beijing Summer Olympic Games, a human right's group said Tuesday.

Olympics: No pampered pigs for athletes: officials
(AFP, November 3rd, 2007)

BEIJING (AFP) — Beijing Olympics organisers denied for the first time that special pig-breeding centres have been set up in secret to ensure that pork supplied to international athletes will be safe to eat.

The Bible among objects prohibited at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
(Catholic News Agency, November 2nd, 2007)
Beijing, Nov 2, 2007 / 02:18 pm (CNA).- Organizers of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing have published a list of “prohibited objects” in the Olympic village where athletes will stay. To the surprise of many, Bibles are among the objects that will not be allowed.

UN General Assembly urges world to observe truce during Beijing Olympics
(The Associated Press, October 31st, 2007)
UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday urged all nations to observe a truce during the Beijing Olympics next summer to enable all athletes to compete and help build "a peaceful and better world through sport."

Beijing Olympic ticketing system collapses
(By China correspondent Stephen McDonell, ABC News, October 30th, 2007)
The second round of tickets has gone on sale for the Beijing Olympic Games, but with more than 200,000 applications per second, the response has been more than the system could handle.

Olympic chief has 'no regrets' over choosing Beijing
(AFP, October 30th, 2007)
LONDON (AFP) — International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday he has "no regrets" over the choice of Beijing as host of the 2008 Games, despite human rights protests.

Beijing pollution still major Olympic concern
(By Richard Spencer, Telegraph.co.uk, October 26th, 2007)
For Beijing's Olympics chiefs, the view from the bedroom window this morning could not have been worse.

Preparing Tibet for the Olympics
(Channel 4 News, August 30th, 2007)
With the Beijing Olympics less than a year away, Chinese investment is transforming traditional life in Tibet.

Roses Are Red
(Pasadena Weekly - by Joe Piasecki, July 19th, 2007)
"It seems to me a city like Pasadena would not like the Rose Parade, their symbol of pride and joy, to be used as a propaganda tool for the communist government in Beijing," said Los Angeles Friends of Tibet President Tseten Phanucharas.

Olympics Highlight Human Rights In China: Olympics Put Spotlight On China's Human-Rights Record; Critics See Chance To Seek Changes
(CBS News, July 9th, 2007)

Child labor. Forced abortions. Religious persecution. Jailed dissidents. Cultural cleansing in Tibet and ethnic cleansing in Africa.

Pelosi Statement on the Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
(Office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, June 4th, 2007)
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre:

China: Tiananmen Legacy Defies Olympic Gloss: No Justice or Accountability Almost Two Decades Later
(June 1st, 2007)
Washington, DC – China’s total failure to account for the massacre of June 4, 1989 casts a pall on its efforts to project a new image and continues to spawn more abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.

Tibetan Antelope Defects from China's Olympic Team
(ICT, May 21st, 2007)
Our friends at Students for a Free Tibet held a satirical mock press conference in New York on May 10th: "One of China’s official Olympics mascots, the Tibetan antelope they call "Ying Ying" has defected from the Olympic team and has gone underground to work for Tibetan freedom. Yingsel (that's her real Tibetan name) announced that she would no longer be used as a tool in the Chinese government's efforts to use the Olympic Games as a means to cover up its brutal occupation of Tibet."

Beijing Organizers Announce Torch Relay Route for 2008 Games
(AP, May 1st, 2007)
BEIJING -- Organizers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics announced Thursday what will be the longest torch relay in the history of the games, tracing a route that covers five continents and makes politically sensitive stops in Taiwan and Tibet.

Tibet Activists Protest on Mount Everest!
(Students for a Free Tibet, April 25th, 2007)
Tibet Activists Demonstrate at Base Camp While Chinese Team Attempts Olympic Torch Ascent; Tibetan-American amongst those Detained in High Altitude Protest

China's Olympic Torch Out of Tibet: Activists Call on Olympic Committee to Refuse Proposed Torch Route
(Students for a Free Tibet, April 18th, 2007)
New York - Students for a Free Tibet calls on the International Olympic Committee to reject China's plan to run the Olympic torch over Mount Everest and through Tibet. The IOC is currently meeting in Beijing and will make a final decision on China's proposed torch route - including plans to take it through Tibet and Taiwan - by April 26th.

Devil's Advocate: Dalai Lama
(CNN-IBN, April 9th, 2007)
The Dalai Lama has said that the Chinese leadership should not hope that the issue of Tibet will end if he were to pass away in exile. In a wide-ranging interview to the Indian TV news channel CNN-IBN, broadcast on April 8, 2007, the Dalai Lama said, "So long the Tibetan people remain, this issue - unless you solve is practically and realistically - will remain."

IOC's President Ducks Responsibilities
(Free Tibet Campaign, April 4th, 2007)
Jacques Rogge Ignoring China's Escalating Media Restrictions

The "Genocide Olympics"
(Wall Street Journal, April 3rd, 2007)
"One World, One Dream" is China's slogan for its 2008 Olympics. But there is one nightmare that China shouldn't be allowed to sweep under the rug. That nightmare is Darfur, where more than 400,000 people have been killed and more than two-and-a-half million driven from flaming villages by the Chinese-backed government of Sudan.

China Fails its Olympics Report Card on Tibet
(ICT, March 26th, 2007)
500 days away from the Beijing 2008 Olympics, China is still failing to comply with its Olympics commitments, particularly with regard to Tibet - even though the International Olympics Committee declared the Games would “improve the human rights situation in China”.

'Boycott Beijing Olympics' - French Presidential candidate
(Phayul, March 23rd, 2007)
3 March, Paris: Mr.Francois Bayrou, one of the top three candidate in next month's presidential election, believes that France should boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

No new internet cafes to be allowed in run up to 2008 Olympics
(Free Tibet Campaign, March 6th, 2007)
Chinese state media announced today¹ that local governments were not to approve the opening of any new internet cafes in 2007. The directive is the latest in a series of assaults on media and internet freedoms in China and represents a further blow to the credibility of the International Olympics Committee's (IOC) assertion that the 2008 Olympic Games would "improve the situation of human rights" in China².

The three futures of China
(By James Mann, LA Times, February 25th, 2007)
Despite economic liberalization, it's likely the communist regime will endure well into the future.

Exploit China's Desire for Successful Olympics, Rights Advocates Urge US
(Payton Hoegh, CNSNews, February 2nd, 2007)
As the 2008 Olympics approach, human rights and religious freedom advocates are urging the U.S. government to "exploit the need" China has to host a successful event and step up the pressure on Beijing to improve its record.

China and Darfur: The Genocide Olympics?
(Washington Post editorial, December 14th, 2006)
NEWSPAPERS HAVE been running harrowing ads on the genocide in Darfur. They feature images of suffering coupled with appeals to President Bush to halt it. But the key to this tragedy lies not in the killing fields of western Sudan nor even in the White House. It is to be found instead in Khartoum, Sudan's booming capital. The sleek new office towers sprouting up in the commercial district explain why Sudan's government has resisted American and European pressure to end the genocide. But they also show why Arabs and Asians -- and especially the Chinese -- have the power to influence Sudan and the responsibility to use it.

Organisers of Beijing Games Urged to Translate Promises Into Action
(Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontieres, November 17th, 2006)
China - Reporters Without Borders today urged the organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to act on all the promises they have made under international pressure to let the foreign press operate freely during the games.

Confirmation of Olympic Flame preparations on Everest next spring: climbers' access to be restricted
(International Campaign for Tibet, October 30th, 2006)
An official Chinese mountaineering association has stated that the number of climbing expeditions on Mount Everest (Chomolungma) will be limited next spring in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Flame ceremony in China.

Chirac in China highlights human rights issue
(Agence-France Presse, October 26th, 2006)
Beijing - French President Jacques Chirac singled out China's attitude on human rights as a particular area of concern for the country's leaders as they look ahead to hosting the 2008 Olympics.

Fleeing Tibet: Transit through terror
(Anca Padararu in Romania and Sudeshna Sarkar in Kathmandu, Pro TV, October 24th, 2006)
Probably no one had ever heard of Kelsang Nortso of Tibet until last week, when the surreal image of the 17-year-old nun sprawled on the ground near a snowy mountain pass was seen all over the world.

China dissidents urge IOC to press Beijing on rights
(Reuters, October 11th, 2006)
Beijing - More than 180 Chinese dissidents and rights activists have signed a letter urging the International Olympic Committee to press China to improve its human rights record ahead of the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. The open letter to IOC President Jacques Rogge, circulated on the Internet, said the human rights situation in China had worsened in past months with a series of jailings of reporters, rights activists and lawyers.

Media free to roam in China during 2008 Games
(Reuters, September 27th, 2006)
Beijing - Foreign media will be free to travel around China and enjoy uncensored access to the Internet during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, organisers said on Wednesday.

Amnesty slams China over rights in Olympics run-up
(Reuters, September 22nd, 2006)
London/Beijing - China's human rights record in the run-up to the 2008 Olympics has deteriorated, with thousands of people being executed after unfair trials, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

China's Human Rights Record Deteriorating Despite Promises of Reforms for Olympics
(Amnesty International, September 20th, 2006)
(Washington, DC) - China's record on imprisoning citizens without charge, its treatment of human rights defenders and its respect of media freedoms are all deteriorating, despite promises from the Chinese government that it would make human rights improvements in advance of the Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The report finds that though China has made some progress in reforming the death penalty system, its record in other crucial human rights areas has gone downhill -- ironically, sometimes in the name of preparing for the Olympics.

Foreign journalists say China unprepared for 2008 Olympics media
(ICT / Foreign Correspondents Club of China, August 17th, 2006)
The Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) has released a strong statement complaining that China is unprepared for the number of foreign journalists expected to visit China during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the statement, the FCCC complained that "Chinese authorities frequently detain foreign reporters, and occasionally use violence against them and their sources."

China says no TV delay for 2008 Olympics
(Agence-France Presse, August 8th, 2006)
Beijing China will televise the 2008 Beijing Olympics live to the world without the brief delay normally used in Chinese broadcasting, an official said Tuesday.

Olympics must be catalyst for change in Tibet
(ICT, August 7th, 2006)
Today the International Campaign for Tibet [ICT] officially launched its 2008 Olympics Campaign under the banner "Beijing 2008: Race for Tibet". The launch marks the start of the two-year countdown to the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing. Emphasizing the situation of the Tibetan people under Chinese rule, ICT is actively working within a global movement of NGOs and individuals monitoring China's human rights situation and working to bring about positive changes in China by August 2008.

Olympics Protesters Imprisoned in Tibet - More Protests Planned for Turin Games
(February 6th, 2006)
Amsterdam - News has emerged from Tibet of the confirmed arrest and imprisonment of three Buddhist nuns and two monks following calls for no Beijing Olympic Games until the Tibet issue is peacefully resolved. The news comes as the International Tibet Support Network announced that it will stage a series of protests, hunger strikes and awareness-raising activities during the Winter Olympics in Turin, the last stop for the Olympic flame before being passed to Beijing.