China confident of safe Olympics
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008China stresses the Beijing Olympics will be safe, following an attack that killed 16 policemen in the north-west of the country.
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Olympics protesters must give 5 days’ notice
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Foreign and local protesters who want to speak out against the Beijing Olympics are required to apply five days in advance, and not harm “national interests,” the security chief for the Olympic organizing committee said.
Limits to change
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008Investigating China’s pledge of Olympics openness
Olympic torch reaches quake area
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province.
Olympic torch reaches quake area
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008Crowds roared with delight and waved hundreds of Chinese flags in welcome as the Olympic torch began an emotional tour of Sichuan on Sunday, three months after a powerful quake devastated large swaths of the lush, mountainous province.
China jails dissenters before Olympics
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008The Olympic Games have become the occasion for a broad crackdown against dissidents, gadflies and malcontents this in Beijing summer.
Spy’s mistress sentenced to prison
Friday, August 1st, 2008A woman who helped a spy transmit U.S. military secrets to the Chinese government was sentenced to a year and a half in prison Friday.
Officials assess Olympics terrorist threat
Friday, August 1st, 2008
A Chinese army officer warned Friday that Islamic separatists are the biggest threat to the Olympics, but a regional official played down the danger.
Eclipse delights millions in Siberia, China
Friday, August 1st, 2008
The moon’s shadow swept across the planet from Canada to China on Friday, delighting skywatchers who flocked to remote regions to see a total eclipse of the sun.
Olympic organizers to lift Web restrictions
Friday, August 1st, 2008Olympic organizers unblocked some Internet sites at the main press center and media venues Friday while others remained off limits for journalists covering the Beijing games.
