From Washington Post: A Beijing official denied reports that the city will expel migrant workers during the 2008 Olympics, but said the Chinese capital is considering how to keep the mentally ill from “damaging the public interest” during the Games. Chinese officials have promised that hosting the Olympics will improve the country’s respect for human […]
From Reuters: China said on Tuesday that shutting dozens of privately run schools for children of migrant workers in Beijing was meant for their protection, not to deny them education as stated by a U.S. human rights group. New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Beijing municipal authorities had shut down more than […]
From the Los Angeles Times: Even Miss Manners might blanch at the task at hand: charm school for a billion people, a good number of them convinced that life means never having to say you’re sorry, excuse me or thank you. This is no tutorial on fish forks. In advance of the 2008 Olympics, the […]
From the New York Times: There is a placard beside Tiananmen Square that counts the days until the 2008 Summer Olympics, and every one of them would seem precious: Beijing must build or renovate 72 sports stadiums and training facilities, lay asphalt for 59 new roads and complete three new bridges by the opening ceremony. […]
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