The Reform Fantasy
James Mann has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about prospects for political reform considering the Chinese government’s behavior in the run-up to the Olympics: China’s actions over the past year — its...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Aug 5, 2008
James Mann has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about prospects for political reform considering the Chinese government’s behavior in the run-up to the Olympics: China’s actions over the past year — its...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Jul 14, 2008
Written by Minky Worden, the media director of Human Rights Watch, from Times Online: When China won the right to host the 2008 Olympics, it was due in good part to human rights pledges. These included a specific commitment of...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Jul 13, 2008
Written by Mia Farrow and Ronan Farrow, from Los Angeles Times: President Bush’s announcement that he will attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics came in the wake of brutal crackdowns in Tibet and during a...
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Jul 10, 2008
Jonathan Watts reports in the Guardian: Chinese security forces claimed today to have foiled five “terrorist” plots against the Olympics amid an intensifying pre-games crackdown that has seen police kill five Uighur...
Read MorePosted by Ying Jiang | Jul 9, 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games next month despite an earlier threat to boycott over a crackdown in Tibet, according to ABC News, Australia. Mr Sarkozy told Chinese...
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Jul 7, 2008
Over the past few years, CDT has been compiling news and updates about the elaborate preparations underway as Beijing gets ready to host the 2008 Olympic Games. These archives provide a useful resource for anyone watching the...
Read MorePosted by Liu Yong | Jun 30, 2008
From Reuters: Senior envoys of the Dalai Lama arrive in China on Monday to meet the government over the issue of Tibet, the Tibetan government-in-exile said. The talks, scheduled from July 1-2 in Beijing, aim to mend fences with...
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Jun 4, 2008
Mark Magnier reports in the Los Angeles Times: The propaganda ministry and the State Council, China’s Cabinet, have issued directives to state-run news media outlining forbidden topics. Among them: questions about school...
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Jun 4, 2008
Jason Leow reports in the Wall Street Journal: Nineteen years after Beijing’s bloody crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democracy movement, China’s college students today are more likely to favor nationalistic causes...
Read MorePosted by Japhet Weeks | Jun 2, 2008
Keith Bradsher of the New York Times reports on some of the limitations Beijing is putting on foreigners headed for this summer’s Olympic Games: Do not bring any printed materials critical of China. Do not plan on holding...
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