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...
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Minky Worden: China Is Losing The Human Rights Race
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 More… And Why He Should Stay Home
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 MoreChina Takes Action Against Olympic ‘Terrorists’
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 MoreSarkozy to Attend Olympics Opening Ceremony: Statement
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 MoreSpecial Coverage: 2008 Olympic Games
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 MoreDalai Lama Envoys Arrive in China for Talks
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 MoreChina Tightens Media Limits Loosened After Sichuan Earthquake
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 MoreChinese Students Rally, but Often in Support of Government
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 MoreChina Lists Dos and Don’ts for Olympics-Bound Foreigners
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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