China hits back in Olympics row
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China goes on the offensive against its critics on Darfur, dubbing Steven Spielberg's Olympics resignation "naive".
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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International press groups denounced   new Chinese curbs on the dissemination of foreign news as a   step backwards ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when   thousands of journalists will descend on the country's capital.
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Even as it cracks down on product safety and substandard goods, China lashes out at critics of its exports.
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The Chinese government on Thursday defended its decision to raid a news conference called by South Korean legislators to discuss the status of North Korean refugees in China, accusing the visitors of inciting North Koreans to illegally enter the country and break into foreign embassies to seek asylum.
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A British Olympian risked sparking controversy on Tuesday by calling on China to do more to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, amid a row over attempts by the British Olympic Association to gag its athletes.
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The minister in charge of preparing the London 2012 Olympics said Wednesday that boycotting this summer's Games in Beijing would be the "wrong response" to concerns over China's relationship with Sudan.
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China is blaming activists with "ulterior motives" for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation's involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur
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The negative publicity comes at a sensitive moment for Beijing as it seeks to burnish its international image.
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China told critics on Friday not to link the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to political issues or boycotts, saying that any attempt to do so would be "inappropriate and unpopular".
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International press groups denounced  new Chinese curbs on the dissemination of foreign news as a  step backwards ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when  thousands of journalists will descend on the country's capital.
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BEIJING, Jan. 10 -- China on Thursday rejected any attempts to connect humanitarian concerns about Darfur to the upcoming Beijing Olympics, saying they come from people unwilling to view objectively China's role in that embattled region of Sudan.
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The International Olympic Committee says it was right to award the Games to Beijing despite concerns over human rights in China.
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China has executed far fewer people since being awarded the 2008 Olympics six years ago but the country's poor image on rights still threatens to mar the Games, a human rights campaigner said on Thursday.
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China has launched a campaign to improve police etiquette in Beijing and other Olympic co-host cities, including bans on smoking, eating and chatting for on-duty officers, state media reported on Monday.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin demanded answers from China, after Beijing sparked a human rights row by revoking the visas of two Toronto-based Chinese reporters due to cover his visit to Asia.
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Beijing Olympics organizers vowed on Monday to come down hard on any cases of children being used to produce merchandise for the Games, after a report accused factories of "gross exploitation".