Spielberg's Beijing protest 'unfair'
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China says director is irresponsible for pulling out of Olympic role in protest over Darfur crisis
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U.S. activists launched a fresh campaign on Wednesday to press 2008 Olympics host China to persuade its ally Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur, but rejected calling for a boycott of the landmark Beijing event.
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Hollywood film-maker Steven Spielberg has been ridiculed in the Chinese media and on the Internet for living in a "sci-fi" dreamworld over his decision to sever ties with the Beijing Olympics.
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A group of Chinese dissidents has signed an open letter condemning the arrest of an AIDS and environmental activist on subversion charges and urged the government to improve human rights ahead of this year's Olympics.
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A group of Nobel Peace laureates sent a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urging the Beijing Games host to uphold Olympic ideals by pressing its ally Sudan to stop atrocities in Darfur.
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China expressed regret on Thursday over movie director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit his Beijing Olympics role because of China's policies in Sudan and said the Games would be a success regardless.
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China expressed regret on Thursday over the decision by movie director Steven Spielberg to quit as an artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics because of its policies in war-torn Sudan.
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Hundreds of people protested British Prime Minister Tony Blair's arrival in Beirut on Monday, angry over his perceived backing of Israel's bombardment of Lebanon.
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BEIJING : China has blasted as &quot;unfair&quot; a US decision to leave punitive duties in place following accusations that Chinese wooden furniture was &quot;dumped&quot; in the United States, state media said.
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China says it regrets Steven Spielberg's decision to resign as an Olympics adviser over the Darfur conflict.
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The United Nations is useless to blacks in Darfur. China will veto any meaningful action. his land stinks of fear and death. âNicholas Kristof, The New York Times, from Darfur, October 20.
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A local government in eastern China has drawn criticism for ordering officials to inflate the number of people at the opening ceremony of an agricultural fair and for demanding attendees clap.
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Paris 2012 organisers have been accused of breaking Olympic bid rules by using French embassies to promote the city. Madrid 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committee&#39;s (IOC) ethical commission.
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China says it has summoned the US ambassador in Beijing to protest against the honouring of the Dalai Lama.
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China is shirking its pledge to improve human rights for the Olympic Games and world pressure is needed to force Beijing to comply, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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BEIJING, March 8 -- Responding to U.S. complaints, China charged Thursday that the Bush administration has no standing to criticize other countries on human rights because its own record is full of blemishes at home and abroad.
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China hit back on Tuesday at critics of its human rights record, saying the world was using the Olympics, which Beijing will host in August, as an excuse to make a villain out of its government.