Archive for February 9th, 2009

Chinese president's visit aims for closer co-op with African countries - Xinhua

Monday, February 9th, 2009

CCTVChinese president's visit aims for closer co-op with African countriesXinhua, China - Feb 7, 2009On African side, more than 20 leaders visited China last year, attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics or watching the …New aid to Africa during President Hu's upcoming visit Xinhuaall 82 news articles

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Human Rights, the UN and China - Wall Street Journal

Monday, February 9th, 2009

China DailyHuman Rights, the UN and ChinaWall Street Journal - 16 hours agoThe Council may also raise last year's crackdown in Tibet, Beijing's iron grip on dissent during the Olympics, the one-child policy, "re-education through …China's human rights record goes under microscope The Gazette (Montreal)China looking even better Financial Postall 134 news articles

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Kellogg to end Olympian Michael Phelps' contract - Emirates Business 24/7

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Washington PostKellogg to end Olympian Michael Phelps' contractEmirates Business 24/7, United Arab Emirates - Feb 7, 2009The company that brokered his ad deal with Mazda in China told Inside Line on Tuesday: "DMG is standing by Michael." DMG Entertainment signed the Olympic …Video: USA Swimming Suspends Phelps for 3 Months AssociatedPressPhelps' curse: He's not perfect Chicago TribuneSports Stars Still Find Endorsement Gold in China BusinessWeekSan Diego Union Tribune - USA Todayall 7,557 news articles

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Special Olympics medal ceremonies unique - IdahoStatesman.com

Monday, February 9th, 2009

KBCI CBS 2Special Olympics medal ceremonies uniqueIdahoStatesman.com, ID - 19 hours agoThe Special Olympian won the bronze medal in the shotput at the 2007 World Summer Games in Shanghai, China. That moment on the medal stand was the …Chinese delegation leave for Special Olympics CCTVArea Special Olympians to cheer at World Games The Bozeman Daily ChronicleSpecial Olympics: Hisory of the games Universal SportsBoise Weekly - Nevada Appealall 196 news articles

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China Delivers Human Rights Report to UN; Amnesty Leads Critics - Bloomberg

Monday, February 9th, 2009

China Delivers Human Rights Report to UN; Amnesty Leads CriticsBloomberg - 5 hours agoChina failed to meet its pledge to allow freedom of reporting during the Olympics year, the Sydney-Australia-based International federation of Journalists …

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Disaster on a Tiananmen scale looms for the Chinese Communist

Monday, February 9th, 2009

http://www.weforum.org/dalian 08.09.2007 China’s Olympic Transformation As China prepares to host its first Olympic Games in August 2008, it is making every possible effort to showcase China and Beijing’s entry onto the international …

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China’s repression continues after Beijing Olympics, media and

Monday, February 9th, 2009

The Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) recorded 178 cases of foreign journalists being obstructed in the course of their work in 2008, 63 of them during the Olympic Games period. “Foreign journalists are still relatively free …

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Security forces patrol Tibetan town in NW China (Deepika)

Monday, February 9th, 2009

XIAHE, China, Feb 7 (Reuters) Security forces put on a show of force in the important Tibetan monastery town of Xiahe in the foothills of the Tibetan plateau before a sensitive Tibetan anniversary.

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China’s human rights record goes under microscope (National Post)

Monday, February 9th, 2009

China’s widely criticized human rights record will go under the microscope Monday when the world’s most populous nation appears before the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review panel

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BioPartnering China Launched (Centre Daily Times)

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Technology Vision Group LLC (TVG) announced today at the BioPartnering North America Conference its collaboration with strategic partners to enable foreign lifescience companies to expand into China. This new initiative is called BioPartnering China and is aimed at making it easy for lifescience companies to meet their Chinese counterparts in a professional and organized atmosphere. TVG is …

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