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China's leader warns against 'politicizing' the Games
Chinese President Hu Jintao warned Friday against 'politicizing' the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing which start on August 8.
'Politicizing the Olympics runs contrary tot the Olympic spirit and the shared aspirations of people all over the world,' Hu said in a first group interview with foreign journalists.
'It is inevitable that people hold divergent views on issues, but politicizing the Olympics will not address those issues,' he said.
'Instead, those issues can be resolved on the basis of mutual respect, by narrowing the differences and expanding common ground,' Hu said.
The Beijing Games offered both an arena for exceptional athletes and a platform to increase understanding among people from all over the world, he said.
In the carefully prepared group interview on Friday, Hu did not comment on human rights issues, Tibet or the controversy over internet censorship. Chinese President Hu Jintao warned Friday against 'politicizing' the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing which start on August 8... more -
China's Hu speaks out on Olympics
With one week to go to the Beijing Olympics, Chinese President Hu Jintao has again urged people not to politicise the Games.
In a rare news conference, Mr Hu said politicising the event undermined the Olympic movement, and called for dialogue to resolve contentious issues. Hosting the Games showed China's desire for peaceful global ties, he said. His comments came amid apparent concessions by Beijing in a row over internet access for journalists.
More sites which had been blocked in Olympic media centres - such as that of rights group Amnesty International - were accessible on Friday, journalists said. Previously unavailable sites were also available in some cities in China, the BBC confirmed. The move followed talks between Chinese organisers and officials from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday.
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Alcune Verità Sono Intollerabili
Italian translation of: Some Truths Are Intolerable
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Rising superpowers discuss business
UAE prime minister Sheikh Mohammad and Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Bejing in hopes of working together to reinforce their fast-growing economic ties between two sides.
The prime minister of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates who is also vice-president of the Emirates and ruler of Dubai,arrived in Beijing on Monday for a four-day official visit.
The UAE is China's second-biggest trade partner in the Gulf after Saudi Arabia.
China has been scouring the world in recent years to secure enough energy resources to fuel its booming economy, successfully building trade ties with the oil-rich Arab nations as well as Africa. UAE prime minister Sheikh Mohammad and Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Bejing in hopes of working together to reinforce their fast... more -
Some Truths Are Intolerable
A global network of spies, deception and political pressure must be overcome to prevent the further suffering of innocence. Some Truths Are Intolerable is a short film about the persecution of Falun Dafa (a peaceful spiritual practice from China), at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). From 1992-1999 Falun Dafa was freely followed throughout China, until the government decided that there were too many people studying the energy exercises and meditation. The CCP banned the practice and immediately declared up to 100million innocent people as being criminals. Since then, thousands have been tortured to death for their beliefs, hundreds of thousands are in slave labour camps, and millions have had their lives ruined by their own government. It is the intention of What Is Tough (a project dedicated to releasing a feature film about this issue) to bring to the public's attention this global disaster, before the Olympic Games are held in Beijing, in August of 2008. The atrocities covered in the film continue to this day.
Please visit www.whatistough.com for more information on the project and please sign-up to Current TV to vote for this film, so that more people become aware of the truth about Falun Dafa, because some truths are intolerable!
Thank you. A global network of spies, deception and political pressure must be overcome to prevent the further suffering of innocence. Some Truth... more -
China's Congress begins
Every five years these guys get together supposedly to talk about issues like the rural poor and 'transparency.' We'll see what happens. Every five years these guys get together supposedly to talk about issues like the rural poor and 'transparency.' We'll ... more
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Bush appeals for global trade pact
Yeah, Bush should totally make Hu sign that Kyoto thing ... wait a minute ...
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