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China opens Olympic games

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:16:46 -0500

Bursts of fireworks, drummers and dancers light-up Beijiing to open the games.

A columnist's parting thoughts on China

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:14:27 -0500

After three years of columns, Howard W. French sums up the amazing successes and mysterious insecurity of China.

Chinese less restricted, except for politics

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:14:27 -0500

China's rights record is mixed: despite sharp restrictions on political rights, it has become a significantly more open place for its people than it was a generation ago.

China strides onto Olympic stage (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:08:00 -0500

AP - Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pyrotechnics and pageantry topped by the unworldly sight of a flying gymnast, traversing the heights of the stadium to light the flame and begin the Summer Games.

Politics, pageantry blend for Bush at Olympics (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:58:22 -0500

AP - President Bush, the first U.S. president to attend an Olympics abroad, blended political messages for China and Russia with high fives and hugs for American athletes Friday.

China dazzles, offers friendship as Games open (AFP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:56:41 -0500

AFP - China's once-in-a-lifetime Olympic dream became reality Friday as the Beijing Games opened with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world.

Hurricane Hernan forms off Mexico's Pacific coast (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:36:13 -0500

AP - The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Hernan has formed far off Mexico's Pacific coast and is expected to remain far from land.

Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:12:51 -0500

AP - An anti-China protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and demonstrators raised the Tibetan flag Friday in defiance in London in protests worldwide timed to coincide with the start of the Beijing Olympics.

Man sets himself alight in anti-China protest (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:09:15 -0500

AP - A man doused himself with gasoline and set himself alight during a protest Friday by ethnic Uighurs outside the Chinese Embassy in Turkey.

Benedict Rogers: Burma's bitter remembrance of 8/8/88

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:30:00 -0500

Benedict Rogers: For Olympic China, 8 is lucky. But on the 20th anniversary of a massacre in Burma, it's an ideal time to break with the junta

China tightens security in restive Muslim region (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:19:10 -0500

AP - Police shut down a bustling bazaar in the capital of China's restive Muslim region of Xinjiang Friday, tightening security there after an Islamic group seeking independence for the area threatened to attack buses, trains and planes during the Olympics.

China in a two-step: Rudd

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:00:01 -0500

Prime Minister sums up China's progress on human rights as "two steps forward and one step back".

China's political games

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:17:58 -0500

The Beijing government appears increasingly confident in having things its own way.

In Beijing, Bush praises China but condemns rights record

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:41:40 -0500

President George W. Bush was eager to shift his focus to Olympic sports, only hours after China pointedly rebuffed his criticism of the country's record on human rights.

Brendan O'Neill: The west's fairytale of Tiananmen

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:30:00 -0500

Brendan O'Neill: Activists and journalists have done untold harm by distorting and mythologising what happened in China in June 1989

Gritty renegade now directs China's close-up

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:02:39 -0500

Zhang Yimou's films were once banned. Now, he's directing the Olympic opening ceremonies.

Police detain more than 1,100 in Nepal over China protests

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:00:34 -0500

Tibetan exiles were protesting outside the Chinese Embassy's visa office to show support after the unrest that occurred in Tibet in March.

Myanmar arrests "8-8-88" anniversary marchers (Reuters)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:30:55 -0500

Reuters - Myanmar's junta arrested 48 activists on Friday for a protest march marking 20 years since the army crushed an "8-8-88" democracy uprising with the loss of an estimated 3,000 lives, an opposition official said.

Beijing set for Olympic opening

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:16:41 -0500

After preparing for seven years, China says it is ready to host the greatest Olympics ever.

Bush keeps freedom in spotlight during speech in China

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:07:55 -0500

US president reiterates call to protect human rights as he prepares to attend opening ceremony of Olympics

Bush in China: We must protect freedom

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:07:55 -0500

President calls for human rights to be protected, in speech on Chinese soil

Beijing quiet before opening ceremony (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:12:39 -0500

AP - After seven years of buildup and billions of dollars in preparations, world leaders and China's elite gathered Friday for the most lavish opening ceremony in Olympic history. But Beijing residents without a ticket were asked to stay home.

Olympic protests held around the world

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:04:08 -0500

Demonstrations take place in cities including London, Hong Kong, Delhi and Kathmandu as opening ceremony begins

Edward McMillan-Scott: Don't forget China's victims of human rights abuse while you're watching the Olympics

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:49:48 -0500

Edward McMillan-Scott: While watching the games, remember they are designed to benefit a regime responsible for appalling abuse of human rights

Everything in India is changing but treatment of the poor

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:47:26 -0500

Many of the people who are making the new India new are responsible for preserving a gloomy element of the Indian past: a tendency to treat the hired help like chattel.

Gritty renegade now directs China's close-up

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:47:26 -0500

Zhang Yimou's films were once banned. Now, he's directing the Olympic opening ceremonies.

Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:31:29 -0500

AP - Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said.

Indian Kashmir protests continue

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:01:10 -0500

Government ready to negotiate as blockade by Hindus stirs Muslim separatist sentiments.

Which China Will We See?

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:00:00 -0500

Excerpt: Seven years in the making, the Beijing Olympics are upon us. At enormous cost, an estimated $40 billion, China will be showcased, but which China?

Gritty renegade now directs China's close-up

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:54:15 -0500

Zhang Yimou's films were once banned. Now, he's directing the Olympic opening ceremonies.

Group says video warns of Olympic attack

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:46:12 -0500

A terrorist group seeking an independent Muslim state in western China has released a video threatening an attack on the Olympic Games.

Fisheries officers bust family poaching ring

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:16:36 -0500

Ministry of Fisheries officers have busted a family-run paua poaching ring operating along the Kaikoura Coast. Nelson and Christchurch fishery officers yesterday arrested the alleged ring leader, a 48-year-old Vietnamese man, living...

Bush, Chinese leader exchange warm greeting (AP)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:10:02 -0500

AP - Speaking on China's turf the very day it hosted the opening of the Olympic Games, President Bush on Friday prodded the communist country to lessen repression and "let people say what they think."

Bush rebukes China on rights

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:45:13 -0500

US president urges Beijing to grant citizens greater freedom on eve of Olympics opening.

Bush faces sharp criticism of a speech about China upon his arrival in Beijing

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:31:53 -0500

President George W. Bush was eager to shift his focus to Olympic sports, only hours after China pointedly rebuffed his criticism of the country's record on human rights.