BBC,Rupert Wingfield-Hayes 06/08/08

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes lived and worked in China for eight years from 1998-2006. Ahead of the Olympics he returned to Beijing to assess whether they have really changed anything and why they are so important for China.

Minghui/Clearwisdom 07/07/08

Epoch Times 22/05/08

The number 8 is a lucky number in Chinese culture. That is why the Beijing Olympics chose to start at 8 p.m. on August 8 (8/8/08).

By Yves Dumans 17/05/08

Dr. Sherwood Liu -- Epoch Times 17/05/08

Hello, I am Dr. Sherwood Liu. I am a representative of World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong.

Cindy Chen 15/05/08

OTTAWA—A global torch relay to highlight the Chinese regime's worsening human rights abuses prior to the Beijing Olympics met with a warm welcome in Canada's capital on May 14.

Thomas Kleiber 12/05/08

The Olympic Games were first held in Greece, the birthplace of democracy, and from the beginning have carried the message that nations should gather in peace and compete in sports.

Reuters 08/05/2008

BEIJING—China will not guarantee it won't censor the Internet over this summer's Beijing Olympics, nor can it guarantee to stamp out piracy of Olympic-branded goods, officials said on Thursday.

By Hong Mei 04/05/08

SEOUL—The Olympic torch relay in Seoul on April 27 has ended, but the aftermath continues.

By Gu Qing'er 30/04/08

The "Human Rights Torch Relay (HRTR) in Mainland China" was initiated by many overseas organizations. One month since the pledge assembly was held at the end of March in Hong Kong, the HRTR coordination center has received large numbers of photos showing "Human Rights Torch" signs in Guangzhou and surrounding cities.

CNN News 23/04/08

The latest leg of the protest-plagued Olympic torch relay brought the flame to Australia Wednesday, with demonstrators vowing to show up 500-strong and police countering with special powers to stop and search them.

He Yuancun 16/04/2008

Hitler created an "economic miracle" in Germany, much as the CCP has created what appears to be an "economic miracle" in China.

He Yuancun 12/04/2008

The British newspaper Times and some U.S. Congressmen have equated the Beijing Olympics with the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Not surprisingly, the comparison triggered an immediate protest from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But what of the comparison? Let's go back and look at what occurred around the Berlin Olympics.

Xin Sheng 14/04/2008

Since Beijing has entered the count-down to the Olympics, criticism, protests, and threats of boycott from the international community against the Chinese Communist regime for its intensified human rights violations in the lead-up to the Olympics have been steadily on the rise. The Communist regime is now accusing others of "politicizing the Olympic Games" and trying to stifle criticism by saying they oppose such actions.

Free Tibet Campaign / 28.01.08

There has been tremendous press speculation today about the reasons Prince Charles will not be attending the Beijing Olympics.

New Zealand's home of art deco architecture, Napier, is the second last New Zealand city to host the Human Rights Torch before it travels to Los Angeles on January 1.

SYDNEY—The regional New South Wales leg of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay launched in Wollongong last Friday with former Commonwealth Games baton relay runner, Geoff Gregory, running the first leg of the relay from Wollongong Lighthouse.

Former Commonwealth Games relay runner Geoff Gregory launched

the regional NSW leg of the Global Human Rights Relay at the Wollongong Lighthouse.

On November 8, 2007, the Chinese Beijing 2008 Committee announced that it welcomes athletes from overseas bringing Bibles or other personal religious objects to China. However, this rule was said explicitly not to apply to the meditation practice Falun Gong.