Al Jazeera’s Tim Friend reports on another day of chaos on the route of the Olympic torch. The latest leg was in Paris, where protests forced organisers to abandon carrying the flame on foot, in favour of a bus ride. The massive French police deployment was not enough to contain demonstrations against China’s human-rights policy and treatment of Tibet. Some protestors even called the torch the “flame of shame”.
The Beijing Olympics are still 5 months away but they’re attracting attention for all the wrong reasons.Human rights campaigners have been staging protests, demanding China be called to account for its human rights record in Tibet.Owen Fay reports on protests designed to place pressure on Beijing.
It has been a turbulent few weeks for the Organisers of the Beijing Olympics, with high profile campaigns to boycott this summer’s games.
Yet it seems every sport wants to be associated with China, to take advantage of 1.3 billion potential competitors. One of those sports is Cricket.
It has been a turbulent few weeks for the Organisers of the Beijing Olympics, with high profile campaigns to boycott this summer’s games.
Yet it seems every sport wants to be associated with China, to take advantage of 1.3 billion potential competitors. One of those sports is Cricket.
In the wake of the Olympics, the benefits of Beijing’s rapid economic development is not being felt by many of the capital’s residents. Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan reports.