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BEIJING (AP) _ A top Chinese union official is blaming foreign
businesses for alleged labour abuse _ including child labour _ in
the production of official Olympic-licensed products in southern
China.
``We welcome foreign companies that respect Chinese laws and look
after their workers,'' Xie Liangmin, a senior official with the
All-China Federation of Trade Unions, said Tuesday in the state-run
China Daily newspaper. ``Those relying on cheap labour and making
profits by violating workers' rights will finally ...
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BEIJING (AP) _ Organizers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics announced Thursday what will be the longest torch relay in the history of the Games, tracing a route that covers five continents and makes politically sensitive stops in Taiwan and Tibet.
At a ceremony attended by senior members of China's ruling Communist Party and the International Olympic Committee, organizers said the route will cover 137,000 kilometres, last 130 days and reach ...
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Kim Clijsters declined an offer from the Belgian Olympic Committee on Tuesday to compete at the 2008 Beijing Games, insisting she will retire from tennis next year.
``It is a superfluous question,'' she said on her website. ``When I take a decision, I stick to it.''
Clijsters has long said 2007 will be her final year on the WTA Tour as she is eager to start a family.
The 23-year-old ...
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Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy reportedly wants to play for his country at the Beijing Olympics.
Van Nistelrooy was dropped by Marco Van Basten after the Netherlands coach dropped him for a crucial match at this year's World Cup and is unlikely to play for the full national team in the immediate future.
However Dutch media reported Thursday that Van Nistelrooy spoke recently to Netherlands Olympic officials about playing at ...
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A Beijing official denied reports the city will expel migrant workers during the 2008 Olympics, but said the Chinese capital is investigating ways to keep the mentally ill from ``damaging the public interest'' during the Games.
Chinese officials have promised that hosting the Olympics will improve respect for human rights, while IOC officials have warned them privately that excessive social controls could mar the Games.
The state-run Beijing Morning Post ...
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China has failed to live up to promises its leaders made to improve human rights for the 2008 Olympics, Amnesty International said in a report urging the International Olympic Committee to ensure that the Chinese comply.
The report, released Thursday, catalogs a broad range of persistent human rights abuses, from the widespread use of the death penalty and the extraction of organs from executed prisoners for transplants, to the persecution ...
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Organizers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics said Sunday they have completed construction of the main structure of their futuristic stadium nearly two years before the start of the Games.
Construction of the main structures for two indoor stadiums, a swimming centre and a shooting range also are finished, said Wang Gang, deputy director of the 2008 Construction Office.
The Games are a multibillion-dollar prestige project for the communist government, which ...
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Beijing is considering hospitalizing the mentally ill, relaxing restrictions on religious services and giving many businesses and factories a holiday, among contingency measures for the 2008 Olympics.
The city office overseeing Olympic preparations discussed dozens of contingency measures needed for the Games at an internal meeting Thursday, from limits on the use of cars to banning the posting of handbills around the city, the state-run Beijing Morning Post said Friday. ...
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BEIJING (AP) _ China began recruiting 100,000 volunteers Monday for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics.
Chinese organizers say volunteers will be recruited mostly from Beijing universities, other mainland Chinese cities hosting events, as well as Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Chinese living abroad and foreigners are eligible, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
They will help with translation, transportation, security, medical services and cultural activities. Xinhua did not give ...
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BEIJING (AP) _ The head of a Chinese state-owned property company has returned to work two months after being detained for questioning in a corruption investigation that has marred Beijing's 2008 Olympic preparations.
Liu Xiaoguang, general manager of Beijing Capital Group Company and chairman of its Hong Kong-listed subsidiary Beijing Capital Land Ltd., resumed his duties Thursday, the listed subsidiary said Monday in a statement posted on its web site. ...
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