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To sell banned drugs to competitors, get them disqualified
LONDON – Britain's intelligence service has learned that prisoners in Chinese labor camps have been used to test performance-enhancing drugs banned in Olympic sport.
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3 Mar, 2008, 0314 hrs IST,
LONDON: Steven Spielberg’s withdrawal on moral grounds as artistic director for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics may have angered Chinese authorities, but the state’s iron grip on national media should ensure that most of its 1.3bn inhabitants don’t find out.
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The Associated Press
2/29/2008
BEIJING — Chinese petitioners have written a letter to lawmakers questioning whether the communist government is "civilized" enough to stage the Beijing Olympics, a watchdog group said Friday.
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By SAW YAN NAING
Monday, February 25, 2008
The 88 Generation Students group on Monday called for an international boycott of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, including a boycott of products sold by Olympic sponsors, according to group leaders.
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Gleaming and amazing, China’s £200million Olympics stadium is shown to the world as a proud symbol of the country’s dramatic change.
But two million people driven from their homes for this summer’s Beijing Games could tell a different story… if they were allowed.
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On November 8, 2007, Li Zhanjun, Director of Beijing Olympic Media Center, announced that the Chinese authorities would allow those athletes and tourists of major religions to carry religious-related items with them during the Beijing Olympic Games and that the Beijing Olympic Village would provide facilities to accommodate Christians, Catholics, Muslims, Orthodox Jews, Hindus and Buddhists. But Li Zhanjun added that this policy would not be applied to Falun Gong, a religious group banned by the Chinese authorities.
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