The 2008 Beijing Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and ...

(For related story see CHINA/FLOODS/ or [ID:nPEK133762]) June 18 (Reuters) - China's floods are the latest in a series of disasters and troubles that have beset the nation in its Olympic year. Here is ...

GENEVA — Some 1.5 million Chinese have been forced from their homes during preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, a rights group said yesterday. China rejected the figures from the ...

With 100 days to go until the Beijing Olympics, Amnesty International today launched the first in a series of four hard-hitting animated films highlighting human rights abuses linked to the Chinese ...

PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - China delivered their best performance at a Summer Olympics since the 2008 Games on home soil, winning the joint most gold medals with the United States and only missing out ...

Amnesty International today demanded the immediate release of Beijing housing rights activist Ye Guozhu. He was due to be released on Saturday 26 July, but will now remain imprisoned until 1 October, ...

The medal rankings are done by gold, and the last time the US didn’t top the standings was at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative ...