People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge has written to Chinese President Hu Jintao, extending the support of the IOC and the entire Olympic Movement to the Chinese people after the deadly earthquake that jolted ...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
IOC President Jacques Rogge wrote to Chinese President Hu expressing his concern for the victims of yesterday's earthquake. “We send our deepest felt condolences for the victims. The Olympic Movement is at your side, especially during these difficult moments. Our thoughts are with you.” As the death toll increased he later added, “This appears to be a major disaster, the scale of which...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, in an April 26 interview in the Financial Times, urged Western patience with China's oppression of Tibet. Rogge stated that the People’s Republic of China...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
DPA Brussels, May 3 (DPA) Human rights must take centre stage in the future in the International Olympic Committee (IOC), its president Jacques Rogge said in the wake of the Tibet crisis ahead of the Beijing Games in August. Confronted with worldwide protests of China’s crushing of the unrest in Tibet in March, Rogge told Friday's [...]
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Tibet situation will hit Olympics, warns IOC chief GENEVA, May 2: President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge conceded on Friday that the
Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Pundita ("US foreign policy for the 21st Century") has a number of Beijing olympics-related items, including a great story from South Africa, reported in the Canadian press: An African beacon of morality by Gordon Barthos The Star, Canada, Apr 26, 2008
The Dragon Wisdom (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
The West should stop harrassing China over human rights abuses in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, said Olympic committee chief Jacques Rogge, the Financial Times reported. Rogge called harsh criticism of China a "big mistake" for those who wish to see progress in China, pointing out that Western countries only gradually evolved a concept of human rights as they modernized....
Pundita (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
... the Olympics chief has warned ... “You don't obtain anything in China with a loud voice,” said Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee. This was the “big mistake of people in the west”. ...()Arms ship exposes Robert Mugabe’s link to Chinese firmThe boycott of a Chinese ship laden with weapons for Zimbabwe has cast new light on the connections between the African...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
The west must stop hectoring China over human rights, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has demanded. "You don't obtain anything in China with a loud voice." This was the "big mistake of people in the wes ...
China Digital Times (Free subscription) | 04/27/2008
From Reuters: The West must stop hectoring China over human rights, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said in an interview. "You don't obtain anything in China with a loud voice," Rogge told Saturday's Financial Times. "That is the big mistake of people in the west wanting to add their views". "To ...
The Glittering Eye (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
—it will be bad for the Olympics: BEIJING, April 26 (UPI) — China should no longer be barraged with international criticism for its alleged human rights violations, the head of the International Olympic Committee says. IOC President Jacques Rogge said the international community should cease all criticism of China, despite recent movement on the country's part regarding [...]
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
China should no longer be barraged with international criticism for its alleged human rights violations, the head of the International Olympic Committee says.IOC President Jacques Rogge said the international community should cease all criticism of China, despite recent movement on the country's part regarding talks with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, the Financial Times...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, says that the Olympic Games are “in crisis”, admittedly a state that has existed more or less since the modern Games began. Sir Roger Bannister, a man who redefined our vision of human potential, said in this newspaper that the Games will have to change “by evolution or revolution”.
Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
“Freedom of expression is absolutely a human right but there are small limitations." This from Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, seeking to explaining why his organization is requiring strict censorship of Olympic athletes while allowing China to ignore its promises of providing a free and just forum for the games. Here's more .
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Jacques Rogge, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee, tried to defend the decision to select Beijing as the Olympic host the other day. This is what he said honest:
