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By kowtowing to China we simply betray its people

01.10.09
Today's 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China sees huge celebrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the world's largest man-made space... more

Hot-air balloonist captures stunning view of Himalayas

21.07.09
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Join a book club but watch your words

01.04.09
"Party time is over!" a girlfriend wailed down the telephone. "Even if people can afford to throw them, they don't." Yet we still need to see friends who gladden our hearts; we want to spend an evening not obsessing about Armageddon. ... more

China has made our lives hell on earth, says Dalai Lama

10.03.09
Chinese rule in Tibet has created a "hell on earth", the Dalai Lama said in a speech to mark the 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that sent him into exile... more

Noel Gallagher's Tibet concert led to China gig ban

04.03.09
Oasis says China blocked the band's landmark tour of the country because Noel Gallagher took part in a free Tibet event in 1997 ... more

Miliband 'undermining Dalai Lama over Tibet'

06.11.08
David Miliband faced a backlash after formally recognising Chinese sovereignty over Tibet... more

Abseiling Briton held in new 'Free Tibet' protest

15.08.08
A British activist has been detained after unfurling a Free Tibet banner close to the Beijing Olympics site in a protest over China's human rights abuses... more

Comment: What are a few protesters to this regime?

14.08.08
For the Western protest movements against the Olympics, the violent arrest of an ITN reporter was a bit of a result... more

China police 'rough up' and arrest ITN man

13.08.08
A British journalist told how he was "roughed up" and quizzed by Chinese police as he was arrested in Beijing... more

This attack on football clubs is just class envy

13.08.08
When chief constables said yesterday that they wanted to charge football clubs the full cost of policing games, I wondered about the approval which greeted their call... more

Protests will go on vow Tibet pair

07.08.08
Two British campaigners held in Beijing for protesting against human rights abuses in Tibet vow to continue their fight... more

Banker's daughter arrested in Beijing protest

06.08.08
A City millionaire's daughter was arrested by Chinese authorities after launching a dramatic "Free Tibet" protest at the Olympic stadium... more

No world tour for 2012 torch as London looks to avoid protests

06.08.08
The Olympic torch could be taken on a domestic tour of Britain rather than around the world in 2012... more

China refuses to lift ban on key websites

01.08.08
Politically sensitive websites in China remain closed to foreign journalists despite promises that all restrictions would be lifted during the Beijing Olympics... more

Dalai Lama: Londoners can help Tibet struggle

21.05.08
The Dalai Lama has issued a direct appeal to the people of London to help Tibet gain more freedoms... more

Olympic flame is lit on Everest

08.05.08
The Olympic flame reaches the top of Mount Everest ... more

Uplifting Björk is surely out of this world

15.04.08
Björk has never seemed quite human but at her Hammersmith Apollo gig it appeared the Icelandic musician really could do magic.... more

Tibetan culture captured on film

14.04.08
Photographs of Tibet's history, religion and culture and the consequences of Chinese rule go on display next month... more

The day we failed the Olympic dream

09.04.08
As the Olympic torch continues its troubled journey around the globe, one thing is embarrassingly clear: Britain entered into collusion with a propaganda exercise conceived to benefit the regime in Beijing and has ended up at the heart of a thumping great international PR fiasco... more

China's thugs and fears over 2012 'gun guards'

08.04.08
The Olympic flame fiasco has ignited a row over foreign security services helping to police the 2012 Olympics, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Comment: the shaming of London: part one

07.04.08
Today the Government and the Metropolitan Police are left to reflect on the shambles of the passage of the Olympic torch through London yesterday... more

Shameful echoes in Lord Coe's defence of Olympic hypocrisy

07.04.08
The Beijing Olympics, Grand National, Premiership and FA Cup - Matthew Norman has his say... more

Tibet doubts make torchbearers drop out of London relay

04.04.08
The preparations for the Olympic torch relay were overshadowed after one of the invited torchbearers pulled out and others said they had declined an invitation to Sunday's parade through London... more

This cynical torch stunt shames us all, Gordon

04.04.08
A former Labour sports minister says that by welcoming Beijing's Olympic Torch on Sunday, the Government is colluding in a propaganda ploy... more

Comment: torch protest

03.04.08
Celebrities taking part in this weekend's Olympic torch procession in London are expected to take advantage of the opportunity to protest at China's treatment of Tibet ahead of the Beijing Games... more

China envoy 'to quit Olympic torch relay over Tibet demos'

03.04.08
The Chinese ambassador is on the brink of pulling out of the Beijing Olympic torch relay through London... more

Football, TV and rugby all take a turn to parade torch

02.04.08
Theo Walcott, the England and Arsenal footballer, has been unveiled as one of the carriers of the Olympic torch as it passes through London on Sunday... more

Tibet protesters will target torch relay in London

28.03.08
Anti-China activists from across Europe are planning an orchestrated protest when the Olympic torch passes through London next month... more

Chinese art of deception

18.03.08
The V&A's Chinese Design Now show says more about contemporary China than a thousand expensive and fashionable paintings, says Ben Lewis.... more

Hi-jinks in the Himalayas

13.12.07
Blistering barnacles! Hergé's Adventures of Tintin at the Playhouse is a disappointment, says Kieron Quirke.... more

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