Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage, for Olympic
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VIENNA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese expatriates staged a peaceful demonstration in Vienna on Saturday to show support for the Beijing Olympics and express their anger at the "pro-Tibet independence" activists' attacks of the Olympic torch relay.

The demonstration, titled "Overseas Chinese in Vienna Supporting Beijing Olympics Demonstration," was organized by 25 Chinese groups in Austria and local Chinese-language media organizations.



BERLIN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of Chinese expatriates and students from all across Germany staged a peaceful demonstration in Berlin on Saturday, to protest against the biased news coverage of the recent riots in Tibet and voice their support for the Beijing Olympics.

Nearly 3,000 people participated in the march, beginning from Berlin's famed downtown Friedrichstrasse railway station to the Potsdamer Platz, a landmark square for the capital city.




WASHINGTON, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Over 300 Chinese Americans and Chinese nationals working and studying in the U.S. gathered near the U.S. Capitol Saturday to protest against some Western media and politicians' biased remarks about last months' riots in Lhasa, the capital city of China's autonomous region of Tibet.

The peaceful demonstration in the Upper Senate Park, which lies across the street from the U.S. Capitol Building, attracted Chinese Americans and overseas Chinese of all ages and from various professions who live or study in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.



People hold boards which means "Love Our China" during a peaceful demonstration at the Place de la Republique square in Paris, capital of France, April 19, 2008. A peaceful demonstration was held in downtown Paris on Saturday, in which nearly 10,000 Chinese expatriates and students in France expressed support for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and their anger at distorted media reports about the recent Lhasa riots.


 


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