Lay off China, Olympics chief tells West (AFP)
By renmenbi.com on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 12:06

Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee president Liu Qi (R) hands the Olympic torch to Chinese President Hu Jintao at a ceremony in Beijing on March 31. IOC president Jacques Rogge told Western countries to stop hectoring China over human rights in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - IOC president Jacques Rogge told Western countries to stop hectoring China over human rights in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games, in an interview with a British newspaper published Saturday.