I'm glad the Chinese embassy is taking advantage of our open society to make known their objections to the programme. Let's hope this will encourage them to foster a bit of democracy back home. By the way the embassy officials quoted is Zhou at second reference, not Shangsen (surname comes first in Chinese).

Michael , London,

It is very difficult for media inside and outside China to report truthfully about what is going on in China. In my country Canada, the CBC is working with CCTV to promote the Olympics which astounds me because so many of their colleagues - journalists attempting to report the truth are languishing in China's gulags. Reporters Without Borders says China is the world's worse predator of free speech. Why would the CBC want to join force with them?
It seems that fame and greed has corrupted not only business people and politicians, but also our media as well. If you want to experience real pressure try doing a show on the mass organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners which has been proven and validated in the third party report of Canadian statesman David Kilgour and Internationally acclaimed Human Rights Lawyer David Matas. Media pays little attention to this, so the Davids travel globally trying themselves to raise awareness of what they call "a new form of evil on the planet".

Sophia Palfrey, Vancouver, Canada

The fact that the Chinese government is getting so upset about the media in the west exposing social injustice and incompetence or corruption on the part of the Chinese officials is good news and very encouraging. Senior figures in the Chinese government must realise that the Chinese people can not be proud of their country unless the cause of democracy is advanced in step with economic growth which China is no doubt leading the world! The political and economic reform in China cannot be completed until the principle of one man one vote is adopted and the most lethal cancer in Chinese society namely corruption is eradicated or kept under control.

Wing, Poole, UK

Freedom of speech crushed in China with horrendous human rights abuses in Tibet and across the country. They now attempt to limit freedom of the press and speech in the UK. Perhaps we should allow China to vet all future articles and documentary's just in case the truth is stumbled upon.

The Chinese currently (2005) have 68 offences in criminal law where the death sentence is applicable. Consider fear of Torture, lack of access to legal representation, closed trials.

The spotlight is shinning brightly on China, lets keep so.

Mark Taylor, Brighton, UK