I dont think the attitude of 'We have an imperfect record' is justification for ignoring what China is doing. At least the west has independant media that WILL criticise and help keep in check governments. Tibet is a popular bandwagon - In Zimbabwe and Darfur China is actively supporting evil.

Owen, London, UK

Has it ever occured to the times that this is simply just trade negotiations? Afterall, China is the only real boyant economy to hang onto at the moment as much of Europe and the USA slide into recession.

Rob Alcock, Swansea, UK

Time and again the Chinese people I talk to raise the issue of western meddling in internal Chinese affairs. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is exactly that, Universal. If sport and the Olympics can be beyond politics, than so must human rights.

Kieron McCann, London, England

China executes more people than any other nation. Just one would be too many. There was a quite recent report of an official being sentenced to death on being found guilty of corruption. The US is another nation which still has the death penalty. People everywhere should speak out against it.

Joan Moira Peters, Whangarei (UK Citizen, temp. o/seas in New Zealand)

Their mission..... is to follow through Gordon Brown’s initiative on reforming the world’s leading institutions, Foreign Office officials said last night.

GB does not appear capable of directing reforms of his own domestic institutions (10p off your tax, anyone?), let alone anyplace else's.

Graham, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ignorance of China and the Chinese is the cause of all source of fear in the West. Ask any westerner who has lived in China and he will agree.
Our top Mandarins should stop and take a look at their country's sorry state of affairs first, before so arrogantly trying to step into someone else's patch

P Granger, Kent, UK

It is also awful to think that organs are removed from executed prisoners, according to reports.Their bodies shd be treated respectfully, in the same way as non-prisoners' , only having organs removed if they had officially willed to become donors prior to conviction.Pragmatism alone is not enough.

Joan Moira Peters, Whangarei (UK Citizen, temp. o/seas in New Zealand)

anyone who trusts the epoch times are should be sent back to high school. As should people who trust the chinese state controlled media.

john, Doncaster, Australia

" “I cannot accept what happened in Tibet,” he said in an interview "

From his rather jovial state visit to the UK earlier in the month, its evident that whats happening in Iraq is clearly acceptable to Sarko.

Pete, Cov,

China stands by the policy of non-intervention of foreign countries' internal affairs and expects the same from others.

Nonetheless, the 'wise' men of the West have time & again, elected to meddle with her internal affairs. Even the blind can see this foolhardy grandstanding will never succeed.

leng Chong, Sydeny, Australai

They shd investigate the "Epoch Times online" horrific article by Joshua Philipp (April 11, 08), re Matas & Kilgour report which concludes, "...there has been and continues today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling [living] Falun Gong,,,". (I have no connection to Falun Gong, myself).

Joan Moira Peters, Whangarei (UK Citizen, temp. o/seas in New Zealand)