Chinese Premier News Conference

Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao spoke to the press at the closing of the Annual Legislative Conference. Most of the questions focused on the vio… read more

Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao spoke to the press at the closing of the Annual Legislative Conference. Most of the questions focused on the violence in Tibet. Premier Wen Jiabao blamed the Dalai Lama for the recent unrest and dismissed charges that China is committing "cultural genocide". Premier Wen also answered questions on Taiwan, reforming China’s judicial system, and the Olympics.

Consecutive translation from Mandarin into English was provided by CCTV.

This was a portion of the two and a half hour event. The news conference occurred at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday in Beijing, which was Monday 10:40 p.m. ET. close

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Program ID:
204316-1
Category:
International Telecasts
Format:
News Conference
Location:
Beijing, China
First Aired:
Mar 18, 2008 | 5:33pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Mar 19, 2008 | 6:36am EDT | C-SPAN 2

Airing Details

  • Mar 18, 2008 | 5:33pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Mar 18, 2008 | 10:46pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Mar 19, 2008 | 6:36am EDT | C-SPAN 2