Overseas Chinese rally against biased media coverage,for Olympics

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Overseas Chinese in Austria rally in support of Beijing Olympics

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.Full story

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.Full story

LONDON, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese expatriates and students in Britain staged a silence demonstration at a square opposite to the British Parliament building on Saturday, in protest against distorted reports by some Western media including BBC on the March14 Tibet riots.

More than 3,000 people joined the demonstration, the first ever staged by the Chinese community in Britain.