Article: NIEMAN FOUNDATION DROPS PLAN TO TRAIN CHINA OLYMPIC OFFICIALS JOURNALISM PROGRAM CRITICIZED BY ALUMNI

Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism announced yesterday that it is withdrawing from a program to help train Chinese officials to interact with the media during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Nieman curator Bob Giles said he changed his mind after a furor erupted when the issue surfaced during last weekend's reunion of Nieman fellows. The program for senior Chinese officials had been slated for late June and was sponsored by the Nieman Foundation, Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, and the Harvard University Asia Center. A statement from the foundation yesterday said the program might continue under other Harvard sponsorship.

"We thought we were trying to do ...

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