China Daily reports that the director of the FBI Robert Mueller said Wednesday that China’s security preparations for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games were impressive and his agency was lending its expertise on fending off possible terrorist attacks.
During a three-day visit to Beijing, Mueller was briefed by the police, paramilitary and counterintelligence agencies in charge of security for the Games. He also toured Olympic venues in Beijing.
Mueller told reporters he was “impressed by the thoroughness of the preparations and the professionalism that is being putinto providing security for the Games”.
Mueller said areas where the two governments will cooperate are the Olympics, terrorism, computer crimes and corruption. He said, “both countries face threats from terrorism, face threats from cyber-crime, hackers and the like and so my discussions with my counterparts here have discussed those areas where we have mutual concerns”.
Meanwhile China Daily is publishing two official Olympic newspapers and the signing ceremony for the publishing of the Olympic Daily, the official English newspaper for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games; and the Village Newspaper, the official newspaper of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Village, took place Wednesday morning at the China Daily office.
There are about 21,600 accredited journalists and some 10,000 non-accredited journalists covering the Games. According to Beijing 2008 the media will play a major role not only in enabling fans all around the world to stay up-to-date on the Beijing Olympics, but also in learning about China’s history and culture.
At the signing ceremony Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive Vice President of BOCOG, expressed hope that the publishing of the Olympic Daily and the Village Newspaper would reflect the spirit of modern China, as the China Daily is an important national-level media organization. He also hoped that the two papers would leave a lasting legacy of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
