Western media should take a more objective view when reporting on China, Wilfried Lemke, special advisor on sport for development and peace to UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, said yesterday.

"I am very disappointed by some articles and some news about China and the criticism of the Games," he said at a press conference in Beijing.

"For example, I read that the sun never shines in Beijing, but when I look out of my window, there it is."