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Would-be protestors missing, detained
Chinese authorities haven't approved any of the 77 applications from people who wanted to hold protests in the three specially designated zones during the Olympics. Some of those who applied have been detained or forced out of the city, and at least one is missing.
China in the headlines – 19 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
A human rights group wants sponsors to call on the International Olympic Committee to set up a permanent body to monitor rights abuses at future Games.
The Guardian looks at how western technology firms have helped the Chinese censor the Internet.
Chinese farmer Gao Chuancai has been jailed dozen of times during his decade long fight against corruption – now he is one of the would-be protestors detained after applying to use an official Olympic protest zone.
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China’s undesirables not welcome at the Olympics
Hawkers, beggars, petitioners and scrap collectors have all been forced out of Beijing for the duration of the Olympics. And now apparently psychiatric patients are being kept out of sight as well.
Religious persecution in China
Christian activist Hua Huiqi remains in hiding after escaping from the police, though his family say he is safe and is being looked after.
China in the headlines – 18 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
Daily press briefs between journalists and Olympic officials have been cancelled for the second day in a row.
The Dalai Lama says China is mistreating and torturing civilians in Tibet during the Olympics.
Chinese customs officials confiscate hundreds of bibles, from a group of Americans who arrived in the country at the weekend.
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Sparks fly at Olympic press conference
Beijing bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers, Tim Johnson, has blogged his transcript of a heated exchange between a UK journalist and two Olympic reps at a fiery press conference yesterday.
Journalist manhandled, blogger detained
On the same day UK journalist was manhandled by police in Beijing, in another part of the country well known Chinese citizen reporter Zhou Shuguang was being detained by officials.
All smiles for daily Olympic question time
Everyday officials from the Beijing Olympic organising committee and the International Olympic Committee, along with a couple of special guests, hold a press briefing. Here's what Marina Hyde, from the UK's Guardian newspaper, thinks about it all:
China in the headlines – 15 August 2008
China in the headlines – 15 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
Foreign journalists and China's Olympic officials in a fiery clash at a news conference.
Do showy protests about China's human rights record make any difference? Or do quieter tactics pay better dividends?
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The blacklist – rules for journalists
The Sydney Morning Herald has managed to get hold of a copy of 21 rules for local journalists, issued the Chinese Government's propaganda bureau.
Life behind bars: Journalist Ching Cheong
Journalist Ching Cheong, who worked in China as a correspondent for the Singapore Strait Times, spent 1000 days in a Chinese jail accused of spying for Taiwan. He was released earlier this year. Check out his interview with Al Jazeera English.
China in the headlines – 14 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
Another Chinese activist is taken away by police after applying for permission use one of the Olympic protest zones.
Monks in Tibet have been confined to their monasteries and forbidden from travelling to Beijing during the Games.
A security expert discusses some recent Internet-attacks on groups working on human rights, press freedom and Tibetan independence.
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New reporting rules for Chinese journalists
Chinese authorities promises of media freedom seem pretty empty right about now – especially for Chinese journalists.
Deported from China after filming protestors
There's a bit of interesting news about an American who was deported from China after filming and posting on the web footage of Free Tibet protestors in Beijing last week ...
China in the headlines – 13 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
A website has been launched to organise a collective lawsuit against Internet censorship in China.
Chinese journalists had their notebooks confiscated when US athletes begun discussing the Beijing murder of their coach's father-in-law.
The story of a Taiwanese-American woman arrested in Tibet and accused of 'illegally possessing state secrets'.
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Online in China
China has more Internet users that any other country on earth, but it also has one of the most advanced systems of Internet censorship. Check out this new documentary, Cyber Warriors, which explores issues ranging the workings of the Great Firewall to the recent anti-Western Internet rage.
Protestors risking all in China
Dissent is a dangerous endeavour in China. Challenging the party line takes nerve and the courage to risk intimidation, assault and jail.
Activist in hiding after escaping police
Christian activist Hua Huiqi has gone into hiding after escaping from the police officers who abducted him. He was grabbed by police early on Sunday, as he cycled to a church service which was being attended by the US President.
China in the headlines – 12 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
Beijing taxi drivers have been ordered to report passengers who ask to be taken to the city's designated Olympic protest areas.
During the Olympics censors have unblocked some previously banned websites, but how long will it last?
A Christian activist, who was heading to a church service attended by US President George Bush, hasn't been seen since being detained by police on Sunday.
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Fears for missing rights activist
Human rights campaigner Zeng Jinyan has disappeared. It's feared the 24-year-old – who is married to jailed activist Hu Jia – may have been taken away by police to stop her talking to journalists during the Olympics, reports AP.
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11 May 2012, 12:20PM