In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

CHINESE ACTIVISTS COMPLAIN OF HARASSMENT BEFORE US, CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS
International Herald Tribune – Chinese activists said Tuesday they were harassed by police and warned not to talk to U.S. officials visiting China for the first human rights talks between the two countries in six years.

THE TIANANMEN EFFECT
Newsweek – At 2:28 p.m. on May 19, hundreds of people filled vast Tiananmen Square, the symbolic heart of China. They bowed their heads in silence for several minutes, many weeping, then raised their fists and exploded in deafening chants. Authorities are inordinately twitchy about demonstrations in the square, site of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy students …

GO ONLINE WITHOUT GETTING SNOOPED: TOR
Instructables – When you go online, you leave tracks all over the place. You could be hanging out with friends on IM, checking out websites, or downloading music. If you live in a country where snoops are prying …

OVER 20 SHANGHAI PETITIONERS PUT UNDER HOUSE ARREST DURING TORCH RELAY WITH ONE BEATEN
Human Rights in China – More than 20 Shanghai petitioners were put under house arrest and another petitioner beaten when the Olympic torch relay took place there on May 23-24. The 20 or so petitioners were detained because they refused to sign agreements promising not to protest during the torch relay ... Original report in Mandarin from Radio Free Asia.

CCTV STOPS AIRING NBA PLAYOFFS; DARFUR ACTIVISTS THE REASON?
Shanghaiist – CCTV suddenly discontinued broadcasting NBA games in the midst of semi-finals on May 24th and has yet to provide an explanation. Chinese NBA fans are in an uproar over missing the Western Finals. Speculation is starting to circulate through the local BBS that the ban may be political …

CHINA LEADER MAKES DEBUT IN GREAT WALL OF FACEBOOK
New York Times – Chinese leaders are not known for making themselves available to the public, even since the Internet opened the door to governments around the world. But Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has jumped into the online social networking world with a page on Facebook …

TIBETAN DETAINED FOR MEDIA CONTACT
Radio Free Asia – Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan man in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan for allegedly speaking with foreign reporters about massive protests that swept the region earlier this year …

MEDIA EARTHQUAKE
Wall Street Journal – One of the more remarkable aspects of the aftermath of the May 12 Sichuan earthquake is how much the Chinese people know about it. The true extent of the Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976 was hidden from the nation and the world, despite the loss of 250,000 lives. Other natural disasters traditionally have also been shrouded in secrecy …

CHINA REACTS COOLLY TO DALAI’S OLYMPIC SUGGESTION
Reuters – China reacted coolly on Thursday to a suggestion from the Dalai Lama that he would be happy to attend the Beijing Olympics, and suggested talks with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader's envoys may be delayed by the Sichuan earthquake …