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

  • Radio Australia – China marshalls army of bloggers
    Foreign journalists covering the Olympics in Beijing have been giving the organisers almost daily grillings on their freedom to report the Games …

  • Sydney Morning Herald – Cadel Evans to meet Tibetan team
    Cadel Evans the only Australian athlete to speak out over Tibet, has called the Beijing Olympics the "made for TV Games" and has also taken a swipe at the Chinese Government …

  • Reporters Without Borders – "Geoblocking" on the Internet
    Reporters Without Borders condemns regional variation in the blocking of access to websites in China. The authorities unblocked the sites of certain international news media and NGOs on 1 August, but many of these sites continue to be blocked in the province of Tibet …

  • The New Statesman – After the Games, China must face reality
    It's time for Beijing's bureaucrats to turn their attention to the real problems facing the country …

  • Time Magazine's Olympic blog – A Chinese history lesson from BOCOG
    Here is a link to yesterday's official Olympic press conference, attended by a rep from the International Olympic Committee and Wang Wei, executive vice president and secretary general of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games …

  • The Canadian Press – Software can bypass China's 'Great Firewall,' but hard to get inside country
    Internet users trapped behind China's so-called "Great Firewall" are finding ways to scale the wall, but experts say software programs that allow unfettered access to the web are often cumbersome and difficult to find from inside the country …

  • Bloomberg – Brown Urges China to Take on World Role, Defends Olympic Visit
    U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will remind Chinese leaders about the need for them to play a constructive role in maintaining peace in the world when he arrives in Beijing today for the closing of the Olympic Games …

  • Boing Boing – Beijing and Tibet: GRL's James Powderly, Brian of "Alive in Baghdad, 4 other US citizens receive 10-day jail sentence
    A representative of Students for a Free Tibet tells Boing Boing that 6 American bloggers and pro-Tibet activists who went missing in Beijing for days after being detained by authorities have re-appeared …