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

  • AFP – Praise for Beijing organisation, criticism over rights
    China won praise Sunday for organising an impressive Olympics and Germany predicted the Beijing Games would have an "irreversible" impact on Chinese society, but rights groups remained critical …

  • Reuters – Olympics a disaster for China free speech-rights group
    Press rights group Reporters Without Borders said on Saturday the Olympics had been a disaster for free speech in China …

  • Telegraph – US disrupts Olympic party with human rights attack on China
    In an unusually candid statement issued on the eve of the Olympic closing ceremony the US Embassy in Beijing expressed mounting frustration with China's refusal to give ground on basic freedoms during the Games …

  • Sydney Morning Herald Tales of war and peace as Games end
    International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said his most memorable Beijing Games moment was the embrace between a Russian and a Georgian athlete …

  • Shanghaiist Blog – Recommended reads: Beijing's Olympic report card
    The report card -- Deutsche Welle: Controversial Beijing Games Close in Spectacular, Surreal Style. AP: Mixed legacy likely as China's Olympics conclude …

  • Canberra Times – China's thin veil of compliance
    A burning question for the media and the international public before the 2008 Olympic Games was whether the holding of the Olympics might improve …

  • China Digital Times – Elevate China-Nepal ties to new high: Prachanda
    As Nepalese and Chinese officials met this weekend for diplomatic discussions, Nepal’s Tibetan refugees staged their final protests of the Olympic Games. Nepal houses over 20,000 Tibetan refugees …

  • Danwei Blog – Google: No news in China today
    If you are in China right now, try doing a search on Google News for "China" (using the international site at Google.com, not Google.cn) …

  • International Federation of Journalists – IFJ Calls on China to extend media freedom after Olympic Games
    IFJ today called on China to live up to its promises for a free media by extending media freedom after the Olympic Games period, following a series of attacks on press freedom …