China in the headlines – 27 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
The Australian – Games fell short of standards
The Olympic Games were a great success in sheer organisational terms …Times Online – Tibet's most famous woman blogger, Woeser, detained by police
Tibet’s most famous woman writer and blogger was accused of taking photographs of military installations and arrested by police after she returned home briefly to Lhasa, the capital …International Herald Tribune – Freed U.S. protesters say they were interrogated in China
Eight American activists who were jailed by Chinese authorities during the Olympic games for participating in protests said Monday they were interrogated for hours, deprived of sleep and accused of having ties to the U.S. government …PBS – How a protester pulled off the clandestine radio broadcast in Beijing
This is a special report for MediaShift from the person who set up a clandestine FM radio broadcast in Beijing to protest censorship …AFP – China wins plaudits for Olympics, but criticised over rights
China won global plaudits Monday for staging a successful Olympics, but rights groups were critical and the United States said Beijing had missed an opportunity to improve its global human rights image …Human Rights in China – Imprisoned democracy activist Hu Shigen released
Human Rights in China has learned that the Chinese authorities have released long-term political prisoner and veteran democracy advocate Hu Shigen …Wired Blog – China reinstates iTunes access -- minus Songs for Tibet
China has lifted its general block on the iTunes store after apparently figuring out how to block access to just Songs for Tibet without shutting the whole store down …AP – China detains underground Catholic bishop: report
Security agents detained an elderly bishop of an underground Catholic church in northern China hours before the closing of the Olympic Games, a U.S.-based group said Monday …AP – Athletes came, competed, but shied from protest
Athletes competed, danced and in the most politically contentious Olympics in decades shied away from protest …
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I hope that Australia is bringing diplomatic pressure to bear in the fight against this prehistoric legislation.
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