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

  • China Rises Blog – Clock ticks down on media rules
    Less than a month from now, we will find out if China will maintain its attitude of greater openness with the foreign media. My bet is that it won't …

  • Reuters – Chinese house church seeks to sue government
    A "house" church in China is seeking to sue a local religious affairs authority for shutting down a service in what activists called a breakthrough challenge …

  • Open Net Initiative – Access denied chapters now online
    Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Internet Filtering was released earlier this year to great accolades …

  • Washington Post – For China's nomads, relocation proves a mixed blessing
    Last year, local Communist Party officials relocated a 64-year-old Tibetan cattle and sheepherder named Lhabu to a newly created town called "Nomads' New Village," about seven hours south of this provincial capital …

  • The New Yorker – The home team
    The night before the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics, Wei Ziqi joined two of his neighbors on the local barricade …

  • Guardian – China's slow civil awakening
    Ninety thousand protests in a single year reflect a growing disaffection with official cover-ups and corruption …

  • Voice of Amercia – Tibet's exile government wants China to account for missing following uprising
    Tibet's government-in-exile wants China to account for the large number of Tibetans missing following the March uprising …

  • International Herald Tribune – US criticizes Asian governments' religion record
    The U.S. State Department said Friday that China's repression of religious groups intensified during the last year, citing as evidence Beijing's crackdown on Tibetan Buddhists and its harassment of Christians and members of the Falun Gong spiritual group …

  • China Digital Times – Greenpeace report on post-Olympic China
    Greenpeace China produced the China after the Olympics: Lessons from Beijing report to glean lessons from China's environmental measures before and during the Beijing Olympics …