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

  • China Digital Times – Differing media pictures of Ramadan in Xinjiang
    CDT reported in an earlier post that Xinjiang Muslims are facing a security crackdown and fasting restrictions during the holy month of Ramadan …

  • International Herald Tribune – EU draws up shortlist for human rights award
    A Chinese civil rights activist, the chairman of Congo's electoral commission and a Belarusian opposition leader have been shortlisted for the EU's top human rights award this year, the European Parliament said …

  • China Rises Blog– Redeploy the film censors
    A well-known TV host in Shanghai, Liu Yiwei, has written a rather plaintive essay asking why China’s inspectors for products like infant formula don’t do their jobs as rigorously as the nation’s film censors …

  • International Herald Tribune – China criticises US Senate over Tibet resolution
    China has rejected a Senate resolution urging Beijing to hold serious talks with supporters of the Dalai Lama, saying the move shows Washington supports Tibetan independence …

  • AP – US group: China releases underground church bishop
    The bishop of an unregistered Roman Catholic church in northern China has returned home, after being taken away by authorities on the last day of the Beijing Olympics, a U.S.-based monitoring group said …

  • Reporters Without Borders – China: online information under various kinds of threat
    Reporters Without Borders condemns Chinese government attacks on websites carrying information about human rights and free expression …

  • China Media Project – New CMP book marks 30 years of change in China's media
    Since it was founded in 2003, the China Media Project has hosted close to forty journalism fellows, representing the very best of professional journalism and media scholarship in China …