China in the headlines – 1 September 2008
01 September 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
BBC – Did the Games improve rights in China?
When China was awarded the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee promised the granting of the Games would be "a force for good" …New York Times – No voice is too small for a China still nervous about dissent
As this nation savors its historic haul of gold medals and grapples with a post-Olympics malaise, Gao Chuancai sits captive in a run-down hotel 700 miles from Beijing …International Herald Tribune – Reopening of waste plant in Beijing angers residents
Scores of people protested in Beijing against a garbage disposal plant that they said had been releasing noxious fumes, and two demonstrators were hurt in a scuffle with security officials, a rights group said Sunday …Reuters – Tibetans fast for peace, Dalai Lama still in hospital
Thousands of Tibetans in India fasted and prayed for peace in Tibet on Saturday and their leader, the Dalai Lama, participated from his hospital bed in Mumbai.Washington Post – China unlikely to loosen its grip in west
Violent outbursts are continuing in the Xinjiang region of western China, with the latest resulting in the deaths of two policemen who were attacked Wednesday while searching a cornfield for a woman they believe is involved in a separatist cell …Sports Journalists’ Association – Beijing perspective: Mary-Anne Toy
Mary-Anne Toy is the China correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald. Here is her assessment of the impact the Olympics have had on Beijing …Telegraph – Paralympics come to Beijing but little to celebrate for disabled Chinese
The 'deficient and useless’, as they were described in the Mao era, still face widespread discrimination …BBC – Olympic stars 'tainted' says Tory
Britain's Olympic champions are poor role models who are "tainted with blood" over China's human rights record, a London Assembly member said …
china AND human rights AND Olympics
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