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China in the headlines – 21 July 2008

21 July 2008

posted by KimB

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

Blogging For China – Tianjin's LaoBaiXing on the Olympics
Here’s what some of our neighbours and others from our daily routines in the city think about the Olympics. I asked them, "What do the Olympics means to Chinese people?" …
Reuters – China arrests quake critic on secrets charge
Chinese police arrested a human rights campaigner in the country's southwest for "possession of state secrets" after he offered help to parents of children killed in the region's massive earthquake, his family said …
Reuters – China targets foreign entertainers after Bjork debacle
China will ban all entertainers from overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have ever attended activities that "threaten national sovereignty", the government said on Thursday, after an outburst by Icelandic singer Bjork …
The Australian – Public executions in Games lead-up
China has reverted to public executions on the eve of the Olympics as part of a massive security operation mounted to protect the Beijing Games from what Communist Party authorities describe as an urgent threat of violence and anti-government protest …
AFP – Olympic chief says committee won China rights reforms
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) persuaded China to pass new laws on sensitive rights and environment issues ahead of the Beijing games, its head Jacques Rogge told AFP …
The China Beat Blog– China around the world: Australia
Last month, China Beat started a feature that asks journalists and China scholars from around the world to write about how China is covered in their home media. Australia is a particularly interesting case …
Shanghaiist Blog – Government response to Weng'an incident: Redefining crowd control
Local officials are still trying to strike the proper balance between transparency and the traditional Chinese methods of information dissemination (or lack thereof) which we have all become so familiar with …
Reuters – China's discontented challenge Olympic hurdles
Add one more contest to the spectacles on show during the Beijing Olympic Games -- the national protest hurdle …
Time Blog– One World, One Dream, one serious allegation
An unconfirmed report in today's South China Morning Post claims that blacks will be "secretly" banned from bars in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment area for the duration of the Olympics …