China in the headlines – 3 July 2008

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

CHINESE BLOGGERS SCALE THE 'GREAT FIREWALL' IN RIOT’S AFTERMATH
Wall St Journal – To slip past Internet censors squashing reports of a weekend riot in China's Guizhou province, some bloggers have started writing backward …

SEARCH ENGINES' CHINESE SELF CENSORSHIP
MIT’s Technology Review – To operate in China, search engine companies based in the United States have built products that cooperate with China's policies of Internet censorship …

SARKOZY NOT WELCOME AT OLYMPICS - POLL
Herald Sun – Nearly 90 per cent of Chinese respondents to an online survey said they oppose French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attendance at the Beijing Olympics, results showed …

RIGHTS ADVOCATES RISK BACKFIRE IN OLYMPIC ACTIVISM
Guardian – Western activists trying to use Beijing's staging of the Olympic games as an opportunity to promote civil rights risk provoking resentment among the Chinese people, U.S. China analysts say …

CHINA-TIBET: MENDING FENCES?
France 24 Video – In a sign of a softening of China's position on Tibet, senior envoys from both sides are holding talks for the second time …

PETITIONERS CHIEF NEARLY PARALYZED WITH TORTURE
Boxun – Liu Jie, who initiated an appeal to the 17th party congress for political reforms last year, was reeducated through labor in Qiqihaer camp, Heilongjiang province …

CHINA'S INSIDE GAME
New York Times – Last week, amid continuing calls from activists in Europe and the United States to boycott the Olympics to protest China’s record on human rights, came a rare rebuke from the International Olympic Committee …

FEMALE JOURNALIST PROSECTUED FOR OFFENDING POLICE
Boxun – Recently journalist Liu who worked for Hebei TV station has got a six- month prison term with six months suspension of execution given by a court in Beijing on charge of offending police last August …

CHAN PICKS FIGHT WITH OLYMPICS PROTESTORS
New Zealand Herald – The Chinese actor and martial artist Jackie Chan, whose latest role is as a spokesman for the Beijing Olympics in August, has described China's human rights record in Tibet as "ancient history" and accused protesters of being attention-grabbing contrarians seeking television fame …