World headlines – 15 May 2008

In today’s wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

A snapshot of today’s editorials on the Sichuan earthquake
China Media Project– In the recent two to three years, editorial pages have become one of the most dynamic parts of China’s changing media landscape. Writers of current affairs editorials, or shiping, often come from widely varying backgrounds, from professional journalists to lawyers, businesspeople and engaged citizens …

On boycotting the Beijing Olympics
Foreign Policy in Focus – Recent events -- in Darfur, in Tibet, in Burma, and within China -- force an inevitable debate about the appropriate political and moral response to China’s hosting of the Summer 2008 Games, and in particular whether some form of boycott is warranted. Unfortunately, if predictably, there has been a good deal more heat than light generated by this debate …

Dalai Lama to give rights 'evidence'
Ninemsn – The Dalai Lama will give "evidence" on human rights issues to a British parliamentary panel this month, his office says, after repeated accusations of violations by China in Tibet …

Amid the tragedy lies opportunity
Los Angeles Times – On television screens around the world, images of protesting Tibetan monks and an Olympic torch doused by protesters have been replaced by footage of Chinese rescuers pulling children out of the wreckage of this week's massive earthquake …

Seismic Shift: State TV on speed
Newsweek Blog – We've all noticed how Chinese state media's reporting faster, further and much more energetically about the earthquake -- yielding some ironic moments …

China intensifies quake rescue but hopes dim
Reuters – China ordered fresh waves of helicopters and aid into earthquake-devastated areas as severed roads, aftershocks and the sheer magnitude of 15,000 or more dead defied increasingly desperate rescue efforts …