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 Delirious Throngs
 Greet Torch in Beijing

But Yank, Brit protesters busted for 'Free Tibet' banner

Reuters Reuters Aug 6, 08 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a beleaguered relay dogged by Tibet protesters in many of its legs around the world, the Olympic flame finally reached Beijing today. Ecstatic crowds under smog-choked skies shouted "Go Olympics, go Beijing" to greet torchbearers in Tiananmen Square, with Chinese basketball sensation Yao Ming holding the torch above "a sea of beaming faces," Reuters reports. Four British and American protesters who unfurled a giant "Free Tibet" banner near the main stadium were quickly arrested. More »

More about:  2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Beijing • air pollution • Students for a Free Tibet • Tiananmen Square • Olympic flame

 Olympic Torch Lit in Beijing 

Security is tight as flame begins global journey

Associated Press Associated Press Mar 31, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic torch was re-lighted today in Beijing’s Tienanmen Square in an elaborate ceremony marked by tight security, the AP reports. President Hu Jintao passed the flame to a champion Chinese hurdler in a televised event attended by some 5,000 people. Confetti floated over bright red seats and dancers from minority groups—including Tibetans—performed. The lighting begins a 20-country torch relay in a ritual expected to draw anti-China human rights protests around the globe. More »

More about:  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Beijing • Olympic torch • Hu Jintao • ceremony • Tiananmen Square

China May Ban Shots of Tiananmen During Olympics

Fearing protests of Tibet policy, iconic square may go unphotographed

Associated Press Associated Press Mar 22, 08 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese government may ban live footage of Tiananmen Square during the coming Summer Olympics in Beijing, the AP reports. Increasingly concerned about protests,  Chinese Olympic officials this week told broadcasting organizers an earlier agreement on live shots had been canceled. If the decision stands, it would be a blow to networks, especially big spender NBC. More »

More about:  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • NBC • Tibet • Tibetan independence • International Olympic Committee • broadcasting • Tiananmen Square

The Man Behind the Smile

Chinese artist takes New York with his signature troubling grin

New York Times New York Times Nov 14, 07 5:38 PM CST
(Newser) - It's contemporary Chinese art's most indelible image—the smile so huge it becomes false, accusatory—and it belongs to Yue Minjun, the artist who uses the grinning self-portraits, often many of them, in his paintings. The New York Times chats with Yue, who is enjoying his first US show in New York after one of his paintings sold for $5.9 million last month at an auction at Sotheby’s in London. More »

More about:  painting • Sotheby's • parody • Tiananmen Square • Chinese art

Junta Cremates Protesters

Crackdown carries on, as soldiers arrest more activists and the wounded are refused treatment

Times (UK) Times (UK) Oct 7, 07 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burma's army is burning the bodies of activists in secret cremations, hiding their true death count forever, the Sunday Times reports. Locals near Rangoon report trucks are driving by a crematorium at night as smoke rises constantly from its chimneys. Rumors of victims burnt alive have swept the city, but remain unconfirmed by outside observers. More »

More about:  United Nations • Burma • Myanmar • junta • Buddhist monks • Red Cross • superstition • Rangoon • Tiananmen Square • omen

China Eases Up Slightly
on Tiananmen Anniversary

Government allows memorials for the first time

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 5, 07 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - As part of its campaign to attract Western visitors to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China allowed Tiananmen Square memorials this year for the first time since the protests of June 4, 1989. The government maintains that the uprising was a counterrevolutionary riot and refuses to release details; a security crackdown in the square normally prevents citizens from commemorating the event. More »

More about:  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • Beijing • Olympic Games • Hong Kong • political reform • Tiananmen Square

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