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July 2008
- Beijing to Set Up Olympic Protest Zones
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 23, 08 1:08 PM CDT
  
  Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics, a security official said today, in a sign that China's authoritarian government may allow some demonstrations during the games. "This will allow people to protest without disrupting the Olympics," said the director of the Shanghai Institute of American Studies, which lobbied Chinese leaders to set up the protest zones. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic protests
- NBC Chafes Under Olympic Restrictions
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 21, 08 3:07 AM CDT
  
  NBC paid a record $900 million to cover the Beijing Olympics, but it and other networks are already nervous about how much Chinese officials will actually allow them to cover, reports the New York Times . If political protests erupt, networks will also face the dilemma of covering them and angering the Chinese—or ignoring them and facing charges of censorship from the West. Reporters are already facing intimidation and harassment. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • NBC • Beijing • Olympic protests • media coverage
- 1,000 Tibetan Monks Jailed to Prevent Protests
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jul 7, 08 2:35 AM CDT
  
  The Chinese government has jailed more than 1,000 monks in an effort to prevent protests during the Olympic Games, reports the Times of London. Three large monasteries are empty near Lhasa, where hundreds of monks and supporters held protests amid gunfire in March. The government is holding the monks—many of them young ethnic Tibetans—in nearby prisons and detention centers, according to sources. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • censorship • Tibetan independence • Olympic protests • Buddhist monks • Lhasa
May 2008
- Quake May Have Saved Beijing Games
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 24, 08 6:10 PM CDT
  
  By pushing human rights and torch relay news off the front pages, China's massive earthquake may have revived an Olympics deemed "in crisis" only 2 weeks ago by the IOC chief, the AP reports. "I'm sorry to say it, but this has turned things around," said another IOC official. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • earthquake • China earthquake • Olympic protests • Sichuan province • International Olympic Committee
- Torch Embarks on Calmer China Tour
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 3, 08 3:30 PM CDT
  
  The Olympic torch flickered in mainland China today in what will likely be a respite from its troubled worldwide tour. Security measures are in place for the relay, but Chinese citizens aren't in a protesting mood, the AP reports. “Even if no police were here, we would protect the torch with our bodies!” said one 18-year-old selling Chinese flags. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay
- Torch Gets Huge Welcome in Hong Kong
  
  newser | BBC | May 2, 08 5:18 AM CDT
  
  Thousands of people waving the Chinese flag cheered the Olympic torch on its relay through Hong Kong, shouting down scattered Tibetan protesters in their midst, the BBC reports. There were a few scuffles as the torch wound its way through the streets in the first leg of the torch relay to take place on Chinese soil. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • Hong Kong • torch relay
April 2008
- Torch Protests Continue in S. Korea
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 27, 08 10:30 AM CDT
  
  The Olympic torch again met with a clash of protesters today as it arrived in South Korea, Reuters reports. Some South Koreans are angered by Beijing’s human rights record, but the majority are pro-Chinese, wearing their country’s flag and chanting, “No politics, only Olympics.” Despite 8,000 police officers, the rallies turned briefly violent when Chinese students kicked a South Korean protester and threw stones at anti-China demonstrators. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • South Korea • North Korea • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay
- Torch Relay Fires Up Thousands in Japan
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 25, 08 8:04 PM CDT
  
  A pro-China crowd peppered with protesters welcomed the Olympic torch relay in Japan today, BBC reports. Japan's national baseball manager kicked off the run in Nagano with 40 riot cops on each side, mostly blocking the view of thousands of onlookers. Cops nabbed one protester for trying to grab the torch and made two arrests, BBC reports. More »
  
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  China • Japan • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests
- Australia Spirits Away Torch Ahead of Relay
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 23, 08 10:12 AM CDT
  
  The Olympic torch arrived Down Under today, but was immediately whisked off to a secret location to avoid protesters, the AP reports. Tomorrow’s torch relay in Canberra will be open to the public—unlike those in Jakarta and New Delhi—but the route will be lined with yard-high fences and police. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Australia • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay • Kevin Rudd • Sydney
- Indonesia Torch Run Stays Inside Stadium
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 22, 08 10:56 AM CDT
  
  The Olympic torch passed through Indonesia today with little incident and less fanfare, the BBC reports. What was originally supposed to be a 15-mile relay was abbreviated to a few laps around a Jakarta stadium before a crowd of 5,000 carefully credentialed spectators. Outside, police broke up a pro-Tibet demonstration, arresting six of the roughly 100 protesters. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Indonesia • Olympic protests • torch relay • Jakarta
- Sarkozy Acts as Chinese Mount Anti-French Protests
  
  newser | Independent (UK) | Apr 22, 08 9:18 AM CDT
  
  Two weeks after the Olympic torch relay in Paris, anti-French backlash in China is gaining steam. Rare demonstrations on the streets of Chinese cities, seemingly with the government's tacit approval, have seen French flags burned and defaced with swastikas. As the nations' relationship deteriorates, Nicolas Sarkozy has been forced to step in, reports the Independent . More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nicolas Sarkozy • Paris • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay
- Nepal OKs Deadly Force Against Torch Protesters
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 20, 08 4:35 PM CDT
  
  Nepal has plans for protesters intent on disrupting the Olympic flame's ascent up Mount Everest, the AP reports. An official today authorized the use of deadly force "to stop any protest on the mountain using whatever means necessary." Climbers are scheduled to reach the summit in the border region between Nepal and Tibet early next month. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • Nepal • Mount Everest • Himalayas • Kathmandu
- US Athletes Reject Boycott of Beijing Games
  
  newser | Christian Science Monitor | Apr 17, 08 4:32 PM CDT
  
  Many US athletes aren’t swayed by winds of boycott surrounding the Beijing Olympics, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “What's going on is important and we should pay attention to it,” says a 2004 gold medalist, but “we need to be athletes first.” Despite a 1980 boycott of the Moscow Games, "the invasion continued,” notes a wrestler of the Soviets' takeover of Afghanistan. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Olympic protests • Olympic boycotts
- Public Barred From Delhi Torch Run
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 17, 08 9:49 AM CDT
  
  The Olympic torch was carried through New Delhi today, escorted by 15,000 police on a route shortened to less than two miles through a locked-down city center, the AP reports. Some 70 runners each held the torch for just seconds before handing it off. Only a few hundred, sitting in bleachers, saw the event, which was closed to the public More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • India • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay • New Delhi
- Delhi Melee Rocks Torch Arrival
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 17, 08 4:16 AM CDT
  
  The Olympic torch was greeted with furious protests as it arrived in Delhi today, and 15,000 security forces have locked down the heart of the city ahead of the relay, Reuters reports. Members of India's large community of Tibetan exiles have vowed massive protests to highlight China's human rights abuses. Dozens were arrested outside the hotel where the torch is being kept. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • India • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay • New Delhi • Delhi
- India Steels for Torch Protest Showdown
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 16, 08 5:34 AM CDT
  
  Security protecting the Olympic torch will face its toughest test yet as thousands of Tibetan protesters converge on New Delhi for the Indian leg of the relay tomorrow. Hunger strikes, relay disruptions and attempts to grab the torch are all being planned. One Indian television station is referring to the flame as the "tortured torch." More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • India • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay • New Delhi • Tibetan Youth Congress
- 4 Months to Go: Is China Ready for Spotlight?
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Apr 13, 08 4:11 PM CDT
  
  The last-minute drama brewing in the runup to this summer's Olympic Games is of a more global and more personal nature than the infrastructure issues of Olympics past—and Chinese leaders are bristling under the scrutiny, the Chicago Tribune reports. But pride in the country's hosting gig remains strong, even among the impoverished workers who could never afford a ticket. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Olympic protests • economic growth • human rights abuse • environmental damage
- Torch Untroubled in Argentina
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 12, 08 5:59 AM CDT
  
  A few water balloons were the worst threat to the Olympic flame yesterday in Buenos Aires, where the torch relay enjoyed an uninterrupted run, the BBC reports, after major disruptions in London, Paris, and San Francisco. Groups of pro- and anti-China protesters gathered along its route, guarded by some 5,000 police officers, but only minor scuffles occurred and the mood was largely festive. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay • Argentina • International Olympic Committee • Jacques Rogge • Buenos Aires
- More Notables Stay Away From Beijing Olympics
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 11, 08 11:17 AM CDT
  
  The controversy around the Olympic flame continued as Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate, announced she was dropping out of the torch relay. Maathai was to carry the torch this weekend in Tanzania but pulled out in protest of China's human rights record. Maathai also told the Los Angeles Times that she supports fellow Nobelist Desmond Tutu's call for a boycott of the opening ceremony. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay • Ban Ki-Moon • Olympic boycotts • Wangari Maathai
- IOC Head: We Can Weather Torch 'Crisis'
  
  newser | CNN | Apr 10, 08 11:15 AM CDT
  
  The protests following the Olympic torch around the globe are a “crisis,” but the International Olympic Committee has faced worse, its chief said today. The Games, he said, would “rebound," the BBC reports. Meanwhile, the Dalai Lama said China “deserved” to host, CNN reports. "We are not anti-Chinese," the Tibetan spiritual leader said. But he also supports the protesters' right to be heard: "Nobody has the right to tell them to shut up." More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Olympic protests • torch relay • International Olympic Committee • Jacques Rogge

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