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 US Urges China to Free 8 Yanks

Pro-Tibetan demonstrators to be released next weekend

Aug 24, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington is seeking the release of eight US protesters held by China during the Olympics, Reuters reports. Two were collared Thursday for posting a "Free Tibet" banner near an Olympic event; six others were members of Free Tibet Reporters detained the day before. Beijing vows to release all eight... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • Tibet • Tibetan independence • US Embassy • freedom of speech • Olympic protests • detention without trial

 China Detains Americans Protesting Over Tibet

AP photographers also roughed up

Aug 22, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six Americans protesting China's rule over Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, in a rare instance of such punishments being meted out to visitors, the New York Times reports. Such extrajudicial detentions are common for Chinese dissidents, but foreigners at the Olympics have until now been quietly and instantly deported.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic protests • Students for a Free Tibet

China Arrests Free Tibet Demonstrators

Authorities take away American protesters
in Beijing park

Aug 13, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese police arrested five American protesters who blocked the entrance to a park in Beijing while shouting "Free Tibet!", Reuters reports. The demonstrators were associated with Students for a Free Tibet, who said there were eight in total. It remains unknown where the protesters have been taken. More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibetan independence • Olympic protests • Students for a Free Tibet • Tibetan protesters

 Swimmer Takes
 Fur Protest to Beijing 

American is first athlete to protest at Games, but display is low-key

Aug 6, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amanda Beard became the first athlete to protest at the Olympic Games today, revealing a huge nude photo of herself outside the athlete’s village in Beijing. Eschewing Darfur or Tibet, the US swimmer blasted fur clothing in the ad for PETA. “The Olympics are a great forum for... More »

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nudity • 2008 Beijing Olympics • fur • PETA • Olympic protests • Amanda Beard

Crouching Tiger Star Stumped by China Protests

Zhang Ziyi dismisses 'negativity' of human-rights protesters

Jul 29, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon actress Zhang Ziyi is perplexed by the pre-Olympic protests over China's human rights record, the AP reports. She told a Vogue interviewer she doesn't understand why people were being "so negative" ahead of the Beijing Games. "The Games are about friendship," Zhang said.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • actor • Olympic protests • Zhang Ziyi • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

 Beijing to
 Set Up Olympic
 Protest Zones 

City tense, locked down over fears of attack

Jul 23, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(AP) - 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... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic protests

 NBC Chafes
 Under Olympic
 Restrictions 

Chinese government clamping down on media access ahead of games

Jul 21, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • NBC • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • media coverage • Olympic protests

1,000 Tibetan Monks Jailed to Prevent Protests

Entire monasteries cleared as Olympics start date approaches

Jul 7, 08 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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—... More »

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China • censorship • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Buddhist monks • Tibetan independence • Lhasa • Olympic protests

 Quake May Have 
 Saved Beijing Games 

'Few people care about the torch relay these days'

May 24, 08 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • International Olympic Committee • earthquake • Olympic protests • Sichuan province • China earthquake

 Torch Embarks on
 Calmer China Tour 

Citizens vow not to protest as stars carry flame

May 3, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Torch Gets Huge Welcome
 in Hong Kong 

But cheers drown out protests in first Chinese leg of relay

May 2, 08 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Hong Kong • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Torch Protests 
 Continue in S. Korea 

Anti- and pro-China factions face off

Apr 27, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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China • North Korea • South Korea • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

Torch Relay Fires Up
Thousands in Japan

Riot police block flame as protesters pepper pro-China crowd

Apr 25, 08 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Japan • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests

Australia Spirits Away
Torch Ahead of Relay

Protesters do their thing anyway

Apr 23, 08 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Australia • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Sydney • Kevin Rudd • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Indonesia Torch Run Stays
 Inside Stadium 

15-mile relay scaled back to a few laps before hand-picked crowd

Apr 22, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Indonesia • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Jakarta • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

Sarkozy Acts as Chinese Mount Anti-French Protests

President apologizes
to Paralympian fencer

Apr 22, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • Nicolas Sarkozy • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Paris • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

Nepal OKs Deadly Force
Against Torch Protesters

 Flame will ascend Everest next month

Apr 20, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nepal • Tibet • Himalayas • Olympic torch • Mount Everest • Kathmandu • Olympic protests

US Athletes Reject Boycott of Beijing Games

Sporting trumps politics, even for sympathetic competitors

Apr 17, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Olympic boycotts • Olympic protests

 Public Barred From
 Delhi Torch Run 

Torch route shortened; few can attend

Apr 17, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • India • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • New Delhi • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Delhi Melee Rocks Torch Arrival 

Downtown locked down

Apr 17, 08 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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China • India • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Delhi • Tibet • Olympic torch • New Delhi • Olympic protests • torch relay

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