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April 2008
- Chinese Rights Advocate Jailed
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 3, 08 8:18 AM CDT
  
  A top Chinese human-rights activist has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for writings and comments considered subversive, the New York Times reports. The case of Hu Jia, 34, been watched closely around the world; critics see it as part of a government crackdown on dissidents in advance of the Beijing Olympics. The US pronounced itself “dismayed” by the move and the EU called for his release. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • civil rights • sentencing • human rights activists
- For Olympians, Conscience Battles Wallet
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 1, 08 2:24 PM CDT
  
  The Beijing Olympics will be rife with protesters, but athletes may be reluctant to be among them, reports the New York Times. Olympic rules forbid protests or propaganda at Olympic sites, and sponsors are sure to frown on such activity. Even Team Darfur, a protest group with many Olympian members, understands. For many sports, “This is their one time every four years to make money,” said a group co-founder. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • Darfur • athlete • Olympic protests
- Mickey Ds Lurks Behind Spooky 'Lost Ring' Game
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 1, 08 1:37 PM CDT
  
  Players had spent days searching for clues to The Lost Ring, an Olympic-themed online mystery game, before uncovering the stunning identity of the game’s shadowy creator: McDonald’s. Golden arches and burgers are nowhere to be seen in the dark contest—instead it’s promoting the Olympics, while “strengthening our bond with the global youth culture,” said McDonald’s marketing chief. “You can’t put an R.O.I. on this.” More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • marketing • McDonald's • online gaming • alternative reality games
- Beijing Bans Smoking in Time for Games
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Apr 1, 08 4:28 AM CDT
  
  China, the world's most populous country, is also home to the planet's largest number of smokers. But in the latest effort to clear the air for the Olympics, Beijing has banned smoking in government offices and public transportation, and mandated smoke-free areas in restaurants as of May 1. The penalty: $700 for lighting up illegally in a country where a pack of smokes goes for 20 cents. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Beijing • smoking ban
- House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies
  
  newser | ABC News | Apr 1, 08 4:07 AM CDT
  
  House speaker Nancy Pelosi calls on President Bush to consider skipping the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in an interview airing today, ABC reports. Pelosi, a fierce critic of China's human rights record, isn't suggesting an American boycott of the games themselves, but. she says that it was a mistake to have ever awarded the Olympics to China. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Nancy Pelosi • human rights • Dalai Lama • boycott
March 2008
- Olympic Torch Lit in Beijing
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 31, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  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 »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Beijing • Olympic torch • Hu Jintao • Tiananmen Square • ceremony
- Protesters Disrupt Olympic Torch Exchange
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 30, 08 3:23 PM CDT
  
  Protesters against China’s Tibet crackdown shook up today’s Olympic torch hand-off in Athens, the New York Times reports. Some 15 people dodged security to fly banners and shout “Free Tibet” as they tried to block Greek officials from passing the flame to Beijing authorities. Ten were nabbed by police, but it’s not yet clear whether they’ll face charges. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Greece • protesters • Athens • Falun Gong
- Protesters Follow Olympic Torch to Acropolis
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 29, 08 8:14 PM CDT
  
  Olympic torchbearers made their way to the Acropolis in Greece today with the help of heavy security that kept protesters at arm's length, the AP reports. Activists have set up camp by candlelight outside the stadium—site of the first modern Olympics in 1896— to protest China's human rights record and the recent crackdown in Tibet. The torch will be passed to Chinese officials tomorrow. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • Greece • Tibetans • Acropolis
- Merkel Will Skip Olympics
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Mar 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top German officials won't be going to the Beijing Olympics, the Guardian reports, joining Polish and Czech leaders who have pledged to stay away. But while Polish PM Donald Tusk and Czech President Vaclav Klaus said they'll be boycotting the opening ceremony to protest human rights abuses in Tibet, the Germans said their absence isn't political. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nicolas Sarkozy • Germany • European Union • Gordon Brown • Angela Merkel • boycott • Bernard Kouchner • Donald Tusk
- New Suit Shakes Up Swim World
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Mar 28, 08 12:08 PM CDT
  
  Swimmers in the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit have been smashing records since it made its debut six weeks ago, and some athletes are beginning to grumble that the high-tech swimming gear gives wearers an unfair advantage, the Los Angeles Times reports. Of the 14 world records to have fallen in the last month or so, 13 were broken by swimmers wearing the super-slick, ultra-form-fitting suit—designed with help from NASA. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • sports • swimming • world record • Speedo LZR Racer • Speedo
- West Must Boycott Olympic Venues 'Stained With Blood'
  
  newser | New Republic | Mar 27, 08 6:33 PM CDT
  
  The West must take a stand against China's human-rights abuses by boycotting the Summer Olympics, French philosopher Bernard-Henry Levy insists in the New Republic . Otherwise, athletes will compete in “stadiums stained with blood.” China was supposed to cease its worst behavior, but it’s done the opposite: A pre-Games cleanup has meant expelling the urban poor, demolishing working-class neighborhoods, and jailing even more dissidents. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Burma • Tibet • Darfur • boycott • Olympic boycotts • human rights abuse
- Sarkozy Dangles Olympic Boycott
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 25, 08 12:35 PM CDT
  
  Nicolas Sarkozy says "all options are open" in terms of a possible boycott of the opening ceremonies of Beijing's Olympics. While his aides say that France would oppose a full boycott of the games, the French prez is signaling his discontent with China's recent crackdown in Tibet. "I want a dialogue to start and I will step up my response according to the response given by the Chinese authorities," said Sarkozy. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Nicolas Sarkozy • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Olympic boycotts • Opening Ceremony
- Man Eats Man's Best Friend
  
  newser | Salon | Mar 24, 08 1:10 PM CDT
  
  While you're busy worrying about human rights in China, author and journalist Ted Kerasote argues, add animal rights to the list. After a trip to a ski camp in China where he was befriended by a "dead ringer for Lassie," he was appalled to find his canine pal served as the main dish at a feast in his honor. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • dog • human rights • pets • animal cruelty • cat • animal rights
- Olympic Flame Lit Amid Brief Protest
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 24, 08 6:44 AM CDT
  
  The Olympic flame was lit this morning in Greece, in a ceremony briefly interrupted by human rights protesters. As the Chinese Communist Party secretary—also the head of the Beijing Olympics—spoke, three demonstrators evaded massive security to run onto the field at the stadium in Ancient Olympia. One managed to unfurl a black banner depicting the Olympic rings as handcuffs before they were detained, the AP reports. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • Olympic Games • Olympic torch • Greece • Tibetans
- Scholars Urge China to Meet With Dalai Lama
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 24, 08 3:30 AM CDT
  
  A group of prominent Chinese intellectuals is challenging the government over its response to protests in Tibet, accusing Beijing of inciting ethnic tensions and demanding that it begin talks with the Dalai Lama. A petition signed by 29 writers, journalists and scholars, blasts China’s “one-sided propaganda” war and charges it with “fanning racial hatred,” reports the New York Times. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • petition • United Nations Human Rights Council
- China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 23, 08 2:36 PM CDT
  
  China’s government hammered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today over her meeting with the Dalai Lama and subsequent condemnation of China's "oppression" of Tibetan protests that turned to riots, the AP reports. Xinhua, China’s state news agency, said “human rights police” like Pelosi employed “double standards” unfair to China and didn’t “check their facts.” More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • protests • Nancy Pelosi • human rights • Dalai Lama • riots • Xinhua
- China Rips Dalai Lama for Olympic 'Sabotage'
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 23, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  Beijing is charging that the Dalai Lama incited recent protests in Tibet as part of a "terror" plot to ruin the Olympic games, Reuters reports. "The Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage to force the Chinese government to make concessions to Tibet independence," writes China's official newspaper. The Dalai Lama has condemned the violence. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • protests • Dalai Lama • Taiwan • Tibetans in exile • political demonstrations • Ma Ying-jeou
- China May Ban Shots of Tiananmen During Olympics
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 22, 08 5:13 AM CDT
  
  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 »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • NBC • Tibetan independence • International Olympic Committee • broadcasting • Tiananmen Square
- Tibet Protests Could Snuff Olympic Torch's UK Visit
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Mar 21, 08 2:38 PM CDT
  
  The Olympic torch will pass through London on April 6, meeting major protests over China's human-rights abuses in Tibet and other causes. The visit will test how disruptive political forces could be on the Summer Games—and how well British security forces are preparing for the 2012 London Olympics, the Times of London reports. More »
  
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  2008 Beijing Olympics • London • Burma • Tibet • Darfur • human rights • Olympic torch • 2012 London Olympics • political demonstrations • activists
- China Clamps Down on Tibetans
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 20, 08 4:33 AM CDT
  
  The Chinese government has acknowledged for the first time that rioting has spread from Tibet into neighboring provinces, as it forcefully reasserted control, setting up roadblocks with armed police in areas with large Tibetan populations. In Gansu, hundreds of Tibetans, many on horseback, stormed a government compound, burned the Chinese flag and hoisted the Tibetan emblem Tuesday. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence • Sichuan province • riots • Gansu province

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