2008
4
Sep
Jackie Chan
Action movie star Jackie Chan said Wednesday he was not upset about his small role in the Beijing Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies because he was happy to play any part in promoting the games.
The world’s best-known ethnic Chinese movie idol sang along with other singers at the end of both ceremonies, while [...]
2008
20
Aug
Internet users trapped behind China’s so-called “Great Firewall” are finding ways to scale the wall, but experts say software programs that allow unfettered access to the web are often cumbersome and difficult to find from inside the country.
China’s efforts to restrict access to the Internet have faced renewed criticism during the Beijing Olympics, especially [...]
2008
16
Aug
The hypocrisy of some parts of the western media appears to know no bounds when it comes to having a go at China.On Friday, reports emerged that the children who carried the Chinese flag in a show of national unity at the Beijing opening ceremonies wer…
2008
15
Aug
China has vigorously defended itself against accusations that it has not fulfilled promises it made when it bid for the Olympic Games.
Top Beijing Olympic official Wang Wei said the Olympics would allow China to open up further to the outside world.
He was responding to criticism about China’s pledges on issues such as human rights [...]
2008
15
Aug
Communist China and the western media have been heading for a collision ever since the IOC’s daily press briefings began six days ago and unpleasant questions began to be asked about human rights, press freedoms, empty seats, armored personnel carriers parked outside the Main Press Centre, and assorted trickery and deception during the opening ceremonies.
On [...]
2008
14
Aug
Wei Wang, the secretary general of the Beijing organising committee, expressed his displeasure about the behaviour of some members of the international media for coming to China “to peek, to be critical, to dig into the small details and find fault” in…
2008
14
Aug
A british journalist was arrested and “forcibly restrained” by Chinese police yesterday while covering a pro-Tibet Olympic demo.
ITN’s John Ray was held for an hour – despite having official accreditation – and his camera crew stopped from filming as eight protesters were arrested at the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, near the National Stadium in [...]
2008
7
Aug
Beijing Olympic Games
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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today it has been selected to provide Internet Protocol (IP) video network infrastructure and video-encoding solutions to NBC during the network’s coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Aug. 8-24. Cisco’s IP video infrastructure [...]
2008
7
Aug
The government has installed about 300,000 cameras in Beijing and set up a network to spy on its citizens and foreigners.
The blocking of human rights websites in China leading up to the Olympics is part of an information control and surveillance network awaiting visitors that will include monitoring devices in hotels and taxis and snoops [...]
2008
5
Aug
China has imposed restrictions on the access of Chinese and foreign media to Beijing’s sensitive Tiananmen Square, requiring them to apply in advance to film or conduct interviews there, the city government said on Tuesday.
“To maintain a good order of reporting activities at the square, Chinese and foreign journalists are advised to make telephone [...]