 A couple of days ahead the opening of the Sommer Olympic Games in China it becomes more and more clear, that the question of promised free media exchange and internet access for foreign journalists are impossible. All free journalism is prohibited and technically as well as politically hindered. The IOCsurrenders in a unbelievable kotow to the Chinese regime. So far only one thing is clear: business. The IOC even goes so far to instruct the participants from all over the world, to do only sports und keep their mouth shut! The motto of the games, "One World, One Dream", is juxtaposed in a scandalous way! This is NEWSPEAK culture!
Gustav Schwedinger, July 30, 2008
A short selection of recent video reports, mostly placed at Youtube:
IOC probes China censorship claims
Added: July 29, 2008
Jul 29 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking into reports of internet censorship for journalists covering the Olympics.
As the Olympic Games approach, there are still limits to the amount of internet access granted to reporters. China's foreign ministry says some websites will remain blocked.
Are the Olympics Affecting China on Human Rights?
Added: July 24, 2008 (Short version)
Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden discusses whether recent international attention due to environmental disasters, economic growth, and the 2008 Olympics has affected China's positions on human rights. (
Complete video at Fora.tv; see last entry in this site.)
Game for a better tomorrow?
Added: July 11, 2008
There is no better time than now for the Chinese government to improve its human rights situation.
Who's monitoring what you write? The Great Firewall of China
Added: July 11, 2008
"Think of your life after you've spoken out." A journalist and a lawyer discuss the world's most sophisticated Internet censor -- the Chinese authorities.
China's Olympic Human Rights Challenges
Fora.tv
Asia Society
New York, NY
Jun 18th, 2008
As human rights emerge as a central concern around the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges examines China in transition today.
See the video at Fora.tv's site
  Follow the exchange at "The China Debate " by amnesty international; the site is also in Chinese available (there, were not blocked by censors).
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