China's false start
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1297873,00.html
My arrest violated Beijing's much-vaunted new Olympic spirit; but
there is reason to hope for better things
Jonathan Watts
Monday September 6, 2004
The Guardian
It felt as though China had broken its Olympic promises on day one. In
securing the bid for Beijing to host the 2008 games, the city's
representatives pledged that the world media would enjoy full freedom
to report all aspects of China.
Yet less than 24 hours after the Olympic flag was handed to Beijing's
mayor last Sunday, there I was - the Guardian's China correspondent -
detained and harassed for covering a peaceful demonstration that
challenged the government's position on Tibet.
Jonathan Watts
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=18510aff.0401210213.413e6a10%40posting.google.com
Is the wakening giant a monster?
http://tinyurl.com/iws6
A Blueprint for the Future
http://tinyurl.com/9vga
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