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China's Olympic Pollution Control
New Satellite Data Reveal Impact of Olympic Pollution Controls.
[Via
James Fallows
]
posted by
homunculus
on Jan 9, 2009 -
26 comments
China's plan to tame Tibet
China's secret plot to tame Tibet.
"Internal Communist party documents have revealed that China is planning a programme of harsh political repression in Tibet despite a public show of moderation to win over world opinion before the Olympic Games next month." Meanwhile,
the military has sealed off
several
monasteries in Lhasa
, keeping over 1,000 monks locked up. Another 1,000 monks have
mysteriously disappeared
, and may have been
sent to prisons in a neighbouring province
to keep them silent through the Olympics.
posted by
homunculus
on Jul 13, 2008 -
111 comments
China's Olympian Human Rights Challenges
Beijing 2008: China's Olympian Human Rights Challenges.
This website was set up by
Human Rights Watch
to monitor human rights issues in China during the run-up to the Olympics. "This is a historic opportunity for China to show it has the confidence to make tangible and sustainable progress in ensuring basic human rights for its 1.3 billion citizens."
[
more inside
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posted by
homunculus
on Jun 11, 2008 -
34 comments
Woeser
A Lone Tibetan Voice, Intent on Speaking Out.
Woeser
(previously mentioned
here
) is a Tibetan writer and poet living under house arrest in Beijing, from where
she blogs about the recent unrest in Tibet
(there are English translations of her posts at
China Digital Times
). Last year
she was awarded
the
Norwegian Authors Union
Freedom of Expression Prize, but she was not allowed to travel to Oslo to collect the prize.
posted by
homunculus
on May 6, 2008 -
15 comments
Greening the Ghetto
Greening the Ghetto.
A TED talk (also on
YouTube
) on environmental justice and urban renewal by
Majora Carter
, the founder of
Sustainable South Bronx
organization. She spoke recently at the
Aspen Environment Forum
.
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posted by
homunculus
on Apr 9, 2008 -
11 comments
Genocide Olympics
The Genocide Olympics.
The human rights group
Dream for Darfur
is trying to use the Olympics to pressure China to change its policies on Sudan and the genocide in Darfur.
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posted by
homunculus
on Mar 30, 2008 -
13 comments
One World, One Dream, Four Mascots
China Praises Its Progress Toward Olympics.
With
one year to go
before the
2008 Olympics
, China still has many challenges ahead, like dealing with Beijing's terrible
air pollution
. There is still much criticism over China's record on
human rights
and
freedom of the press
, and some
protests
. But perhaps the most embarrassing public relations setback is that one of the official
mascots
,
Yingsel
(aka
Yingying
) the
Tibetan
Antelope
, has
defected from China's Olympic team
and gone underground to
campaign
for a
free Tibet
.
[Some links via
BB
and
MoFi
.]
posted by
homunculus
on Aug 9, 2007 -
43 comments
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