Olympics China Rises: Restricting the foreign press Reuters: China urged to curb executions ahead of Olympics China Herald: Another Olympic mishap: problems in getting tickets Channel NewsAsia: Hong Kong toughens rhetoric to avoid Olympic Games protests ABC News: Athletes banned from Beijing opening ceremony
China and the U.S. Blogging For China: America opens its doors, slightly, to Chinese tourists People’s Daily: First Chinese leisure travelers to U.S. greeted by music, hospitality Washington Post: In China, Fascination With Obama's Skin Color
Earthquake The New York Times: How Angel of Sichuan Saved School in Quake Reuters: China detains quake school critic: rights group
Strange and wonderful Weird Asia News: China Invents the Bike Washing Maching
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