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China: Police Olympics guide to stopping “illegal news coverage”

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 @ 17:28 UTC

by John Kennedy

Countries:: China
Topics:: Breaking News, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Law, Media, Sport
Languages:: Chinese, English
Special:: Olympics

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This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

How many times has the BOCOG promised that foreign reporters will be given full reign to interview and report during the Olympics Games? Davesgonechina at Mutant Palm looks at the somewhat different story that Chinese police are—and have been, for at least two years—prepared to tell. This story was linked to earlier here.

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