Beijing Oympics 2008

The Olympics in Beijing have begun!

Thanks to support from Reuters, Global Voices is covering citizen media reactions to the Olympics from citizens in China and around the world on our special coverage page and in our Olympics Twitter feed.

Visit the special coverage page:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/special/olympics/

Subscribe or publish the RSS feeds:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/special/olympics/feed/

Follow the Twitter tweets:
http://twitter.com/gvoolympics

The Twitter feed is also being translated to French by Global Voices in French and is published on French website, Rue89.

Other resources:

  • OpenNet Initative has the latest on internet censorship and freedom of speech in China
  • Play the Game for Open Journalism: assistance and information for journalists covering the Beijing Olympics.
  • O-Change (Olympiads for Change) is inviting people to help inspire a creative, international human rights movement centered around the Olympics, by responding to their 5-question online survey “How do you feel?” (English, French)

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Latest Olympics posts from Global Voices

  1. Jamaica: Looking Back
  2. Jamaica: Olympians Call for End to Violence
  3. China: Will a Nobel Peace Prize really hurt our feelings?
  4. China: 2008 Beijing Paralympics Ends
  5. Jamaica, U.S.A.: Poor Sportsmanship
  6. Jamaica: Too Much Free Time?
  7. Jamaica, Guyana: Bolt Welcomed Home
  8. China: Free market economists urge post-Olympics social and political reforms
  9. Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: Olympic Party
  10. Macau: Olympic winners parade

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Latest posts from OpenNet Initiative about China

  1. China
  2. China shuts down Internet in Xinjiang region after riots
  3. ONI Releases Reports on Filtering in Asia, China
  4. U.S. software company says China stole Green Dam code
  5. Internet Filtering in China in 2006-2007: A Country Study

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Latest posts from Play the Game

  1. Beijing must Open Door to Media Freedom, says report on Olympics
  2. IFJ Condemns Chinese Site over Fake International Press Cards
  3. New free internet channel to broadcast Paralympics live
  4. CPJ: Chinese police should halt obstruction of photographers
  5. IFJ Fears China Media Restrictions Will Continue

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