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A Snapshot of the Olympic Green 48 Hours Before the Games Begin

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Today Show, Media News
Courtney Woo

To an impartial observer, the weeks of preparation at the Olympic Green and IBC are falling into place. Now, with two days to go, the only thing Beijing needs to hope for is good weather.

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On Navigating Beijing's Tight Security: Subways, Stadiums, Medications and Tampons

Courtney Woo | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, Oprah, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Media News
Courtney Woo

Security in Beijing tightens by the day as the Olympics approach. In early July, I went through zero security checkpoints a day. Today, I passed through security or had my badge checked a total of 8 times.

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The Great Olympic Swindle: How China Tricked the World on Press Freedom

David Flumenbaum | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympic Reporters, Freedom of the Press, Beijing Olympics, China Olympics, Press Freedom, China, Olympic Press, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, Censored Internet China, Olympics, Media News
David Flumenbaum

By not demanding a free press during the Games, the rest of the world has conspired with China, giving its government the power to censor, not just for its own people, but now for ours.

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China's Olympic Insecurity

Jamie Metzl | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Olympics, Falun Gong, Chinese Government, Suppressing Dissent, China and Tibet, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Uighurs, Chinese Censorship, Beijing Olympics, Politics News
Jamie Metzl

The Chinese deserve their moment in the sun. If, however, the Tibetans, Falun Gong, or Uighurs in China cause a nationalist backlash, the ugly face of Chinese nationalism will be exposed.

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Huffington Post: Still Banned in Beijing

David Wallechinsky | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Huffington Post Blocked, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, HuffPost Block China, China Censorship, Censorship, China, Chinese Censorship, Media News
David Wallechinsky

While the Chinese Communist Party has lifted the bans on the Amnesty International and BBC News sites, one site has continued to be totally blocked in Beijing: Huffingtonpost.com.

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Marketing, Nationalism and the Olympics Launch an Era of Volunteerism in China

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Media News
Courtney Woo

Combine economics with national pride and a little marketing, and you have the unprecedented turn out of volunteers on display at Beijing's 2008 Summer Olympics

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China Frees the Internet (Sort Of): Unblocks Amnesty, BBC, RSF Sites

Danwei | Posted 08.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Reporters Without Borders, Censored Internet, Olympics, Censored Web, Bbc, Amnesty International, China Internet Access, Chinese Censorship, Chinese Internet, Media News

The last two days have seen some serious complaints from the international media about China's ongoing Internet censorship, which was supposed to be s...

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Reporting for Volunteer Duty at Beijing's Olympic Broadcast Tower

Courtney Woo | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Media, China Journalists, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Interns, Media News
Courtney Woo

I reported for duty at Ling Long Pagoda along with the three other UNC volunteers. Our contracts read "broadcast coordination," but we soon find our post is more accurately termed "help desk assistant."

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A Media Intern Blogs Behind the Scenes at the Beijing Olympics

Courtney Woo | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Interns, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Journalists, China Media, Students, China, Chinese Censorship, Media News
Courtney Woo

A particularly risky move for China would be to grant hundreds of international journalism students inside access to its media operations during the Olympics -- but that's precisely what it's done.

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Digital China: Ten Things Worth Knowing about the Chinese Internet

Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Internet, Chinese Media, Beijing Olympics, Chinese Culture, China Olympics, China Internet Access, China Bloggers, Censorship, China, Internet China, Chinese Censorship, Politics News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess

Thanks largely to the Olympics, 2008 will go down in history as a turning point year for China -- or, rather, one when the country passed several milestones, including for the Chinese Internet.

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Huffington Post Blocked in Mainland China

David Flumenbaum | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

Read More: 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Internet Censorship, Chinese Censorship, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Media News
David Flumenbaum

As the Chinese government begins its pre-Olympics media crackdown, the Huffington Post appears to be the latest victim in a recent wave of Internet censorship.

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China Expands Internet Censorship

Variety | Clifford Coonan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Reporters Without Borders, China, Chinese Censorship, Internet Censorship, Media News

Chinese Internet censorship is getting more sophisticated and systematic, which has grim consequences for freedom of expression and media rights, acco...

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