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Media Diary from the Observer

Over to Sky's man not on the spot Controversy in China, although, for once, it's not Olympics-related. Some British correspondents are irritated by a recent Sky News report, filed by Asia correspondent Peter Sharp, about the terrorist attack in the... ...full story at Guardian Blogs

from Guardian Blogs on Mon, Aug 18 2008

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15 Mar 08 visit [Sky News] Dozens Killed In Tibet Riots 2008.03.15  »  YouTube videoUp to 100 people have died in riots in Tibet against Chinese ruling authorities. Police used tear gas during clashes in the capital Lhasa, as Sky's China correspondent Peter Sharp reports.
11 Mar 08 visit China: Terrorist Attack?  »  Global Voices Michael from the Opposite End of China comments on the news about the recent threat of Uyghur terrorism at the Beijing Olympics.
05 Aug 08 visit Is China facing a terrorist threat?  »  Guardian Blogs Olympics organisers stress that venues are safe from terrorist attack, but the plight of the Uighur Muslims has been ignored at the country's peril
22 Nov 07 visit Foreign correspondents roughed up  »  Shanghaiist This is not news the government wants to hear in the run-up to the Olympics, but here's a statement that the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) just sent out (h/t to the Peking Duck):Dear Members, Recently some foreign...
18 Jul 08 visit If it smells like rotten eggs, it might be a bomb  »  Danwei Police training for a terrorist attack Yesterday, the Public Security Ministry released a Citizen's Anti-terrorist Handbook (公民防范恐怖袭击手册) which teaches people how to protect themselves in the event of a terrorist attack. The h...
10 Apr 09 visit Tibetan death sentences get little attention in China  »  Danwei On The Christian Science Monitor correspondent Peter Ford's blog, a shrewd analysis about how news of the sentencing in Tibet did not reach the Chinese media: Curiously, the first mainland site to post the BBC's story was "Anti-CNN," a nationalist...

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