Olympics · July, 2008 · Global Voices

Stories about Olympics from July, 2008

China: VPN to beat Olympic internet censorship

Quick Reads · East Asia31 July 2008

Lithuania: President Abstains from Attending Olympics

Quick Reads · East Asia30 July 2008

China: All shook up by the torch relay

East Asia30 July 2008

It's a double-edged Olympic torch. Veteran sports journalist Guan Jun shares a short sketch on his Beijing Olympics blog of how disruptive preparations for the torch relay proved to be...

China: Unheard of ‘Turkestan Islamic Party’ claims recent bombings

East Asia26 July 2008

Do not confuse the unknown Turkestan Islamic Party with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, writes the New Dominion blogger in their detailed post today on the news today of a...

China: Olympic blog shutdown continues

Quick Reads · East Asia24 July 2008

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

Quick Reads · East Asia24 July 2008

China: (Not) welcoming George Bush to the Olympics

Quick Reads · East Asia24 July 2008

Jamaica, U.S.A.: Track & Field

Quick Reads · Caribbean24 July 2008

China: More on the Olympic ‘sealing’ of internet data centers

Quick Reads · East Asia23 July 2008

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