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Ben Blanchard
China urged to extend media freedoms domestically
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 19, 2008 - 7:08pmLast updated: October 20, 2008 - 7:00pm
China should extend media freedoms it now offers foreign reporters to domestic journalists too, rights groups said, but added that the signs were not encouraging this would happen. China on Friday made a last minute extension of media freedoms for foreign reporters, enshrining rights originally granted only for the Olympics.
China won't guarantee Web freedom over Olympics
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 8, 2008 - 7:59amChina will not guarantee it won't censor the Internet over this summer's Beijing Olympics, nor can it guarantee to stamp out piracy of Olympic-branded goods, officials said on Thursday. Wang Wei, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympic organizers, had promised media would have "complete freedom" to report over the event, but rights groups have regularly criticized China's commitment to that pledge.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSPEK14583520080508
