China
First pictures of Tibet killings
Chinese authorities have so far reported 13 dead since the beginning of the incidents while Tibetan activists say that at least one hundred people have been killed. These amateur photos, which we’re the first to publish, contradict the official Chinese statement. Read more…
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CNN accused of bending the truth about Tibet
This image is all over Chinese discussion boards. Web-users are saying that the photo, published by CNN, proves that the American channel is manipulating information about the Tibet crisis in order to cast China in a negative light. Read more
UPDATE (19 March 2.30pm): CNN has sent us a statement in response to the claims, saying that the image was cropped due to space constraints. Read the full statement.
"We've hardly got any photos of the repression"
Photos of the chaos in Lhasa are finding their way to us slowly. We asked a young Tibetan activist to explain how the Chinese government manages to restrict information from leaving the country. See the photos and read her account.
UPDATE (13 March 7.30pm): We published the first amateur images of events on the Observers site. Press agencies have now distributed new photos of the events, finally managing to get their documents out of the country.
The first image of the violence in Tibet
Photo taken this morning by a tourist.
Protests which started on Monday 10 are still raging in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Today, events seem to have taken a turn for the worse, as demonstrated in this photo taken by a tourist and retrieved by France 24. This is one of the only photos to have made it through the Chinese censors. Beijing has effectively established a blackout on all information about the event. There are even fewer images available than when violence broke out at protests in Burma in September last year. Until today, the only shots published of the demonstrations in Lhasa are those from two Belgian tourists travelling in Tibet. We’ll continue to follow the situation throughout the day on the Observers.
What a photo! Thanks Photoshop…
Photo: http://xitek.com/
This ‘eco’ photo - a villainous train frightening away some pretty antelopes – was rewarded in 2006 by the Chinese state-run TV channel CCTV. But over a year later, a web-user has trumped the image: the scene was created on Photoshop. Read more…
“Spielberg’s just poking his nose where it’s not wanted”
A Chinese blogger reacts to the announcement of Steven Spielberg on Tuesday that he’s abandoning his post as an artistic advisor for the Olympic Games in protest against China’s policy concerning the Sudan and the conflict in Darfur. Read more…
UPDATE (10.30am, 18.Feb. 08): Since this article was posted our regional editor has informed us that the author has become concerned about his security. We have therefore removed the post.
‘2008, looking forward to the Olympic Games and, even more so, a democratic China’
Frozen, and forgotten, world
The situation in Guizhou province, south-west China is grave. Seventy percent of rainfall is pure ice. Two thirds of electricity has been cut off, and water pipes are frozen. Many people in isolated towns are completely cut off from the world, while the rest of China remains oblivious to the extent of the disaster. To avoid national panic the authorities have downplayed events. But they may also be trying to cover up their poor reaction to the catastrophe. Read more...
What better than to spy on the guards that spy on you
Hu Jia films his jailers passing the time with a game of cards
Last month we publicised the case of blogger Hu Jia, arrested at his home on 27 December for openly criticising the organisation of the Olympic Games. Here we publish an extract from the documentary ‘Prisoners in Freedom City', that he and his wife Jeng filmed in the year before his arrest. This is the direct testimony of a Chinese dissident under 24h supervision by secret police. Read more...
Underground smooch caught on tape… and viewed by thousands
Filmed in September and posted online a few weeks ago, this video had been watched by 15,000 people just two days after being posted on YouTube. Now, after an investigation by Shanghai's metro rail authority, one of the employees responsible has been fired, while the other two had already resigned. The couple, who were filmed at Youyi underground station while being mocked by the voyeurs, say that their privacy has been violated. Although they were issued a formal apology by the rail authority, they still plan to take them to court. Since the incident, the man has quit his job due to insulting telephone calls.
Video posted on YouTube by 'greatsunrise', 18 January 2008
