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1. Coverage of the Tibet Crisis (March 2008) and the Olympic Games in China (August 2008) in the German-language mass media.

Author

Becker, Jörg

Subjects
*OLYMPIC Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China), *AGENDA setting theory (Communication), *GOVERNMENT & the press, *SOCIAL unrest, *EXILES, TIBETAN Uprising, 2008
Abstract

The perception by the German media of Tibet, on the one hand, and China, on the other, could not be more contrary: the current image of China is fully in the tradition of the threatening yellow - respectively red - threat and so is strongly opposed to the positive image of Tibet (peaceful, esoteric, in need of protection). Given this double agenda setting and framing, an almost insurmountable communicative and media-political obstacle stood in the way of positive reporting on the Beijing Olympics in summer 2008. The media reports on the social unrest in Tibet in March 2008 and those on the Olympic Games several months later reveal the following. (1) The numerous, highly professional media activities by groups of exiled Tibetans relating to Tibet and the Olympic Games were planned long in advance and were well coordinated The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Washington played a vital role here. (2) Important parts of the anti-Chinese media work were done before and during the Olympics by the British advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi commissioned by the supposedly independent NGO Reporters without Borders. (3) Essential parts of the pro-Chinese media work were done before and during the Olympic Games by the US-American PR Agency Hill & Knowlton. This supports the conclusion that during the period of time in question German media recipients were provided with authentic news neither about Tibet nor about China. Instead, they were victims of competitive rivalry between two western PR and advertising agencies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2011
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2. All eyes on China.

Author

Koons, Jennifer

Subjects
*GOVERNMENT & the press, *FREEDOM of the press, *JOURNALISM, *JOURNALISTS, *OLYMPIC Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China), *OLYMPIC Games
Abstract

This article criticizes the Chinese government for its failure to make good of its promise to ease regulations on visiting journalists who cover the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It cites that Wang Wei, secretary general of the Beijing Olympic bid committee, as saying in 2001 that they will give the media complete freedom to report when they come to China. It was in December 2006 when the Chinese government issues a decree loosening restrictions for foreign media. However, foreign journalists are raising doubts about just how much freedom the government will actually allow them less than 100 days before the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Games. INSET: Pro-Chinese protests target foreign media.

Published
2008

3. A Bad Omen.

Author

McLaughlin, Kathleen E.

Subjects
*FOREIGN correspondents, *OLYMPIC Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China), *FREEDOM of the press, *REPORTERS & reporting, *SPORTS tournaments, *GOVERNMENT & the press, SOCIAL aspects
Abstract

This article examines the role of the foreign media while covering events in China. The Chinese government is suspicious and occasionally hostile towards the media, even as the 2008 Beijing Olympics near. At least 10 foreign journalists working in China have been the target of death threats since March, according to Melinda Liu, a Newsweek journalist and president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of China. The author speculates on how China will react in the face of an estimated 20,000 foreign journalists coming to cover the Olympics, which begin on August 8, 2008.

Published
2008

4. One less brick in the wall.

Subjects
*GOVERNMENT & the press, *OLYMPIC Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China), *FOREIGN correspondents, *REPORTERS & reporting, *CENSORSHIP, *JOURNALISM
Abstract

The article discusses looser rules regarding the press in China. Foreign reporters will now be able to report from anywhere within the country without obtaining permission from local governments. The rules are in effect until after the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The article comments on censorship that still occurs in Chinese media.

Published
2007

5. China Relaxes Foreign Media Restrictions, Making Permanent Rules From Olympics.

Author

MEI FONG and Fowler, Geoffrey A.

Subjects
*PRESS law, *GOVERNMENT & the press, *JOURNALISTS, *FOREIGN correspondents, *OLYMPIC Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China), *GOVERNMENT policy
Abstract

The article reports on the institution of new press laws in China which make it easier for foreign media to report within the country. These rules make permanent a relaxing of China's traditional press restrictions that had been put in place in the run-up to the 2008 summer Olympic games in Beijing. Still critics note that the liberalized rules do not apply to Chinese journalists who are not allowed to work as journalists for foreign media organizations and whose works are liable to censorship by the state.

Published
2008

6. On the Defensive, China Lashes Out at Critics.

Author

Dean, Jason and Oster, Shai

Subjects
*OLYMPIC Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China), *GOVERNMENT & the press
Abstract

The article reports on the criticisms made by the western press with regard to the Chinese government's management of the 2008 Beijing Olympic summer games. It is said that reporters complained of the ill-treatment of a British television journalist by Chinese security during a press conference. Wang Fei of the Beijing Olympic organizers said they are doing their all to effect changes in China. Giselle Davies of the International Olympic Committee said that the Olympic event was successful but the action on the TV journalist should not be tolerated.

Published
2008

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