A daily look at what we’re reading. – Our colleagues at the Far Eastern Economic Review will be bringing us dispatches from Tibet from one of the first foreign journalists allowed to travel independently in the region since unrest broke out there in March.[Lhasa Diary] – For fans of the 2008 Olympic mascots and 80s Japanimation, here’s (the very unofficial looking) Fuwatron (h/t Global Voices Online). [Posuimianju] – Fun, no-fun or un-fun? An expat expert on the Beijing bar and club scene w

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The PAP newspaper showed rows of saluting troops in front of the Bird’s Nest stadium, where the Olympics will open on Aug 8. The fiery warnings were made on the same day that other officials said three parks around Beijing would be designated sites for any approved protests during the Games.

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The PAP newspaper showed rows of saluting troops in front of the Bird’s Nest stadium, where the Olympics will open on Aug 8. The fiery warnings were made on the same day that other officials said three parks around Beijing would be designated sites for any approved protests during the Games.

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The PAP newspaper showed rows of saluting troops in front of the Bird’s Nest stadium, where the Olympics will open on Aug 8. The fiery warnings were made on the same day that other officials said three parks around Beijing would be designated sites for any approved protests during the Games.

continue reading.....

The PAP newspaper showed rows of saluting troops in front of the Bird’s Nest stadium, where the Olympics will open on Aug 8. The fiery warnings were made on the same day that other officials said three parks around Beijing would be designated sites for any approved protests during the Games.

continue reading.....