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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comWed, 27 Aug 2008 18:37 BSTThu, 28 Aug 2008 05:52:59 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/asiapacific/china/politics(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f05f95f8-7441-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f05f95f8-7441-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.htmlMoscow and Beijing may both be pursuing forms of authoritarian capitalism but they are not automatic bedfellows, writes Geoff Dyer Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:37 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/539fcc04-7209-11dd-a44a-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/539fcc04-7209-11dd-a44a-0000779fd18c.htmlChina releases 10 foreign activists after the US embassy in Beijing issued an unusually strong statement attacking Chinese authorities for their handling of protestsSun, 24 Aug 2008 19:27 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c23fe908-6fb3-11dd-986f-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c23fe908-6fb3-11dd-986f-0000779fd18c.htmlThe Chinese firewall brings claims of violation of trading agreements, write James Politi and Richard WatersThu, 21 Aug 2008 20:08 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca5cb050-6eb7-11dd-a80a-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca5cb050-6eb7-11dd-a80a-0000779fd18c.htmlThe crisis in Georgia reminds us that a new style of warfare – potentially as devastating as earlier forms – is almost upon us: cyberwar, writes Victor Mallet Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:13 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26082e82-6c7b-11dd-96dc-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26082e82-6c7b-11dd-96dc-0000779fd18c.htmlBombings in Xinjiang province have exposed simmering resentments that mirror those of TibetSun, 17 Aug 2008 18:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53164c1a-6abe-11dd-b613-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53164c1a-6abe-11dd-b613-0000779fd18c.htmlIt used to be considered unseemly to scour the medals list too closely. China has subverted this tradition, writes Matthew Engel Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:33 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/362e584e-6a2e-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/362e584e-6a2e-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c.htmlIt has taken less than a week for contradictions between the reality of Communist rule and pre-Olympics promises to burst into the openThu, 14 Aug 2008 19:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/91b98f4c-6904-11dd-91bd-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/91b98f4c-6904-11dd-91bd-0000779fd18c.htmlJohn Ray, China correspondent for ITV News, said he was left slightly bruised after being pushed to the ground and detained by police near the Olympic ParkWed, 13 Aug 2008 20:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/976bfde0-6895-11dd-a4e5-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/976bfde0-6895-11dd-a4e5-0000779fd18c.htmlKnife-wielding attackers killed three security officers and injured another at a checkpoint in the western Chinese province of XinjiangTue, 12 Aug 2008 23:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c0fba66-6896-11dd-a4e5-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c0fba66-6896-11dd-a4e5-0000779fd18c.htmlThe Chinese government is trying to control every conceivable element of the Olympics, often by rather dubious meansTue, 12 Aug 2008 19:51 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/349b82aa-67c1-11dd-8d3b-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/349b82aa-67c1-11dd-8d3b-0000779fd18c.htmlThe pragmatic government in Taipei is seeking a diplomatically worded association with the world body – in a key test for its relations with BeijingMon, 11 Aug 2008 19:49 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4447236-67aa-11dd-8d3b-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a4447236-67aa-11dd-8d3b-0000779fd18c.htmlThe west has been remarkably sanguine about this resurgence, because this time the comrades have money. Even as the Kremlin confiscates the assets of its own business people and foreign ones, investors are flocking to a Moscow flush with petro-roubles, writes Chrystia Freeland Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:48 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86903364-64a9-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86903364-64a9-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.htmlA housing activist who applied for permission to hold a demonstration in Beijing's specially designated Olympic protest zones has been detained by policeThu, 7 Aug 2008 20:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41ea308c-64b0-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41ea308c-64b0-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.htmlThe success or otherwise of the games will help shape China's attitude to foreign partners in years to comeThu, 7 Aug 2008 20:07 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6c7fb5a-64a2-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=9511df10-6d6b-11da-a4df-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6c7fb5a-64a2-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.htmlThe IOC whose leaders spend far too much time in air-conditioned suites, is in total denial about the weather in Beijing, as TV schedules take preference to the climateThu, 7 Aug 2008 19:44 BST