links for 2008-05-06

• Peking 2008: Deutsche Olympiasiegerin boykottiert Eröffnungsfeier
  Aus Protest gegen Chinas Tibetpolitik wird Judo-Kämpferin Yvonne Bönisch nicht an der Eröffnungsfeier der Olympischen Spiele in Peking teilnehmen.
  (tags: athletes boycott)
• ISN Security Watch – China: Putting the PR into the PRC
  Beijing is the target of world criticism over its Olympic preparations and its Tibet and Xinjiang policies. It needs a better public-relations response, says James A Millward for openDemocracy.
  (tags: PR china)
• BBC NEWS | China urges ‘rational’ protests
  China has urged its citizens to be calm amid further anti-Western protests in the country, focused on French supermarket chain Carrefour.
  (tags: protest France)
• The European Council on Foreign Relations | Tibet – avoiding the tie-break
  It is time to pause and reflect on the issue of China and Tibet. The past month has made two things clear: China cannot hope to see its case understood with the rigid stance it has taken on the Dalai Lama. Its current strategy of expressing only grudging
  (tags: china tibet think_tank)
• Beijing Olympics: Tell the president to do the right thing
  AJWS: “The attendance of President Bush at the opening ceremony would implicitly endorse the actions of the government of China.”
  (tags: USA boycott opening_ceremony Bush)
• Skin Flicks: How to boycott the genocide olympics
  Do let firms know that you’re boycotting them and why. How can corporate scumbags be expected to learn if we don’t tell them why we’re withholding our custom?
  Happy boycotting!
  (tags: boycott corporate_donors)
• Morning Donut: aaah…
  So… remember… Boycott: the sound of one hand not opening a wallet.
  (tags: boycott olympics)