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Tibet? Forget about it. Even companies who’ve paid billions Olympics coverage rights are clenching their teeth over the inaccessibility of non-Olympic venues. Beijing is of course holding its tongue on the issue. Beijing’s media is owned by the Replica Breitling B7135612-G5-367D Windrider Cockpit Watch government. They’re used to deciding what people are allowed to see and hear. The foreign press is accustomed to having the freedom to report wherever and on whatever topic they can muster, but in China they must submit application memos detailing their coverage intentions, including, according to The Wall Street Journal, “objects to be filmed.”

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