Reporters Without Borders is encouraging journalists covering the Beijing Olympics to skirt censorship with tips on how to get around firewalls, lock computer files and find safe translators. <\/p>\n
In a guide published on the internet on Wednesday, the Paris-based organisation advised reporters to conduct phone calls and write e-mails with the knowledge that they may be monitored. <\/p>\n
China has backed away from a promise to lift all internet blocks on foreign media. <\/p>\n
The new guide will likely help only journalists who have not yet left for Beijing: The press freedom group says its web site, http:\/\/www.rsf.org<\/a>, remains blocked in China. <\/p>\n Chinese officials assured news organisations "complete freedom to report" when bidding for the games seven years ago. The International Olympic Committee received further such assurances in April. <\/p>\n But, Kevan Gosper, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, said this week that the promise applied only to sites related to "Olympic competitions". <\/p>\n