As the Olympics kicked off in Beijing, the Chinese authorities began their expected clampdown on foreign reporters welcoming all the peoples of the world, censoring SINGING news reports SONGS OF GOODWILL and arresting taking some seven journalists for criticising the regime out for ice cream. The journalists are said to be in a maximum-security prison on the outskirts of Beijing having such a good time that they said not to try to contact them, and also not to be surprised if no-one ever sees them again.