A man reads a newspaper against a closed

A man reads a newspaper against a closed doorway at the recently restored Imperial Ancestral Temple (Tai Miao), part of the former Imperial Palace built in 1420 during Ming Emperor Yongle's rule, and known since 1949 as the Working People's Cultural Palace, east of the Forbidden City in Beijing, 29 August 2007. China is facing mounting pressure to honour pledges of media freedom made for the 2008 Olympics as separate reports earlier this month by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Human Rights Watch said foreign and Chinese reporters still faced intimidation just a year before the Beijing Games open, despite China's pledges to the contrary. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)