Disasters
Millions Raised but We Haven't Seen a Penny, Say Storm Victims
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQQ9PWXQE.html
Chinese Complain of No Typhoon Warning
AFP (via YahooNews), August 16, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/asia_typhoon
Education
Project Hope Helps 2.9 Mln Children Return to School
People's Daily, August 17, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200608/16
/eng20060816_293752.html
Environment
粤颳环保风暴 港企恐留污名 (Scores of Hong Kong Enterprises Caught in Guangdong's "Environmental Protection Storm")
Wen Wei Po, August 17, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=001YO
&news_id=YO0608170001&PHPSESSID=f936183eebbe8d777
550b9ccacba5f8a&PHPSESSID=a1e72927ead6871562d15fc16
d73ff3bSID=f936183eebbe8d777550b9ccacba5f8a&PHPSESSI
D=a1e72927ead6871562d15fc
Western China Endures Worst Drought in 50 Years
AFP (via YahooNews), August 17, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060817/wl_asia_afp
/chinaweatherdroughtwater
Gender
我人口性别严重失调 一成"90后"男性或打光棍 (Gender Imbalance Serious in China; 10 Percent of Men Born after 1990 May Be Bachelors)
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-08/17/
content_4972211.htm
Government
国务院召开常务会处理新丰电厂违规建设和事故 (State Council Criticizes Unlawful Electricity Production Project in Inner Mongolia)
EastDay.com, August 17, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/nod
e155201/u1a2257291.html
维权者竞选人大遭打压 (Rights Defender Marginalized for Running for Local People's Congress in Guangdong Province)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/cab1.htm
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
Ching Cheong Verdict Due Within Days
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZIU8IWXQE.html
为程翔说项 只能做不能说 (Commentary: Why Is Rescue Effort for Ching Cheong Going on Behind the Scenes?)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/mta1.htm
律师﹕程翔身体很好 李剛称日內有裁决 (Lawyer: Ching Cheong Is Healthy; Mainland Official: Verdict Within Days)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/gab1.htm
Human Rights Defender - Public Intellectual - Lu Jianhua (陆建华)
Wife Waits in Vain to See Ching's Co-accused
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ2R9PWXQE.html
Labor
Jintao Order Led to China Wal-Mart Union
AP( via YahooNews), August 16, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060816/ap_on_re_as/china
_wal_mart_union_3
Law
谈检察监督与检察官的客观义务 (Commentary: People's Procuratorate Should Have Dual Power of Judicial Supervision and Public Prosecution)
Legal Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/17/
content_385916.htm
司法行政化：法官与律师两者畸形关系产生的重要原因 (Judicial Branch Taking on Administrative Duties Is Main Cause of Collusion Between Judges and Lawyers)
Legal Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/17
/content_385905.htm
司法调解联动服务新农村建设 (Mediation Service Available in Construction of New Village)
Legal Daily, August 17, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-08/17/
content_385893.htm
Migrant Workers
河南女人贩子贩卖上千名农民包身工 (Henan Woman Found to Have Trafficked in More Than 1,000 Migrant Workers Each Year)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/08
/16/henan/
Olympics
Olympic Boycott Urged over Alleged Organ Harvesting in China
Monster and Critics, August 16, 2006
http://sport.monstersandcritics.com/othersport/article_11908
76.php/Olympic_boycott_urged_over_alleged_organ_harvesting
_in_Chinaged_over_alleged_organ_harvesting_in_China
Police
给城管刑事执法权并非妥善之道 (Giving City Authorities Power to Enforce Criminal Law Is Not Desirable)
China Youth Daily, August 17, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/17/content_1481721.htm
Protests and Petitions
天津农民上京揭村官贿选 (Tianjin Farmers Travel to Beijing to Petition Corrupt Election)
Ming Pao, August 17, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060817/cac1.htm
Public Health
Bill Gates to China: Will $200M Help?
Toronto Star, August 17, 2006
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?
pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1155
678611671&call_pageid=1155031315217&col=1155031315200e
1&c=Article&cid=1155678611671&call_pageid=1155031315217
&col=1155031315200
防治艾滋，中国必须走自己的路 (Chinese Expert: China Must Find Own Way to Deal with AIDS)
China Youth Daily, August 17, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-08/17/content_1481731
.htm
Tibet
Beijing Pledges 'a Fight to the Death' with Dalai Lama
The Times, August 14, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2312796
,00.html
Hong Kong
Duty Left Undone
SCMP, August 17, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZT1KBSXQE.html