August 4 - 6, 2007

News
Corruption
China Arrest Takes Scandal into Politburo
Financial Times, August 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cb8d3aa0-41d4-11dc-8328-
0000779fd2ac.html

Death Penalty
Ex-police Officer Gets Death Sentence in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/wl_asia_afp/chinac
rimesentence_070804060425;_ylt=AhkFETDIJhMfl_
B0zGKxkftPzWQA

Human Rights
港商在大陆成立维权组织 解决骚扰恐吓事件 (Hong Kong Business People Establish Rights Defence Group to Solve Harassment and Blackmailing Cases in Mainland)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
hongkong_business/

Human Rights Defender - Cai Lujun (蔡陆军)
大陆异议人士蔡陆军抵台湾寻求政治避难 (Dissident Cai Lujun Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
cailujun/

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
徐永海禁食祷告第四天 (Xu Yonghai's Fasting Prayer Enters 4th Day)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
xuyonghai/

Human Rights Defenders
Activist Held in China Pollution Battle
Financial Times, August 03, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a3e99942-41ea-11dc-8328-00007
79fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df
-0000779e2340 .html

Human Rights Defender – Shi Tao (师涛)
Lawmaker Wants Yahoo Probe
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_go_co/us_
china_internet_2;_ylt=Aj_c7fu.cjoXSsJi_AvBAsFPzWQA

Media
Media Blackout on Mudslide Disaster
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f97f7032
c034110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News

Report: China Curbs Foreign Satellite TV
Associated Press (via I won.com), August 04, 2007
http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt_top.jsp?cat=TOPBIZ
&src=601&feed=ap&section=news&news_id=ap-
d8qqhsn00&date=20070804&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw

海南教师写山歌暗讽官员, 被行政拘留 (Hainan Teachers Placed Under Administrative Detention for Ridiculing Resettlement Officials Using Folk Song)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
hainan/

Migrant Workers
13川籍民工山东被扣 (Shandong Authorities Save 13 Sichuan Migrant Workers Held by Glass Manufacturing Company)
The Beijing News, August 06, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/08-06/011@
281521.htm

Olympics
Camera Vigil for Games
Associated Press (via The Standard), August 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=
3&art_id=50577&sid=14807846&con_type=1&d_str=
20070806

北京迎客 天仍未蓝 (Countdown to Olympics: Sky Not Blue Yet)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070806/cha1.htm

Rights Groups Shine Olympic Spotlight on China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 06, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/wl_asia_afp/oly2008
chnyearchinarights_070806030623;_ylt=AtDiQzxWG444GMm
Z06dvVelPzWQA

我为奥运谁为我？ 京动迁户市政府抗议 (100 Beijing Evictees Protest Olympic Construction)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/03/
beijing/

Population
Crude Family Planning Slogans Ban
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b9642c17e
534110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

Protests and Petitions
Secretive Arm of the Law
South China Morning Post, August 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=963ba6e5aa
c24110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

简要新闻：北京官方在上访村大肆抓捕 (In Brief: Beijing Launches Large-Scale Arrest Campaign Against Petitioners Ahead of Olympics Countdown)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/05/
xinwen/ - shangfang

Tibetans 'Held After China Rally'
BBC, August 03, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6929462.stm

Tibet
China Tightens Control of Tibetans
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/wl_nm/china_tibet
_dc_3;_ylt=Am3yBcF4Gh5ojnky3wFjIWFPzWQA