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Tibet
General Punished for Shooting Tibetans
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/china
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Meng Jinxi, the most senior Chinese general in Tibet, is reportedly being forced to step down from his position after an incident where Tibetans crossing the border to Nepal in the Himalayan region were shot. A Tibetan and a Buddhist nun were killed in the incident, which happened in September 2006. The two were part of a greater group of about 70 people that police tried to prevent from crossing illegally. Each year, mostly teenagers, monks, and nuns try escaping Tibet in search of a Buddhist education that remains unavailable there.
News
Corruption
China Law Officials Punished for Fake Finnish Trip
Reuters, August 07, 2007
http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnT78297.html
Trials Start in China Pension Scandal
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_re_as/china
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Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄见律师 请家人就酷刑伪证致信中央 (Guo Feixiong Meets Lawyers, Asks Wife to Tell Central Government About Torture Situation)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/07/
guofeixiong/
Labor
City Traffic Cops Given 43 Years to Live
The Standard, August 08, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=50743&sid=14832494&con_type=1&d_str=20070808
Land Policy
政府征地酿冲突 警察拔枪威胁村民 (Chengdu Police Officer Uses Gun to Threaten Villagers Who Resist Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/07/bazi/
Law
修订后的律师法有望十月出台 草案有重要改进 (Amended Lawyers' Law to Be Made Public in October)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/08/content_
676183.htm
Media
中国当局封锁“无界浏览”破网软件 (Anti-Censorship Software "Ultrasurf" No Longer Effective as China Steps Up Censorship Effort)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_
internet_freedom/
Military
Shanghai Cooperation Organize Holds Biggest War Games Ahead of Leaders Summit
Voice of America, August 07, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-08-07-voa11.cfm
Olympics
Beijing Smog Clouds Olympic Forecast
Christian Science Monitor, August 08, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0808/p07s02-woap.html
国家林业局:北京申奥七项绿化承诺已经全部实现 ( China Says Beijing's 7 Olympic Promises on "Greening" the Environment Have All Been Fulfilled)
Legal Daily, August 08, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-08/08/content_
676236.htm
Souvenir Makers Fined for Overwork
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=77300e8fe11
44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
China Detains Foreign Olympic Protesters
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070807/wl_asia_afp/
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中国当局在奥运之前加紧控制NGO及境外传媒 (China Tightens Control on NGOs and Foreign Media Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_ngo/
China Under Fire from All Sides a Year Ahead of Games
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 07, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/ts_nm/olympics
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Politics
Party Wants Faster Path to Reform, Says Report
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edff0e8fe11
44110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
Sichuan Authorities Impose Deadline to End Tibetan Protest
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/08/tibetan_
protest_update/
中国驱逐无国界记者组织的四名代表 (China Expels 4 Protestors from Reporters Without Borders)
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/07/china_
media_reporter/
Tibet
China's "Living Buddhas" Rules Stoke Fire in Tibet
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-2886152
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