Corruption
China Official Jailed for Life for Graft
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_as/china
_corruption_1;_ylt=Aru2iBgiA.BezdSckxbvN91PzWQABezd
SckxbvN91PzWQA
Death Penalty
Legal Body Confirms New Guidelines
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/09/content_
6499082.htm
Inner Mongolia
China Lauds Minority Rights on Key Anniversary
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/wl_nm/china_
politics_minorites_dc_1;_ylt=AorvpVJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBb
BRdPzWQAVJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBbBRdPzWQA
Labor
女生工厂病死 (Secondary School Student Dies at Summer Job in Guangdong Factory)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cca1h.htm
Law
江苏环保活动人士吴立红案子星期五开庭 (Jiangsu Environmentalist Wu Lihong to Stand for Trial on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
wulihong/
Olympics
新闻中心难上境外网站 (Access to Foreign Web Sites Remains Difficult for Beijing International Media Center)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cha6.htm
Host Cities to Be Audited for Food Safety Systems
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c19f1466564
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Newsa0/?
Beijing Warned on Olympics Air Quality
Financial Times, August 08, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cc8ae706-458d-11dc-b359-000077
9fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html
China Frees Foreign Pro-Tibet Activists
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_asia_afp/oly2
008chinatibet_070808215600;_ylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fX
DZoVtPzWQAylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fXDZoVtPzWQA
北京奥运倒数庆典同时异议人士自由受限 (Dissidents' Freedom Limited While Olympics Countdown Celebrations Begin)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/yiyi/
“奥林匹克观察”呼吁IOC、运动员等关注中国人权 (NGO Urges IOC and Athletes to Show Concern for China's Human Rights Situation)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
IOC/
为奥运会，封锁上访村 (Petitioners' Village Blocked During Olympics Countdown Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
shangfangcun/
US Legislators Propose China Olympics Boycott over Rights
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/pl_afp/olychn2008
rightschinauscongress_070808074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3
isowotgxqM5PzWQA08074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3isowo
tgxqM5PzWQA
State Council Issues Circular on Emergency Response Measures
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/07/content_
6490852.htm
Poverty
Mainland's Income Gap Among Asia's Highest
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0c8f1466564
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
Protests and Petitions
上海访民杜阳明被剥夺家人探视和通信的权利 (Shanghai Petitioner Deprived of Right to Family Visit and Communication)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/08/china
_petition_shanghai/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Du Yangming Deprived of Family
Visits After Refusing Prison Uniform
Human Rights in China, August 07, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44480
甘孜藏人抗议持续八天后撤离 (Tibetans' 8-Day Protest in Sichuan Ends on August 8)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
ganzi/