Corruption
Corruption Storybook Has No Final Chapter
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Nearly 5,000 Officials Punished for Extravagance
Xinhuanet, August 20, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/19/content_
6562963.htm
China-EU Association Staff Jailed for Role in Scandal of Officials' Abortive Finnish Trip
Xinhuanet, August 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/18/content_
6561005.htm
Death Penalty
Two Drug Traffickers Executed in SW China
Xinhuanet, August 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/19/content_
6564743.htm
Disasters
Angry Relatives Clash with Security Forces
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Food Security
White Paper: China Builds Food Safety Law Regime, Technological Guarantee System
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/17/content_
6553336.htm
Human Rights Defender – Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
甘肃环保人士孙小弟及家人被扰 (Gansu Environmentalist Sun Xiaodi and Family Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
sunxiaodi/
Human Rights Defender – Hua Huiqi (华惠琪)
简要新闻：北京家庭教会成员华惠琪受公安人员威胁 (In Brief: Beijing Religious Activist Threatened by Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/17/xinwen/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Activist's Mother "Held Hostage" for
Information
Human Rights in China, August 17, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44569
Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
环保人士吴立红的妹妹被警方带走 (Sister of Environmentalist Wu Lihong Taken Away by Jiangsu Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
wu/
Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚的妻子袁伟静致最高人民法院的民事起诉状 (Yuan Weijing Sends Civil Pleading to Supreme People's Court)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
yuan/
Media
家属禁接受採访 (Families of Coal Mine Accident Victims Told Not to Talk to Journalists)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070820/cha4.htm
China Reporters Probing Bridge Disaster "Beaten"
Reuters, August 17, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK2236
3220070817?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc
=22&sp=true
天网网站服务器遭永久关闭 (Server for Rights Defence Web Site Permanently Closed)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/19/
tian/
博客时评文章被“隐形” 律师告搜狐网违约 (Beijing Lawyer Sues Sohu for Excluding His Articles)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
blogs/
China Bans Negative Reporting Ahead of Party Congress
The Guardian, August 17, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2150985,00.html
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Olympics
Olympic Pollution Trial: China Orders Million Cars Off Beijing Roads to Clean the Air
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 18, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/olympic-pollution-trial
-china-orders-million-cars-off-beijingroads-to-clear-the-air
/2007/08/17/1186857768461.html
Ahead of Olympics, Beijing Steps Up Pressure on Dissidents
Austin American - Statesman, August 17, 2007
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/world
/08/17/0817chinadissidents.html
Protests and Petitions
简要新闻：北京警方抓走300多访民监控多名异议人士 (In Brief: Beijing Police Take Away 300 Petitioners and Monitor Dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/18/xinwen/
出租司机被黑社会砍死 千人聚温江医院抗议 (1,000 People Protest Knifing to Death of Taxi Driver in Chengdu Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/taxi/