June 17, 2008

News
Disasters
Prosecutors Join Inquiry into Quake-Collapse Schools
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6aff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6aff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Flood Warning after Chinese Rains
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7456827.stm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
China Dissident Huang 'Arrested'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7457452.stm

Human Rights Defender
维权网站中华申正网站长任尚燕被拘押一月 (Rights Defense Website Operator Xiang Yan Detained for a Month)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-06162008104020.html

Law
中国首次大规模法律清理启动 (China Begins Large-Scale Re-Examination of Laws)
Legal Daily, June 17, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-06/17/content_880946.htm

内地首个“法治指数”杭州出炉 政府做“体检” (Hangzhou Publishes China's First "Rule of Law Index")
Net Ease, June 17, 2008
http://money.163.com/08/0616/03/4EHFSJ3U002524SC.html

Olympics
Beijing Fury at Aussies' Smog Boycott
The Sydney Morning Herald, June 17, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/16/1213468333272.html

Immigration Chief Warns of Disruption to Games
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ac9f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ac9f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=

Torch Security Tight in Capital of Uyghur Region
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9781f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9781f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
桂林民间传统龙舟赛被上千名警察驱散 (Guilin Traditional Dragon Boat Races Stopped by 1,000 Police Officers)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guilin-06162008104136.html

Politics
中国共产主义青年团章程 (CPC to Keep Notice on Youth Corps Regulations)
China Youth Daily, June 17, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-06/17/content_2225751.htm

Protests and Petitions
政府加强控制访民 成都村民示威持续 (Government Tightens Control of Petitioners as Chengdu Villagers Continue with Protests)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-06162008120759.html

江西数名支持民主及反贪腐人士聚会遭警方冲击 (Jiangxi Police Harass Pro-Democracy and Anti-Corruption Activists)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanfu-06162008171516.html

Public Health
北京将率先实现全民医保 (Beijing Municipality to Take Initiative on Universal Medical Insurance)
China Youth Daily, June 17, 2008
http://news.cyol.com/content/2008-06/17/content_2226043.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Offers to Send Peace Agents
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87cff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87cff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

西藏流亡政府：要求一般自治 (Tibetan Government-in-Exile Request Autonomy)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-06162008165649.html