News
Bilateral Ties
China to Send Food, Product Inspectors to US: Official
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/bs_afp/chinausconsumerfoodsafety
Death Penalty
China Mulls Death Penalty Reform
Asia Times Online, June 18, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JF18Ad01.html
Disasters
China Detains Quake School Critic: Rights Group
Reuters, June 18, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/behindTheScenes/idUKPEK31256720080618
Human Rights Defenders
Activist Held for Subversion after Accusing Officials of Graft
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9799f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
China Tightens Screws against Dissidents ahead of Olympics
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 19, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080619/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsngooly2008_080619065213
多位人士与外国人见面被阻止或监视 (Many Activists Put under Surveillance for Trying to Meet Foreigners)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wanyanhai-06182008164441.html
Political Prisoners Get Sentences Reduced
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18e8f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Media
Media with Foreign Tie-ups under Attack
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b898f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Olympics
No Rowdy Crowds, No Trouble for Kashgar
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=38c8f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Olympic Torch Relay Cut to One Day in Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080618/wl_afp/chinaquaketibetunrestrightsoly2008torch
Pledge of Media Freedom Ignored
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), June 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=57f8f27ef9c9a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
圣火在新疆传递 中国限制境外记者采访 (China Restricts Foreign Reporters Covering the Torch Relay in XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/torch_xinjiang-06182008164349.html
Tibetan Torchbearers to Mark Olympic Torch Relay in China's Qinghai
Xinhuanet, June 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/18/content_8395761.htm
Torch Shines on Ethnic Tensions
The Sydney Morning Herald, June 18, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/torch-shines-on-ethnic-tensions/2008/06/17/1213468422054.html
Protests and Petitions
Clashes over Chemical Plant
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china_chemical-06182008101419.html
海南海口玉沙村拆迁起冲突两名村民被拘留 (Two Hainan Villagers Detained for Trying to Petition against Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/haikou-06182008084623.html
玖龙纸业解雇五百多名工人引起冲突 (Over 500 Workers Clash with Police over Paper Factory's Dismissal)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_strike-06182008110058.html
Tibet
Many Detained by China after Tibet Riots: Amnesty
Reuters, June 18, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHKG17081420080619