News
Bilateral Ties
Experts Say Products Made by Chinese Prison Labor Still Enter US
Voice of America, June 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-19-voa51.cfm
Disasters
Battling Rising Waters in South China
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7463883.stm
China Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,180
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8400885.htm
For China, Quake Toll Is Only a Guess
International Herald Tribune, June 18, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/18/asia/toll.php
Chinese Experts Outline Major Reasons for Building Collapse in Quake-Hit Regions
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8401401.htm
Ministry Reports: No Major Pollution Found in Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/19/content_8403291.htm
Food Security
Sino-US Joint Food Safety Test Center Starts Operations
China Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/20/content_6779587.htm
Human Rights
China Rights Questioned Weeks before Olympics
Reuters, June 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1838966320080619
Human Rights Defender - Yue Tianxiang (岳天祥)
民主党甘肃负责人岳天祥在上海探亲被警方拘押 (China Democracy Party Member Yue Tianxiang Detained While Visiting Relatives in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-06192008074252.html
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
妻子和委托律师人仍不能见黄琦 (Wife and Lawyer Still Not Allowed to See Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-06192008124001.html
Media
Closure of Chinese Online-Video Site Sparks Concern
Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121390202591089267.html
外交部澄清东海协议 封舆论保钓网站被关 (Foreign Ministry Clarifies East China Sea Agreement; Website on Pinnacle (Senkaku/Diaoyutai) Islands Dispute Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baodiao-06192008170924.html
Olympics
China Presses Injured Athletes in Quest for Gold
New York Times, June 20, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/world/asia/20olympics.html
Clean Air Campaign Targets Buses, Trucks
China Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/20/content_6781057.htm
Experts to Assess Daily Air Quality at Olympics
Shanghai Daily, June 20, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080620/article_363876.htm
Journalist Delegation Leaves for Lhasa to Report Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/20/content_8406238.htm
Tight Curbs for Torch Relay
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/torchrelay-06182008170036.html
Public Health
Health Ministry Warns of Iodine Deficiency in Part of China
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/20/content_8403448.htm
China Cracks Down on Drug Companies
New York Times, June 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/sports/olympics/19hgh.html
Tibet
For Rural Tibetans, the Future Is in Town
Washington Post, June 19, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903835.html
Nepal Halts Tibetan March to China Office, 600 Held
Reuters, June 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP21585720080619
XUAR
Sweden Tells Chinese Asylum Seeker to Leave
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2280620.htm
霍城县派出所遭维族青年袭击 (XUAR Youth Raid Police Substation)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-06192008155001.html