June 24, 2008

News
Corruption
监察部:灾区垮塌学校若涉贪污贿赂将严惩不贷 (Ministry of Supervision: Corrupt Acts in Quake-Torn Schools Will Be Punished Mercilessly)
EastDay.com, June 23, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080623/u1a3672029.html

Officials Investigated over Petitioner's Death
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://www.china.org.cn/government/local_governments/2008-06/23/content_15873785.htm
Top auditor: No Corruption Found in Disaster Relief Fund Use
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/23/content_8425196.htm

Disasters
Emergency Response Law to Be Implemented
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://www.china.org.cn/government/local_governments/2008-06/23/content_15870666.htm

Floods and Landslides Kill 35 in Southwest China
Reuters, June 23, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK31550920080623

Education
College Graduates Sought for Grass-Roots Jobs
Xinhuanet, June 23, 2008
http://www.china.org.cn/china/local/2008-06/23/content_15872120.htm

Freedom of Speech
Supreme Court Ensures People's Voices Heard
Xinhua (via China Daily), June 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/23/content_6786827.htm

Government
China Says 43 Officials Punished over Quake Relief
Reuters, June 23, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK20806220080623

Law
最高法：落实公开审判制 (Vice-President of Supreme People's Court Proposes for Open Trial System)
The Beijing News, June 24, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/06-24/021@084336.htm

Media
民間保釣會網站遭關閉 ("Chinese Civilian Association for Safeguarding the Diaoyu [Pinnacle/Senkaku] Islands" Website Shut Down)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080624/caa1h.htm

Olympics
奧運城市禁空運危險品 (Cities with Olympic Events Prohibit Mailing Dangerous Goods by Air)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080624/cae1.htm

Businesses in China Take a Pre-Olympics Hit
Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2008
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-chinavisa23-2008jun23

China Tightens Custom Vigil to Fight Doping During Olympics
Express India, June 23, 2008
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/China-tightens-custom-vigil-to-fight-doping-during-Olympics/326479/

Lhasa's Monks All but Vanish in Chinese Crackdown
The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080623.wtibet23/BNStory/International/homeational/home

Politics
Corruption a 'Threat to Party's Survival'
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), June 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=683b2069856ba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
访民人权京奥：穿状衣往天安门 筹签名申请游行 (Beijing Petitioners Collect Signatures for Application to Demonstrate)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06232008170450.html

XUAR
Uyghur Mosque Demolished
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/uyghurmosque-06232008163925.html