July 12 - 14, 2008

News
Corruption
Web Outcry Lands Officials in Hot Water
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e62859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

法院竟为地产公司大股东 (Court Unveiled as Big Share Holder of Real Estate Company)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-07132008174441.html

Disasters
Student Still in Danger after Lab Blast in SW China
China Daily, July 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/14/content_6843249.htm

Chinese Man Jailed for Hacking Red Cross Quake Site: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080712/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeinternetcrime

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
'Abuses' under Population Policies
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/populationabuse-07112008131105.html

Human Rights Defender
浙江异议人士范子良再次遭拘禁 (Zhejiang Dissident, Fan Ziliang, Taken into Custody Again)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanziliang-07112008161834.html

Land Policy
山东莒南县传出非法拆迁案 (Illegal Eviction Cases in Shandong Province Uncovered)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-07112008235608.html

Media
网上发言被拘 军转干部不服 (Guangxi Cadre Detained over Internet Comment)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-07132008181119.html

Olympics
Beijing Boosts Security as Attack Fears Grow
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edde859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disabled Praise Increases in State Investment Olympics Shines Spotlight on Often Forgotten Community
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6961859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Water's Not Running Dry, But Tourists and Vegetables Still Shy
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b91859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing to Adjust Working Hours for Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/13/content_8539274.htm

'Bird's Nest' Just Doesn't Fly as Green Stadium, Says UN Expert
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), July 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=42ba09f60381b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Vows to Boost Olympic Security
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080713/wl_asia_afp/chinasecurityoly2008

Qiqihar Gets into Olympic Rhythm
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c18a67e047b1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Seven Years On, Beijing Moves to Fulfill Olympic Promises
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/13/content_8539126.htm

Algae Spreading along China's Yellow Sea Coast
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080712/wl_asia_afp/chinaoly2008environmentpollutionalgaegae

Big Rewards for Olympic Tip-offs
Shanghai Daily, July 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080711/article_366460.htm

Protests and Petitions
正常上访被刑拘 家属努力终获释 (Family Fight for Petitioners Jiang Tairong's Release)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guilin-07112008093754.html

Society
甘肃灾区工商人员苛征暴力 孕妇老人受伤网上吁关注 (Hawkers Beaten over Rent for Fruit Stand)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zaiqu-07112008112712.html

Tibet
Authorities Sentence 12 More for Role in Tibet Riots
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b707b4cf8f21b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Jails 12 More Tibetans over March Riots
Reuters, July 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK14190120080711

No Death Penalty Handed Down So Far over Lhasa Violence
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/11/content_8527795.htm

Tibetan Festival Banned, Troops Muster
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/lithang-07112008102833.html

XUAR
China Executes Two Uighurs, Jails 15: Radio Report
Reuters (available at YahooNews), July 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080712/wl_nm/china_executions_dc