News
Education
Schools Short of 400,000 Teachers
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50d6e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Environment
China on the Way to Going Green
Xinhuanet, July 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8546386.htm
Government
Media Hail Election Contest Played Out before the Public
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e95e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights
Bush Criticizes China, Saudi, Iran on Rights
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1440477620080714
Labor
As China's Small Mines Stay Shut, Crisis Grows
Reuters (available at International Herald Tribune), July 13, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/13/business/coal.php
Olympics
京无意阻《苹果》採访奥运 (Beijing Has No Intention to Bar Apple Daily from Covering Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 15, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080715/gsk1.htm
Beijing Shopkeeper Stands Her Ground as Eviction Looms for Games Clearance
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ec26e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Australian Athletes Offered Olympics "Rights" Pack
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSYD12616020080714
Beijing Has Water for Olympics -- If Tourists Come
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK11363620080714
北京启动“三道治安防线” (Beijing Launches "Three-Tiered Security System" for Olympics)
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-07/14/content_8544824.htm
China Olympics Security Undermines Media Freedoms: Experts
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK2006220080714
China Steps Up Coal Shipments to Power Games: Xinhua
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK18007520080714
China Urges "Civilized" Security Checks at Games
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/idUSPEK18343420080714
Leave Banners at Home, Olympic Spectators Told
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK33946620080714
Police
Beijing Orders Pollution to Vanish
Time (available at Yahoonews.com), July 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080714/wl_time/beijingorderspollutiontovanish
Protests and Petitions
Beijing Calls in Provincial Police to Help Fend off Petitioners
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=522ee7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
湖南邵阳公安殴打和拘捕阻扰政府工程的村民 (Hunan Police Beat and Arrest Villagers over Obstruction of Road Project)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_rights_rural-07142008105331.html
黑龙江双鸭山市对访民采取高压政策 (Local Authorities in Heilongjiang Adopt Repressive Policies against Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07142008103834.html
Migrant Workers Protest, Riot for 3 Days in E. China
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK162637
Police arrest 100 over Southwest China Riot
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/wl_afp/chinarightsunrestoly2008_080714085455
