July 17, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush Urged to Raise Prisoners' Rights with China
Reuters, July 16, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKN1646675920080716

US Eyes Humanitarian Drills with Chinese Military
Reuters, July 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN16372214

Civil Society
Chinese NGOs Struggle to Grow
Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0717/p04s03-woap.html

Corruption
Updated Database to Help Fight Graft
China Daily, July 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-07/16/content_6849596.htm

Disasters
'Put Quality First when Rebuilding'
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0e9407e4d3c2b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Sends Extra Teams to Monitor Fund Using in Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, July 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/16/content_8557367.htm

德阳当局拒绝富新小学死难学生家长的赔偿申请 (Deyang, Sichuan Authorities Reject Application for Compensation for Bereaved Parents)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/earthquake_students-07162008114837.html

Environment
China on Brink of Electricity Shortfall
Financial Times, July 16, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70f641ee-5363-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.html

Human Rights Defender
山西省异见人士刘建军被以“煽动颠覆罪”刑事拘留 (Shanxi Dissident Liu Jianjun Criminally Detained for "Inciting Subversion")
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_detain-07162008111417.html

Media
女主編家中遇襲 《證券市場周刊》疑報道惹禍 ("Capital Week" Editor-in-Chief Attacked in Own Home, Suspects Attack Due to Coverage)
Ming Pao, July 17, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080717/cca1.htm

Migrant Workers
Equal Compensation for Migrants
China Daily, July 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-07/16/content_6849646.htm

Olympics
Beijing Olympics Trigger Widespread Displacement
Voice of America, July 16, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-16-voa49.cfm

Related information:
One World, Whose Dream? Housing Rights Violations and the Beijing Olympic Games
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, July 16, 2008
http://www.cohre.org/beijingreport

Beijing Uses Remote Video to Monitor Food, Air at Olympic Venues
Xinhuanet, July 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/16/content_8557930.htm

北京奥运订房价回落 旅社严控维族人 (Beijing Hotels Strictly Control Lodging of Uyghurs during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/olympics_hotel-07162008135453.html

China Counts the Cost of Hosting the Olympics
Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121614671139755287.html

China Denies Exaggerating Olympic Terror Threat
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 16, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2305950.htm

China Uses Games to Showcase Gains in Energy Efficiency
Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121624092517259523.html

Court in Session for Olympic Cases
Shanghai Daily, July 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=367114

For Beijing's Olympic Volunteers, the Rules Are Many
Christian Science Monitor, July 16, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0717/p04s01-woap.html

U.S. Fears Threat of Cyberspying at Olympics
Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121625646058760485.html

Politics
New Rules to Promote Party's Internal Democracy
Xinhua (via China Daily), July 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/16/content_6852767.htm

Related information:
中国共产党全国代表大会和地方各级代表大会代表任期制暂行条例 (Provisional Regulations on the Term of Office for Party Representatives at Local and National Peoples Congresses)
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, July 16, 2008
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2008-07/16/content_1046723.htm

Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Kills Herself after Being Detained
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c83407e4d3c2b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

巫山大接访移民受伤 千人聚集堵路声援 (Mass Gathering in Support of Injured Petitioners Stops Chongqing Traffic)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wushan-07162008113911.html

Public Health
Closing Coal Power Plant Improves Child Development
Voice of America, July 16, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2008-07-16-voa19.cfm

Society
Dog Owners Maddened by Beijing Canine Restrictions
Reuters, July 17, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK26979420080717

State Security
Public Pools Warned of Terror Attacks
Shanghai Daily, July 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=367101

Tibet
官方严控西藏公务员送子女赴印求学 (Tibet Issues "Regulations on Disciplinary Measures for Party Members and Civil Servants whose Children Study at 'Dalai Clique' Institutions")
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07162008165130.html