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:Beijing Uses Remote Video to Monitor Food, Air at Olympic Venues
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
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:Protests and Petitions
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
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