July 19-21, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Chinese Dissident Arrested on Secrets Charges: Wife
Agence France-Presse (via Google), July 20, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWP6PP83KlxNXwt5bToSywCh2w3w

Related information:
Case Update: Detained Rights Activist Huang Qi Formally Arrested
Human Rights in China, July 18, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/63525

News
Disasters
Earthquake Prompts China to Improve Fire and Rescue Services
Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121641917828066341.html

Three Die as Blasts Hit Three Chinese Buses -Media
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK267314

Related news:
昆明公共汽车爆炸案初步判断是人为破坏 (Preliminary Investigation Determines Bus Explosions Caused by Man)
Xinhuanet, July 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-07/21/content_8739418.htm

Environment
Chao Lake Hit by Algal Bloom again, Despite Cleanup Efforts
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e57e28d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Beijing Lawyer Fights for Pollution Victims
Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2008
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/07/17/beijing-lawyer-fights-for-pollution-victims/

Olympic Security Net Closes around Rights Activists
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via via Monsters and Critics), July 21, 2008
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1418280.php/Olympic_security_net_closes_around_rights_activists__Feature_

Law
青岛拆迁户维权代表于建利被判刑 (Qingdao Evictees Representative Yu Jianli Sentenced to One Year and Two Months in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_demolishing-07182008142855.html

Media
“维权中国”网站再次遭关闭 ("China Human Rights" Website Again Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-07202008161652.html

Migrant Workers
Where Have the Migrant Workers Gone?
The Economic Observer, July 18, 2008
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/Industry/2008/07/18/107394.html

Olympics
Assurances over Food Hard for Teams to Swallow; Foreign Competitors Vow to Shun Local Cuisine after Doping Incident
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=973f28d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Takes Pains to Clear the Air
Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121658425327068585.html

China Is Growing Unfriendly to Foreigners, Visitors Say
Washington Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071803216.html

China's Discontented Challenge Olympic Hurdles
Reuters, July 20, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK27443420080720

Family Loses Lengthy Fight against Eviction
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=74cf98111ab3b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Games Spur Contrasting Treatment of Churches; Worshippers Forced Further Underground
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=93bf98111ab3b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

KMT Threatens Boycott if Taiwan Is Called 'China's Taipei'
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a07028d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Is Banned from Games Venue Subway until Paralympics over
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b44e28d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sacked Coach Attacks China 'Medal Lust'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7507461.stm

Politics
China Reshuffles Cabinet Office
China Daily, July 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/20/content_6861472.htm

Protests and Petitions
Guizhou Police Detain 117 for June Unrest
China Daily, July 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/20/content_6861550.htm

Mystery Motorcycle Death Ends in Riot
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), July 19, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080719/article_367416.htm

Police Kill Two in China after 400 Protesters Attack Officers
The Guardian, July 21, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/21/china.humanrights

Related news:
Farmers Persuaded to Return Home after Unrest Ebbs
China Daily, July 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/20/content_6861785.htm

Rubber Plant Growers' Unrest under Investigation
China Daily, July 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/21/content_6861860.htm

Religion
Religious Leaders Call for Interreligious Dialogue
China Daily, July 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/19/content_6861084.htm

State Security
Police Grab Passenger with 100 Detonators
Shanghai Daily, July 19, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080719/article_367363.htm

Tibet
100 Tibetan Separatists Nabbed in Nepal
China Daily, July 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/19/content_6861021.htm

昌都江达县数名藏民因策划示威被捕 (Four Tibetans Arrested in Qamdo Prefecture for Planning Demonstration)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_protest-07182008135049.html

XUAR
新疆上千维吾尔人家被公安搜查 (1000+ Uyghur Households Searched by XUAR Police in Large-Scale Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07182008142951.html