News
Bilateral Ties
China, Russia Finally Fix Long-Disputed Border
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 21, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyDp5eN0cc50aWWlf0oG_6cwbmBw
Civil Society
China Pressure Groups Learn to Tread Carefully
Financial Times, July 21, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/626e2fd0-5744-11dd-916c-000077b07658.html
Disasters
Chinese Troops Begin Withdrawal from Quake Zone
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK28682720080721
Government
贵州骚乱余波 黔南书记下台 (Disturbances in Guizhou Result in Party Secretary's Dismissal)
Ming Pao, July 22, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080722/cac1.htm
Human Rights Defender - Du Daobin (杜导斌)
Dissident Jailed ahead of Olympics
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-07212008155513.html
Human Rights Defender
本台专访异议人士张善光 服刑10年出狱首次接受媒体采访 (Interview with Dissident Zhang Shanguang after 10 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhangshanguang-07212008103506.html
Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
上海维权律师郑恩宠被公安刑事传唤七小时 (Shanghai Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong Questioned for 7 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zheng_enchong-07212008105820.html
Labor
36 Punished for Coal Mine Accident in SW China
Xinhua (via China Daily), July 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/22/content_6864959.htm
China Rescuers Race against Clock to Reach Miners
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSPEK261850
Olympics
Banned Reporter Finally Allowed into Beijing
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=970995117864b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
奥组委就观赛中限制旗帜横幅饮料等答问 (BOCOG Explains Restrictions during Events)
Xinhuanet (available at Eastday.com), July 22, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080722/u1a3730006.html
More Stringent Steps Planned as Beijing Continues to Choke Despite Traffic Curbs
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01a995117864b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Newsstands Near Olympic Venues Start Selling Foreign Publications
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/22/content_8745482.htm
Security Officials Harass the Media
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 22, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/07/21/1216492356912.html
防疆独破坏 山东圣火传递缩水 (Torch Relay Shortened to Avoid Distrurbance by Pro-XUAR Independence Groups)
Ming Pao, July 22, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080722/gaa2.htm
Beijing Goes to Extremes for Its Olympic Face-Lift
Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-makeover21-2008jul21,0,967112.story
China Steps Up Fight against Illegal Journalism ahead of Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 21, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/21/content_8740106.htm
Olympic Athletes Wearing Masks Could Cause China to Lose Face
Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121659379072468809.html
Olympics Sap China's Power Supplies
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/China-energy-07212008133940.html
Poverty
China's Inequality Looms Large as Policy Challenge
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSPEK26425020080721
Protests and Petitions
Property Price Activist Rallies Masses Again
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fc8d23573264b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
甘孜佛学院学生与武警冲突被枪伤 (Students from a Ganzi Buddhist Academy Clash with Authorities and Get Shot)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fo-07212008124259.html
Two Killed in Yunnan Mass Action
China Daily, July 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-07/21/content_6861894.htm
State Security
China City Tense after Bus Blasts: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 22, 2008
http://fe6.news.sp1.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080722/wl_asia_afp/chinabusblast
昆明爆炸前传曾有人短信"预警" (Text Message Warnings Received Prior to Blasts in Kunming)
East Day, July 22, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080722/u1a3729695.html
