July 26-28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Rights Issue Looms as Bush Heads to China
Washington Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701448.html

Death Penalty
China Remains Top Executioner
The Press Association (via Google), July 25, 2008
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilYLA5IUjjvxm4nSGNW1ZxZoaShQ

Disasters
Quake Couples Get Right to Have More Kids
China Daily, July 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/26/content_6879101.htm

Hong Kong
Equality Laws Have Passed Us by, Say HK Gays
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d9cd0bea05f5b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
当局拒绝家人在胡佳生日时探监 (Authorities Refuse Family Visit on Hu Jia's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_jail_hujia-07252008112908.html

IMAR
政府包起律師阻民告官 內蒙地方官陰招 百姓有苦難訴 (IMAR Authorities Engage Lawyers to Prevent Masses from Appealing)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080728/cca1.htm

North Korea
中国境内的朝鲜难民和支持者受到抓捕和打压 (North Korean Refugees and Supporters Persecuted and Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cao-07272008172246.html

Olympics
奥运前夕京沪加强对维族藏族人的监控 (Authorities Increase Inspection and Control of Uyghurs and Tibetans in Beijing and Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-07272008172847.html

Beijing Lockdown: Network of 400,000 Spies Dims Hope for New Freedom Games Have Instead 'Stunted the Growth of Civil Society'
The Globe and Mail, July 26, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080726.CHINALEGACY26/TPStory/TPInternational/

Beijing Organizers Say Promises Fulfilled for Summer Olympics; Criticism Continues as Thousands Pour into City for Games
Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121718858750087955.html

China Group Asserts That It Bombed Buses; Officials Play Down Claims on Video, Which Includes Threats to Olympics
Washington Post, July 26, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601370.html

Eleven Days to Clean Air? Olympic Host Says Yes
Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2008
http://features.csmonitor.com/olympics08/2008/07/27/eleven-days-to-clean-air-olympic-host-says-yes/

Fun May Be a Casualty of Beijing's Effort for a Perfect Olympic Games
Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-fun26-2008jul26,0,7824207.story

IOC's Rogge Quiet on Human Rights for Reasons of State
Reuters, July 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSL632487320080726

The Cost of the Beijing Olympics
The Guardian, July 28, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/28/olympicgames2008.china1

Official Denies Plan to Divert Water from Parched Provinces
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ccef904a9da5b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Scheme for Petition Liaisons Criticised
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=138615d1a056b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rural Issues
Govt Spotlights Rural Environment Protection
China Daily, July 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/26/content_6879191.htm

Three Gorges
三峡工程中被拆迁移民的最后抗议 (Final Protest of the Three Gorges Émigrés)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sanxia-07252008105549.html

Tibet
China Plans Sweeping Purge of Tibetan Monasteries
The Telegraph, July 27, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2463385/China-plans-sweeping-purge-of-Tibetan-monasteries.html

甘南玛曲三名藏人被秘密判刑 (Three Tibetans Secretly Sentenced in Gannan TAP, Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan-07252008113420.html

拉萨武警进驻乃琼寺 严禁僧人出入 (Lhasa Armed Police Garrison Neqoin Monastery; Prohibit Monks from Entering or Exiting)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/la-07272008172603.html

Official in Talks on Tibet Urges 'Legal Education'
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=9a3715d1a056b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Uygur Activists Question New Outfit's Abilities
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=af084bbf0506b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD