News
Corruption
Chinese Senior Official Urges More Efforts in Curbing Official Misconduct
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/28/content_8827461.htm
Disasters
China Allocates 2.32 Bln Yuan for School Reconstruction in Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/28/content_8827480.htm
Parents Who Lost a Child in China Quake to Get £11,800 Payout
The Independent, July 28, 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/parents-who-lost-a-child-in-china-quake-to-get-16311800-payout-878703.html
Human Rights Defenders
Controversy over Retained Lawyers Report
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6884995.htm
Law
新修法律遭遗弃 律师不得见黄琦 (New Lawyer's Law Abandoned Lawyers Not Allowed to See Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-07282008133829.html
Olympics
Beijing Has Fulfilled Pledge - Greenpeace
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6884201.htm
綠色和平:京空氣僅2日達標 (Greenpeace: Beijing Air Quality Barely Reaches Goal for 2 Days)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080729/spb1.htm
China Rights 'Worsen with Games'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 29, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529453.stm
China Dissidents Hope Olympics Not Like Berlin Games
Reuters, July 28, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUKSP27351320080728
Olympic Cleanup Puts Some Beijing Residents Behind Walls
International Herald Tribune, July 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/28/asia/china.php
Girls Will Be Girls at the Beijing Olympics - Sex Tests Will Prove It
Times Online, July 29, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4419301.ece
北京奥运安保严防自杀式袭击及刺杀 (Olympic Security Takes Precautions against Suicide Attacks)
Xinhuanet, July 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-07/29/content_8830057.htm
Sauna Users Told to Reveal Identities
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6883783.htm
北京奥运日近 藏区形势趋紧 (As Beijing Games Get Closer Tibet Security Tightens)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07282008151330.html
昆明巴士再傳爆炸聲 (Sound of Kunming Bus Explosion Again)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080729/caa1.htm
Fury Vented at Great Firewall of China
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 28, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/reporters-vent-fury-at-great-firewall-of-china/2008/07/27/1217097058479.html
Protests and Petitions
上海三名拆迁访民被抓回 五十多人穿冤字背心抗议 (Three Shanghai Petitioners Detained Fifty People Protest Wearing 'Injustice' Shirts)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-07282008093434.html
Tibet
China Swipes at McCain Over Dalai Lama Meeting
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 29, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8R7rtB4yRRAO2yLlURjw407Am9Q