July 9, 2008

News
Disasters
Sichuan Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,197
Xinhuanet, July 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/08/content_8511125.htm

Environment
China Power Woes May Worsen before Olympics
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSPEK3710520080708

Human Rights
国际人权组织发起“释放中国八位良心犯”行动 (International Rights Groups Campaign for Release of 8 Chinese Prisoners of Conscience)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_humanrights-07082008120110.html

Human Rights Defenders
贵州公安扣留李树芬死亡真相民间调查小组 (Guizhou Police Detain Activists Who Investigated Weng'an Teen's Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_detain-07082008112507.html

Labor
Caseloads Surge as Labourers Air Gripes
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8dbc35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Drop in Coal Mine Deaths
Shanghai Daily, July 08, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080708/article_366066.htm

Law
逼供致人亡一审判无期 (Official Sentenced to Life after Torturing Suspect to Death during Interrogation)
The Beijing News, July 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/07-09/018@085354.htm

中国上万名人士再次呼吁废除劳教制度 (Over 15,000 Chinese Call for Abolition of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laojiao-07082008104755.html

Migrant Workers
Law Proposed to Help Migrants Sue for Back Pay
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f66c35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
10万反恐大军拱卫京奥 (100,000-Strong Anti-Terrorism Troops to Protect Beijing Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080709/caa1.htm

Bocog and CCTV Reaffirm Uncensored Coverage
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d7b35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&

京奥运临近 港新闻网解封 (China Unblocks Hong Kong News Websites -- Except "Apple Daily" -- ahead of Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080709/gdb1.htm

'Frugal Olympics' Have Become Anything But
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=450935a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Smog Tarnishes 'Gold Standard' for Olympics
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=95c544ef0c30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

'Anti-China Forces' Will Not Disrupt Olympics: Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080708/ts_afp/oly2008chnchinacountdownmedia_080708074205;_ylt=Agxyf7xYiMZI44_wkLh0Mt9PzWQA8074205;_ylt=Agxyf7xYiMZI44_wkLh0Mt9PzWQA
Beijing 'Failing Pollution Test'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7494656.stm

China Says Key Pollution Levels Down Slightly
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK19689120080708

China TV to Scrap Time Gap for Live Games Broadcast
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK3261520080708

FACTBOX: Fortress Beijing: Security Steps for the Olympics
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSP8896720080708

IOC Hails Beijing "Gold Standard"
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN0343734020080708

Related Information
HRIC Statement: Rights Crackdown Intensifies a Month before the Games
Human Rights in China, July 8, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/63047

Protests and Petitions
Beichuan Parents to Petition Beijing over 'Tofu' Schools
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=367c35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
甘孜理塘宣布在达赖喇嘛生日当天实行戒严 (Authorities in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Impose County-wide Curfew on Dalai Lama's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_human_rights-07082008122526.html

奥运前中国拘押千名西藏僧人 (Chinese Government Detains 1,000 Tibetans ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07082008172112.html