August 29, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Separatist Issues Strain Ties
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 28, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/separatist-issues-strain-ties/2008/08/28/1219516662986.html

Children
Senior Legislator Calls for More Cultural Facilities for Minors
Xinhuanet, August 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/28/content_9730190.htm

Human Rights Defenders
沈婷申请回乡证再被拒 拟状告广东公安厅 (Housing Rights Activist Shen Ting Sues Guangdong Public Security Office after Being Refused Return Home Permit)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shenting-08282008150540.html

深圳缪希科和镇江访民被软禁 (Shenzhen Dissident Miao Xike and Zhenjiang Petitioner Liu Chunfang under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08282008120114.html

Labor
9 Trapped as Illegal Coal Mine Collapses in N China
Xinhuanet, August 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/29/content_9733783.htm

Land Policy
Businessman Imprisoned for Land Grab
Shanghai Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371896

Law
Foreigners Involved in Traffic Accident Face New Rules
China Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/29/content_6979340.htm

Related information:
道路交通事故处理程序规定 (Provisions on the Procedures for Handling Traffic Accidents)
Ministry of Public Security, August 17, 2008
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803680/1528888.html

Macao
Beijing Turns off the Taps
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cfb52c73f790c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
China Muzzles Criticism of Hapless Olympic Soccer Team
International Herald Tribune, August 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/beijing.php

Migrant Workers
One in Six Kids Left at Home by Migrant Workers
China Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/29/content_6979282.htm

Multilateral
SCO Leaders Issue Declaration on Security, Energy
Xinhuanet, August 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/28/content_9731360.htm

Protests and Petitions
处理劳资问题不公 江苏上百人包围派出所 (100 Surround Jiangsu Police Substation Protesting Unfair Handling of Labor Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangsu-08282008095301.html

上海闵行区数名拆迁户家属试图赴京上访遭无理关押 (Shanghai Housing Rights Petitioners Jailed when Attempting to Travel to Beijing to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-08282008111008.html

Rural Issues
China Warns on Rural, Urban Income Gap: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 29, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gccd91vGCODDUbzQmWrkfJJu8KQw

Related news:
Farmers' Incomes up 10% in 1st Half
China Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/29/content_6979290.htm

Taiwan
China Rules out Taiwan Joining UN Agencies
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 28, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqDkzTMfMQaDe-lHmXgTQZ_b6bjw

Related information:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's Remarks on a Handful of Countries Having the So-called "Diplomatic Ties" with Taiwan Submitting a Taiwan-related Proposal
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 29, 2008
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/s2510/t469766.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Monks Still Held in Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/monks-08282008164711.html

XUAR
Two Chinese Police Killed in Renewed Xinjiang Violence
The Guardian, August 28, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/28/china1

August 28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
BOC Denies Terror Funding Link
Shanghai Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371753

Corruption
Chinese Auditors Find 117 Cases of Official Embezzlement
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/27/content_9724557.htm

Related news:
88 Arrested for Misuse of Public Funds
Shanghai Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371769

Disasters
Government Approves Three-Year Rebuilding Plan for Quake Zone
China Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/28/content_6976642.htm

No Answers for Parents of China Quake Dead
The Guardian (via Khaleej Times), August 28, 2008
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1649.xml

Sichuan Earthquake Orphans Fail to Find Home
The Telegraph, August 27, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2631163/Sichuan-earthquake-orphans-fail-to-find-home.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Dissidents Push for New Political Climate
USA Today, August 27, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-27-china_N.htm

Labor
20 Confirmed Dead in S China Chemical Plant Blast
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/27/content_9724017.htm

China Coal Deaths Prompt New Rules
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/china-coal-08272008152803.html

Foreman Arrested on Slavery Charge
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371731

Land Policy
江苏失地农民维权三代表已被拘留多天 (Three Representatives of Jiangsu Villagers in Land Dispute Locked up by Police for Several Days)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-08272008114901.html

Olympics
China Conservation Efforts Aid Aquifer Levels
Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121986665108677159.html

Related news:
Millions Forfeit Water to Olympic Games
The Sunday Times, August 24, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4597006.ece

Population
4 Population Zones Planned
China Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/28/content_6977347.htm

Social Security
Chinese Defend Accused Police Killer
Associated Press (via Google), August 27, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvhjshg0LQ4BB9Z9rPYtkBNjuIpgD92QORS80

Tibet
Dalai Lama, Citing Exhaustion, Cancels Trips
New York Times, August 28, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28tibet.html

Past Presents Problems for Tibet
Asia Times Online, August 28, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JH28Ad01.html

Tibetans to Resume Protests in Nepal
Financial Times, August 27, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3830f4aa-7454-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.html

XUAR
Security Stepped up in Xinjiang for National Day
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f4bf122ea40c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

August 27, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Hu Shigen (胡石根)
Dissident Released after 16 Years in Jail in China
Associated Press (via Google), August 27, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAedSxUxFNPR3R9UM6axlzAsPWBwD92QDS380

Veteran democracy activist Hu Shigen (胡石根) was released from prison on August 26. He was sentenced in 1994 to twenty years for “carrying out counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement” and “organizing a counterrevolutionary group” and had served sixteen years of the sentence. He still remains subject to five years of deprivation of political rights.

Related information:
Imprisoned Democracy Activist Hu Shigen Released
Human Rights in China, August 26, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/75710

News
Bilateral Ties
China Expresses Dissatisfaction with U.S. Human Rights Remarks
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9717629.htm

Corruption
Corrupt Official Sentenced to Death
Shanghai Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371619

Disasters
Two Thousand Evacuated after Quake in Tibet
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9718215.htm

Education
China Eliminates Fees for Urban Primary Students
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/27/content_9721813.htm

Human Rights Defender
泛蓝浙江成员魏桢陵被判劳教 (Zhejiang Pan-Blue Alliance Member Wei Zhenling Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor on Charges of "Gambling and Soliciting Prostitutes")
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-08262008092751.html

Labor
16 Killed as Blasts Rip Chemical Plant
Shanghai Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371632

Related news:
No Pollution after Fatal Chemical Plant Blast in South China
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/27/content_9721867.htm

Media
境外新聞網 京奧後可瀏覽 (Non-Mainland News Sites Accessible following Olympics)
Ming Pao, August 27, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080827/ccc1.htm

Migrant Workers
Free Schooling for Migrant Kids
China Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/27/content_6973558.htm

Military
Two Elite PLA Units Begin 'Sharpening 2008' Drill
South China Morning Post, August 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d16f4fc34fffb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
Top Political Advisory Body Holds Meeting to Discuss Development
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9717960.htm

Protests and Petitions
南通维权人士在法院被绑架 访民被关精神病院 (Jiangsu Rights Defender Taken from Court by Three Unidentified Men in July Remains Missing)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nantong-08262008093437.html

上海访民不知去向 (Five Shanghai Petitioners Whereabouts Unknown Following Petitioning Trip to Beijing, Another Disappeared En Route)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08262008172555.html

Rural Issues
Rural Loan Scheme Gives Credit Where Due in NW China
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/26/content_9715587.htm

State Security
Security Upgraded on Beijing Bus Route
China Daily, August 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/27/content_6973312.htm

Taiwan
FM Urges China's Goodwill on U.N. Bid
Channel News Asia (via China Post), August 27, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign%20affairs/2008/08/27/171962/FM%2Durges.htm

August 26, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
U.S. Says China Missed Rights Opportunity at Olympics
Reuters, August 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2552443120080826

Corruption
Corrupt Officials' Lovers Could Also Be Tried
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969559.htm

Disasters
Strong Earthquake Rocks Tibet, No Casualties Yet
Xinhuanet, August 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/25/content_9709622.htm

Environment
'Green' Law Likely from Next Year
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6970969.htm

Food Security
Food Safety Law Debate Goes on
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969573.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江女访民刘杰在劳教所被施酷刑 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Liu Jie Undergoes Cruel Torture in Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_petition_abuse-08252008112417.html

Related news:
Rights Group Demands China Stop Torturing Jailed Activist
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Monsters and Critics), August 22, 2008
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1426155.php/Rights_group_demands_China_stop_torturing_jailed_activist

Human Rights Defender - Wang Dalin (汪达林)
武汉异见人士汪达林已被秘密关押一个多月 (Wuhan Dissident Wang Dalin Secretly Held by Police for Over 1 Month)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-08252008114842.html

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Detained Chinese Activist Returns to Beijing
Associated Press (via Google), August 26, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGtTrBpkUffPzYAENMTtc8HAqaBgD92PQGDO0

Related news:
China: Zeng Jinyan Resurfaces with News of Visit to Hu Jia
Global Voices Advocacy, August 25, 2008
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/25/china-zeng-jinyan-resurfaces-with-news-of-visit-to-hu-jia/

Human Rights Defenders
西安公安警告维权律师张鉴康小心言论 (Xi'an Police Threaten Rights Defense Lawyer Zhang Jiankang)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-08252008113006.html

Labor
广西宜州广维化工公司爆炸造成4死44伤 (4 Casualties, 44 Injured in Guangxi Chemical Plant Blast)
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-08/26/content_9712807.htm

Law
Draft Amendment Seeks Better Privacy Protection
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969594.htm

Olympics
China's Gold Medals Came at a High Price
Los Angeles Times, August 26, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hardship26-2008aug26,0,1954742.story

Internet Access Falls Short but Games Force Improvement: Rogge
The Australian, August 25, 2008
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24236377-15306,00.html

IOC Urged to Consider Human Rights in Future
CNSNews.com, August 25, 2008
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=34520

Traffic Restrictions in Beijing Lifted
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969685.htm

Protests and Petitions
Freed U.S. Protesters Say They Were Interrogated in China
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), August 25, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/25/europe/protest.php

港商申请示威被拒绝 软禁后被强迫搭机返港 (Hong Kong Businessmen Put under House Arrest, then Forced to Return to Hong Kong following Beijing Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Hongkong-08252008104119.html

上海访民走投无路 天安门试图跳河自杀 (Shanghai Petitioner Wen Meiyong Tries to Commit Suicide outside Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08252008162319.html

Religion
China Detains Underground Catholic Bishop: Report
Associated Press (via Google), August 25, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxXcCoUaakbXjO7s6S0utTWHg3IgD92PF5JG0

Tibet
Restive, Remote Tibetan Region under Military Lockdown
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 25, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gn8YKvCMM1eC1e-G1d1ru4fSjQRQ

Tibet’s Most Famous Woman Blogger, Woeser, Detained by Police
Times Online, August 26, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4607454.ece

August 23-25, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Brown Urges More China Freedoms
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7576057.stm

Corruption
Airline Officials Punished for Embezzlement
China Daily, August 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/24/content_6965604.htm

安徽高官受賄187萬判刑13年 (High-Ranking Anhui Official Sentenced 13 Years for Accepting 1.9 mil Yuan in Bribes)
Ming Pao, August 25, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080825/cce1.htm

Disasters
UN Raises $15 Mln from Int'l Community to Aid China Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/22/content_9631966.htm

Environment
China Damned over Floods
Asia Times Online, August 23, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/JH23Ae02.html

Labor
26 Miners Confirmed Dead in China Colliery Gas Explosion
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/22/content_6962474.htm

Law
Lawmakers Discuss Criminal Law Amendments
China Daily, August 25, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/25/content_6968068.htm

Media
Foreign Media Are Biased on Tibet Says Games Organiser
Reuters, August 22, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK23878220080822

Olympics
China Blocks Wang Dan from HK Visit during Olympics
Reuters, August 23, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINHKG34048920080823

Related news:
Visa Refusal Makes Mockery of Vow to Be More Open, Says Exile
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc8290b9410fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China's 'Socialist Family' Sacrifices
Washington Post, August 22, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202696.html

Final Seal: A Vote of Confidence from IOC
Shanghai Daily, August 25, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371386

Free Speech Still a Top Issue on Last Day of Olympics
Voice of America, August 24, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-24-voa3.cfm

Related information:
2008 Beijing Olympics: The Price of National Glorification
Human Rights in China, August 24, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/74975

Practitioner of Falun Gong Denied Entry
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=368c03d3515fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protest and Petitioners
'One Thing Is Clear: You Cannot Protest Legally in China'
Chicago Tribune, August 23, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-letter-china_osnosaug24,0,5561831.story

China Deports 10 Pro-Tibet Activists
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Earth Times), August 25, 2008
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227814,china-deports-10-pro-tibet-activists.html

Grannies Vow to Fight on after Punishment for Olympic Protests
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 23, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gG4zGF4ey2Sp28UDcxcfbkbNxkoA

港商在中南海新华门请愿被公安带走下落不明 (Whereabouts of Hong Kong Businessmen Detained after Beijing Protest Remains Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hongkong-08222008100135.html

Religion
Falun Gong Says Two Members Die in Chinese Custody
Reuters (via Stuff.co.nz), August 24, 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4667134a12.html

State Security
Suspect Held after Bomb on Bus Detonated in Controlled Explosion
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=059303d3515fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Promises Funds for Tibet
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=33e303d3515fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Officials Deny Clash in Tibetan Town
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d49b438b36beb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
3 Photos Emerge of Attack in Western China
International Herald Tribune, August 24, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/24/asia/xinjiang.php

August 22, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender
因输血染艾滋的上访人士王小巧被判刑 (AIDS Activist Wang Xiaoqiao Sentenced to One Year in Prison on Extortion Charges)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangxiaoqiao-08212008090033.html

Wang Xiaoqiao (王小巧), a Henan-based AIDS activist, was sentenced to one year in prison on August 20. She was charged with extortion on the basis of a private agreement for 4800 yuan compensation between the owner of a polluting brick kiln near her farm. Wang's lawyer, Chang (常), has already raised an appeal and states that he believes the basis of the case to be a civil infringement, not criminal. In 1996, Wang's husband contracted HIV through a tainted blood infusion; he did not learn that he was infected for seven years. Wang was detained by police while was petitioning in Zhengzhou, Henan on November 27, 2007, shortly before World AIDS Day (December 1).


News
Corruption
Officials' Overseas Trips to Face Tighter Scrutiny
China Daily, August 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/22/content_6959423.htm

Disasters
Earthquake Kills 3 in Yunnan
Shanghai Daily, August 22, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371153

Labor
浙江塌鐵路橋2死2傷 (2 Workers Dead, Another Two Injured in Zhejiang Railway Collapse)
Ming Pao, August 22, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080822/cag1.htm

Media
Olympics No Fast Track to Media Freedom in China
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2342221.htm

《维权中国》网再因刊登敏感文章而遭无限期通知关闭 ("Human Rights China" [www.315wqchina.com] Site Again Closed Indefinitely for Publishing "Sensitive" Article)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-08212008090349.html

Migrant Workers
中国每年有一千万人口从农村转移到城市 (10 Million People Move from Countryside to Cities in China Each Year)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/labor-08212008110449.html

Olympics
Olympic Probe over Gymnasts' Ages
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7575929.stm

Experts Debate Legacy of Beijing Olympics
Voice of America, August 21, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-21-voa36.cfm

Games Not a Winner for Hotels, Tourism
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=68fb405b795eb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Police Sentence 6 Foreigners to 10 Days Detention
Voice of America, August 21, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-21-voa65.cfm

HK Business Group Detained after Rally
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=27ade60f136eb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Petitioners Struggle to Stay out of Sight after Going to Beijing to Be Heard
Globe and Mail, August 21, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080821.wolympetitioners21/BNStory/Front

Religion
Foreign Missionaries Defy Ban during Olympics
Associated Press (via Google), August 21, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ja-R0Ux5dua90x8bStw8LCQsUC9QD92MQP580

State Security
Three Try to Break into Military Airport
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=492ee60f136eb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Troops Fire on Rally in Tibet, Says Dalai Lama
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=fbcde60f136eb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Confusion over Tibetan Shooting Claims
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 22, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/stories/200808/s2343412.htm

Dalai Lama’s Words Misinterpreted, There Was No Massacre, Says Tibetan Leader
AsiaNews, August 21, 2008
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13032

XUAR
新疆喀什超过百名维吾尔人被拘 (Over 100 Uyghurs Arrested in Kashgar since August Unrest)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-08212008163939.html

August 21, 2008

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
Two Women Sentenced to ‘Re-education’ in China
New York Times, August 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/sports/olympics/21protest.html
Two elderly petitioners, Wu Dianyuan (吴殿元), 79, and Wang Xiuying (王秀英), 77, have been sentenced to Re-education-Through-Labor after applying several times to demonstrate in the official "protest zones" during the Olympics. The women were applying to protest against insufficient compensation after being forcibly evicted and relocated from their homes in 2001. They were told of their sentence on Monday, August 18, when they went to the police station to inquire on their protest applications. Authorities have yet to sanction a single protest during the Olympics.

Related information:
Two Beijing Residents Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor After Applying for Permits to Demonstrate in Olympics "Protest Zones"
Human Rights in China, August 19, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/72405

News
Bilateral Ties
French Politicians Urged Not to Damage China-France Relations
China Daily, August 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/21/content_6955914.htm

Related news:
French Rights Minister to Meet Dalai Lama
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 20, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gp7JGavi074HXg23qIjHBRfWfCBg

UK's Brown to Raise Human Rights with China
Reuters, August 20, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLK40835620080820

Children
Fewer Kids Available for Adoption by Foreigners
China Daily, August 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/20/content_6952813.htm

Environment
Call for Reform of Energy Pricing
China Daily, August 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/21/content_6956638.htm

China to Regulate Recycling of Electronic Waste
Xinhuanet, August 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/21/content_9562603.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing Will Use Gold Medalists in Hong Kong Election
International Herald Tribune, August 20, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/asia/hong.php

Labor
Dozens Taken to Hospital after China Gas Leak
Reuters, August 20, 2008
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK42540.htm

Olympics
As Olympics near End, Human Rights Groups Slam Lack of Pressure on China
Associated Press (via News Day), August 20, 2008
http://www.newsday.com/sports/nationworld/sns-ap-oly-human-rights,0,4912304.story

China's Internet Chiefs Ban Names of the Games
Xinhuanet, August 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/20/content_9535178.htm

IOC Says Wants to See Beijing Protest Parks Used
Reuters, August 20, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-35094520080820

Media Frustration Builds during Olympic Games
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 20, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2341868.htm

Related information:
Ninth IOC/BOCOG Press Conference
IOC/BOCOG, August 20, 2008
http://en.beijing2008.cn/live/pressconference/mpc/n214565643.shtml

More Americans Held as China Steps up Scrutiny
Reuters, August 20, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK2795320080820

Olympic Dream Leads to Greener Lifestyle
China Daily, August 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/21/content_6955827.htm

Opera during Olympics Will Showcase Relations between China and Tibet
Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-olytibet20-2008aug20,0,5545432.story

Politics
Mao's Successor Hua Guofeng Dies
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7572298.stm

Protests and Petitions
iTunes Blocked in China after Protest Stunt
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 21, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/off-the-field/tibet-tunes-i-dont-think-so/2008/08/20/1218911831534.html

Olympic Petitioner's Story
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/women/olympic-08202008214120.html

Related news:
RFA独家：本台记者走访奥运示威区：一名请愿者向记者哭诉冤情（视频） (RFA Exclusive Interview with Petitioner who Tells of Injustice (with Video))
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-08202008163324.html

奥运期间许多教会人士和访民受打压控制 (Petitioners and House Church Practitioners under Harassment and Control during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/church-08202008093957.html

上海访民许正清为被打压的访民呼吁 (Shanghai Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Issues Public Appeals Calling for Support and Attention to Pressure on Petitioners during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuzhengqing-08202008093840.html

Religion
Beijing Bishop Urges Pope to Visit China
Associated Press (via Google), August 20, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h4low64OvnoS4hKG-Cq9_Joi0BtAD92M7TTO0

State Security
Probe on E-mail Hacking
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=31836c44cb0eb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

August 20, 2008

News
Disasters
5.0-Magnitude Quake Hits Yunnan, China
Xinhuanet, August 20, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/20/content_9529964.htm

County Reopens to Honor Quake Victims
Shanghai Daily, August 20, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370938

China's Quake-hit Sichuan to Invest 11.6 Bln Dollars to Restore Tourism
Xinhua (via China.org.cn), August 19, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/19/content_9511194.htm

Labor
17 Perish, 12 Injured in Coal Mine Cave-ins
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), August 20, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370918

Law
解开行政官司怪圈 "协调解决模式"使民告官不再困难 ("Resolution-through-Mediation Mode" Makes Litigation Against Official Easier)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-08/20/content_927865.htm

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Facing Job Losses in Shenzhen
China Daily, August 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/20/content_6952004.htm

Olympics
北京承认用“假观众”填充看台 (Beijing Admits to Using "Fake Fans" to Fill the Stands)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/audience-08192008103126.html

China Jumps Olympics Air Hurdle
BBC, August 19, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7569876.stm

北京汽车爆炸20伤 当局封锁消息 (Twenty Wounded in Truck Explosion in Beijing; Authorities Block the News)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing_bombing-08192008100145.html

奥运期间中国维族飞行员被勒令禁止飞行 (Uighur Pilots Suspended from Duty during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur-08192008110925.html?encoding=simplified

Protests and Petitions
6 American Pro-Tibet Activists Detained in Beijing Tuesday
Voice of America, August 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-19-voa69.cfm

5港商进京申请奥运示威区示威被拒 (Five Hong Kong Businessmen's Application to Protest in Beijing Parks Refused)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-08192008083901.html

湖北潜江民教代表再次前往教育局上访 (Hubei Teachers Representatives Again Petition the Education Bureau on Violations of Policy towards Non-Government-Funded Teachers
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qianjiang-08192008103516.html

In Beijing, a Permit to Protest Only After Games End
Washington Post, August 19, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081800480_pf.htmldyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081800480_pf.html
IOC Breaks Ranks with Hosts over Protests
Financial Times, August 19, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb489f4a-6e0b-11dd-b5df-0000779fd18c.html

上访人士受监控仍以各种方式发声（视频）(Petitioners Use Varied Methods to Get Word out Despite Coming under Official Control)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-08192008165824.html

Public Health
Modern China's Changing State of Mind
Shanghai Daily, August 20, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370783

Society
China's Dueling National Identities
Asia Times Online, August 20, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JH20Ad01.html

State Security
Fighting Terrorism Over the Long Haul
Caijing Magazine, August 19, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080819/77365.shtml

August 19, 2008

Top News
Protests and Petitions
77 Applications, No Protests at Beijing Games
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/19/content_6948065.htm

According to a Public Security Bureau spokesperson, Beijing authorities have received 77 applications for protests. Of those, 74 were withdrawn voluntarily “after amicable settlements between the parties and authorities,” two were suspended, and one was denied due to violating the Law on Assembly, Demonstration, and Protest. Authorities have established three protest parks during the Olympics – Zizhuyuan Park, Ritan Park, and World Park. They have yet to host officially-sanctioned protesters.

Related news:
北京市公安局负责人就申请集会游行示威问题答问 (Beijing Public Security Bureau
Official Responds to Questions on Protest Applications)
Xinhuanet, August 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-08/18/content_9469687.htm

奥运游行申请人否认自行撤回申请 (Applicants for Olympic Park Protests Deny Voluntarily Withdrawing Applications)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/youxing-08182008112649.html

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Attention on Olympics, Dissident Goes Missing in China
ABC News, August 18, 2008
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5603830

Beijing-based rights defender Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕) and her daughter have still not been in contact with their family, friends, or lawyer since their disappearance on August 7 according to Zeng's lawyer, Li Fangping (李方平). Li suspects that she and her daughter have been removed from Beijing by the police until the end of the Olympic period. Zeng Jinyan is married to prominent HIV/AIDS activist Hu Jia (胡佳). Hu was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” in April 2008; he is currently serving his sentence of three and a half years.

News
Corruption
最高检检察长曹建明：推进惩治和预防腐败体系建设 (Procurator-General Cao Jianming: Establish a System to Promote the Punishment and Prevention of Corruption)
Legal Daily, August 18, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-08/18/content_926541.htm

Related information:
建立健全惩治和预防腐败体系2008-2012年工作规划 (2008-2012 Work Plan to Establish a System to Strength the Punishment and Prevention of Corruption)
Xinhuanet, June 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-06/22/content_8417974.htm

Disasters
Quake Victims in China Rally From Painful Losses
New York Times, August 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/asia/19quake.html

四川死者家属抗议遭驱逐 地震三月停救济捐助未到灾民手 (Emergency Relief Halted Three Months after Quake; Funds Seemingly Have Not Reached Affected Families)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dizhen-08182008123523.html

Food Security
Latest Serving of Food Safety Law Ready for Review
China Daily, August 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/19/content_6948062.htm

Labor
Two Dead, 23 Trapped in China Coal Mine Blast: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 19, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jqeFACbJMSs_h1n0cA-vl9RT4vww

Land Policy
China to Launch Controversial Maglev Extension in 2010
Agence France-Presse (via Google) , August 18, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqAfhOzHvrCCKkVe2B_kti5TqAxA

土地违法问责制正式启动 国土资源部：宣传重点是政府 (Land Violations Accountability System Officially Launched)
Legal Daily, August 19, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-08/19/content_926736.htm

Olympics
Olympic Terror Clampdown Targets Beijing Uighurs after Attacks
Bloomberg, August 18, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aP4aHyvKMYWg

游客超1.8万前门将禁入 (Olympics Security: No One Allowed to Enter Qianmen Avenue if Crowd Exceeds 180K)
The Beijing News, August 18, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/08-18/008@020520.htm

Politics
China's Top Legislature Starts Five-Day Session on Aug. 25
Xinhuanet, August 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/18/content_9475585.htm

Protests and Petitions
Demonstrator Tells of 9-Hour Interrogation
Boston Globe, August 18, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/08/18/demonstrator_tells_of_9_hour_interrogation/

US Christian Group Leaves Chinese Airport After Standoff
Voice of America, August 19, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4555116.ece

Would-Be Protesters Detained in China
New York Times, August 19, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19protest.html

数千名黑龙江拆迁户包围信访办专车 (Thousands of Heilongjiang Evictees Surround Petitioning Office Vehicle)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_clash-08182008111236.html

武汉教师因拒绝承诺不上访被扣押逾月 (Wuhan Teacher Detained for over a Month for Refusing to Promise to Not Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_abuse-08182008122326.html

Taiwan
Taiwan's U.N. Bid Called 'Thoughtless'
China Post, August 19, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/int'l%20%20community/2008/08/19/170717/Taiwan%27s%2DU%2EN%2E.htm

XUAR
Pilots from Rebel Uighur Region Grounded over Chinese Terror Fears
Times Online, August 18, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4552992.ece

The 'Hanification' of Xinjiang
Asia Times Online, August 18, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JH19Ad02.html

August 16-18, 2008

News
Civil Society
Olympics Leaves Positive Legacies for Some Groups
International Herald Tribune, August 16, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/16/asia/AS-OLY-China-Positive-Legacies.php

Corruption
Graft Case Exposes How Schools Spend 'Patronage Fees'
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03dae399b91db110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=

Official Jailed
Shanghai Daily, August 17, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370653

Disasters
Post-quake Rebuilding Draft Put Online
China Daily, August 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/17/content_6943316.htm

Related information:
国家汶川地震灾后恢复重建总体规划（公开征求意见稿） (The State Overall Planning
for the Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Restoration and Reconstruction(Public Opinion
Soliciting Draft))
National Development and Reform Commission, August 12, 2008
http://en.ndrc.gov.cn/newsrelease/t20080815_231137.htm (English)
http://www.ndrc.gov.cn/yjzx/yjzx_add_jb.jsp?SiteId=34 (Chinese)

当局以奥运为由阻地震遇难家属进京上访 (Authorities Prevent Parents whose Children Died in Quake from Petitioning in Beijing due to Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/earthquake-08152008115334.html

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士表示离京避免被抓 (Beijing Rights Defenders Leave Beijing to Avoid Being Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-08152008214717.html

Labor
Death Toll in China Shoe Workshop Fire Rises to Six
Xinhuanet, August 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/16/content_9382142.htm

More Workers Get Legal Aid
China Daily, August 16, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/16/content_6941361.htm

Media
China Will Remain Open to Media After the Games
China Daily, August 17, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/17/content_6942683.htm

Olympics
China’s Iron Olympic Grip Starts to Slip
Times Online, August 17, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/china/article4547323.ece

Beijing Olympics: Organisers Change Draconian Security Arrangements
Telegraph.co.uk, August 16, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2569591/Beijing-Olympics-Organisers-change-draconian-security-arrangements.html

Dalai Lama: China Mistreating Tibetans During Games
Reuters, August 16, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLG68555620080816
Tibetan-born Reporter Still in HK After Failing to Get Accreditation
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d9f218c8c6cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

UN Envoy Laments Ticketing Problems
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5dbf218c8c6cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Empty seats are a mystery at Beijing Olympics
Los Angeles Times, August 17, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-seats17-2008aug17,0,374961.story

奥运网络政策内外有别 公民记者行动受限 (Chinese Authorities Relax Access to Foreign Websites as They Restrict Access to Domestic Websites)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Internet-08152008165207.html

Protests and Petitions
山东九十岁高龄老人率全家申请到京静坐示威 (Shandong Elders Apply to Demonstrate in Beijing's Protest Parks)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangdong-08152008104316.html

上海访民：开个奥运会 我们就失去自由 (We've Lost our Freedom Since the Opening of the Olympics - Shanghai Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-08152008115432.html

Religion
One-child Policy Will Cause Shortage of Priests, Warns Beijing Diocese Official
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e6de399b91db110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Confiscates Bibles from American Christians
International Herald Tribune, August 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/17/news/China-Bibles-Confiscated.php

Society
Chinese Officials Defend Dealings with Tibetans, Uighur Muslims
Voice of America, August 16, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-16-voa20.cfm

Ethnic Unity in China, with the Han on Top
agence France-Presse (available at Google News) , August 16, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5glvG0F-5krFX-55GFd81dFpoig2A

State Security
Official: Fighting Terrorism Won't Affect Ethnic Relations in China
Xinhuanet, August 16, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/16/content_9389905.htm

Taiwan
Taipei Launches Bid to Join UN Agencies
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=81837d67f47cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tibet
甘孜六名僧侣在拉萨失踪五个月 (Size Garze Monks Missing from Lhasa for Five Months)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gan-08172008184225.html

热点：藏族女作家唯色被拒发护照 (Renown Tibetan Writer Woeser Refused Passport)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/features/hottopic/tibetan_author-08152008125350.html

XUAR
Distant Thunder: Separatism Stirs on China’s Forgotten Frontier
Financial Times, August 17, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26082e82-6c7b-11dd-96dc-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1

August 15, 2008

Top News
Protests and Petitions
Olympic Games: Climbers Held over Tibet Banner Protest in Beijing
The Guardian, August 15, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/15/china.tibet

Early in the morning on August 15, two foreign activists climbed the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing and unfurled a banner reading “Free Tibet” in Chinese and English. Three additional foreign activists stood below to ensure the climbers’ safety. The five, all a part of Students for a Free Tibet, were arrested approximately 30 minutes after security officials first saw the climbers.

News
Bilateral Ties
US Officials under Fire after HK-Born Man Dies in Custody
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2281e66ec12cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands
New York Times, August 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/nyregion/13detain.html

Death Penalty
Former Land Chief Gets Death Penalty for Bribes
Shanghai Daily, August 15, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370430

Disasters
China Quake Work to Cost $150bn
BBC, August 14, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7561446.stm

Land Policy
Policy Thrust on Saving Arable Land
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-08/14/content_6933781.htm

Law
司法部发布修订后的《国家司法考试实施办法》 (Ministry of Justice Releases Revised "Implementation Measures for the National Judicial Examination")
Legal Daily (via Xinhuanet), August 15, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/legal/2008-08/15/content_9329272.htm

Olympics
Across China's Countryside, 'Just Too Busy' for Olympics
Washington Post, August 15, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403169.html

Beijing Hospitals Lock Psychiatric Wards
Financial Times, August 14, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aaacd302-6a2a-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c.html

China's Choreographed Detentions
Washington Post, August 15, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403430.html

Chinese Children in Ethnic Costume Came from Han Majority
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121866988423738751.html

On the Defensive, China Lashes Out at Critics
Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2008
http://www.wsj.com/article/SB121868920013240079.html

Related information:
IOC: China Should Not Prevent Media from Reporting
Associated Press (via Google), August 14, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3OMvEA_ehIHkQwvUsKHCWZ5QzIAD92I1TI80

Sixth IOC/BOCOG Press Conference
IOC/BOGOC, August 14, 2008
http://en.beijing2008.cn/live/pressconference/mpc/n214539774.shtml

Two Killed, Four Injured in Collision of Van and Olympic Bus
Xinhuanet, August 14, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/14/content_9297220.htm

京訂採訪八不干預 針對境外記者 公安局修訂指引 (Beijing Police Tighten Guidelines for Non-Mainland Reporters, Set "Eight Don't Interferes")
Ming Pao, August 14, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080814/gna1.htm

Politics
Green Axe Hangs over Local Officials
China Daily, August 15, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/15/content_6937169.htm

Protests and Petitions
In Beijing, Do Splashy Protests Pay Dividends?
Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rights14-2008aug14,0,4269176.story

上海访民在北京被押回看管 (Shanghai Petitioners Escorted Home from Beijing; Petitioner Shen Peilan Remains Missing)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-08142008092510.html

State-owned Enterprises
Chinese Gov't Denies Whopping Salary Rumor for SOE Heads
Xinhuanet, August 14, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/14/content_9320679.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan to Accept "Unification" Pandas from China
Reuters, August 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP79047

Tibet
Hundreds Held as Tibet Exiles, Nepal Police Clash
Reuters, August 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDEL29625920080814

XUAR
China Warns of "Life and Death" Battle with Terror
Reuters, August 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK5443320080814

Related news:
Attacks Possibly Linked to Terror Groups
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=942b882445fbb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Crackdown on Xinjiang Mosques, Religion
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/directive-08142008114700.html

August 14, 2008

News
Corruption
Suicide of Probed Food Regulator Reported
Caijing Magazine, August 13, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080813/77204.shtml

Related news:
Official: China Food Regulator's Death Accidental
Associated Press (via Google), August 13, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-VIKxPFYtBgPdveLpUmDIhCPyxgD92HDID00

Disasters
Quake Not Linked to Dam Works
Shanghai Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370336

Torrential Rain Leaves 40 Dead in Yunnan
Shanghai Daily, August 13, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200808/20080813/article_370276.htm

Environment
China Targets High-Emission Cars with Consumption-Tax Increase
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865440841037759.html

Olympics Delay Energy Reforms
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/olympic-energy-reforms-08132008164011.html

Media
ITN to Protest to Chinese Authorities over Detention of Journalist
The Guardian, August 13, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/13/olympics2008.olympicsandthemedia

Obstruction of Media Trio Concerns Ministry
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11bb379900dbb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
2008年8月13日外交部发言人秦刚举行例行记者会 (Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's Regular Press Conference on August 13, 2008)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 13, 2008
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/xwfw/fyrth/t465510.htm

Olympics
Beijing to Keep Low Fares on Bus, Subway - Official
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/14/content_6933712.htm

China Not Rattled by Age Questions
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/idUSPEK30668820080813

Environment-Friendly Olympic Village Granted LEED Gold Award
Xinhuanet, August 13, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/13/content_9268467.htm

Olympics No Threat to Water in Beijing
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 14, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370355

北京奥运安保部门首次报告鼓楼凶案调查结果 (Beijing Police Release Official Report on Murder of US Tourist at Drum Tower)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-08132008145325.html

鸟巢外示威被拘 北京再封海外网站 (Some Foreign Websites Again Blocked following Free Tibet Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-08132008090229.html

香港拒绝海外民运分子张小刚入境 (Hong Kong Refuses Entry to Federation for a Democratic China's Zhang Xiaogang)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hongkong_entry-08132008115310.html

Related news:
Chinese Activists "Barred" from Hong Kong
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK34456120080806

Protests and Petitions
32名临沂百姓申请北京示威区游行被拒 (Application to Demonstrate in Beijing Protest Zone Refused for 32 Resettled People from Linyi, Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shiwei-08132008090527.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Blasts China on Paris Visit
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865435380337755.html

Related news:
Dalai Lama Fears Chinese Push in Tibet after Games
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKLD71520820080813

India Curbs Tibetan Activist-Writer
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/activist-08132008115834.html

Tibet
Central Govt to Pump $5.5 Billion into Tibet
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/14/content_6933692.htm

XUAR
China Steps Up Scrutiny of a Minority in Beijing
New York Times, August 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/sports/olympics/14uighur.html

喀什再遇袭官方严防限采访　居民称维族政治受压　 (Media Prohibited in Kashgar; Residents Say Uyghurs Coming under Increasing Pressure from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kasgar-08132008124254.html

August 13, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
多名与六四相关人士遭当局监控或被要求离开北京 (Beijing Activists Told to Leave Beijing and Undergo Surveillance by Authorities before and during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-08122008093332.html
In the weeks before the Olympics, many rights defenders and activists were asked by authorities to leave Beijing; others came under surveillance by authorities. Tiananmen Mothers' Zhang Xianling (张先玲) reports to RFA that she has been under "loose surveillance" by authorities since July 29, and that fellow Tiananmen Mother Ding Zilin (丁子霖) and her husband were "invited" to travel outside Beijing by authorities on August 1. Additionally, democracy activist Jiang Qisheng (江棋生) reports that he was also told to leave Beijing before the Opening Ceremonies, but he refused. Since August 7, he has been under surveillance.

News
Corruption
涉嫌贪污受贿1700余万元 安徽商务厅原副厅长蔡文龙被诉 (Former Anhui Commercial Bureau Official Suspected of Involvement in Corruption Scandal; Bribes Total over 1.7 bil Yuan)
Legal Daily, August 12, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-08/12/content_922280.htm

Disasters
Bus Accident Kills 24 in NW China's Xinjiang
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 13, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/13/content_6930941.htm

China Moves to Retrieve Disaster Relief Items for Emergency Store
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/12/content_9217347.htm

Related information:
救灾物资回收管理暂行办法 (Provisional Measures for the Management
of the Return of Disaster Relief Items)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, August 11, 2008
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/fvfg/jzjj/200808/20080800019249.shtml

China Solicits Advice for Post-Quake Reconstruction Outline
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9230802.htm

Related information:
国家汶川地震灾后恢复重建总体规划（公开征求意见稿） National Master Recovery Plan Following the Wenchuan Earthquake (Draft for Public Input)
August 12, 2008
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2008-08/12/content_1070554.htm

China Withdraws More Soldiers from Quake-Hit Zone
Xinhuanet, August 13, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/13/content_9260484.htm

Ten Million Quake Survivors Move into Prefabs
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9225935.htm

Environment
粵踢爆空氣優良內幕 灰霾天增加 官認指數未計粒子 (China's Current "Air Pollution Index" Does not Include Particulate Matter; Guangdong Committed to Reevaluate Standards)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080813/cca1h.htm

Labor
Three Dead, Two Missing in Iron Ore Mine Collapse
China Daily, August 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/12/content_6929888.htm

Olympics
Armoured Cars on Streets of Beijing as Terrorism Fears Grow
The Daily Mail, August 12, 2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043778/Armoured-cars-streets-Beijing-terrorism-fears-grow.html

Beijing Parks Pump up Security Checks
Shanghai Daily, August 13, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370255

开幕式108吨垃圾 90吨可利用 (108 Tons of Waste Produced on Opening Day of Olympics in Olympics Zone)
The Beijing News, August 13, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/08-13/008@023738.htm

Performer who Fell in Rehearsal Paralysed
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=891c7cd90e7bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Security Keeps Public away from Olympic Sponsors
The Seattle Times, August 12, 2008
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008107662_apchinalonelysponsors.html

Protests and Petitions
American Protesters Taken away in Beijing
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSHKG20199620080813

Related news:
Activists Held over Games Protest
BBC, August 13, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7557771.stm

British Journalist 'Roughed up' by Chinese Police at Free Tibet Protest
The Telegraph, August 13, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2550169/Beijing-Olympics-British-journalist-roughed-up-by-Chinese-police-at-Free-Tibet-protest.html

Group: Police Detain Would-Be Olympics Protester
Associated Press (via Google), August 13, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gl3910JlgH5mrH6L1yqP183Oc10gD92H582O0

Rural Issues
China Channels 8.64 bln Yuan to Offer Free Textbooks for Rural Students
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9237241.htm

State Security
French Authorities Probe Air China Threat Letter
Reuters, August 12, 2008
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCALC49699320080812

Tibet
北京开奥运 藏人遭禁足 (Tibetans' Movement Limited during the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan-08122008093132.html

XUAR
China Detains Uyghurs amid Attacks
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/xinjiang-08122008134516.html

'Zealots Spare Public to Boost Cause'
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=31cc7cd90e7bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

August 12, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Detained Chinese Activist Says He Escaped
Associated Press (via Google), August 12, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gl3910JlgH5mrH6L1yqP183Oc10gD92GINJ80

Hua Huiqi (华惠棋), a Beijing-based house church activist, issued a letter stating that he has escaped from the police who were watching over him and is in hiding. Hua was detained on August 10 en route to a church service attended by U.S. President Bush. His captors warned at the time that they would break his legs if he tried to go to the church, where he was baptized.

Related information, including a translation of Hua’s letter:
In Hiding, Beijing House Church Activist Hua Huiqi Appeals for Help
Human Rights in China, August 11, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/68598

News
Disasters
Twenty Die in Torrential Rain in Southwest China
Agence-France Presse (via China Post), August 12, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local%20news/other/2008/08/12/169741/Twenty-die.htm

Environment
Decree on Energy Saving at State-Funded Organizations Issued
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/11/content_9186968.htm

Related information:
《公共机构节能条例》 (Regulations on Energy Efficiency at State-Funded Institutions)
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/11/content_9179896.htm

Labor
Rescuers Find Bodies of 9 Miners Trapped in Gas Blast
China Daily, August 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/11/content_6926218.htm

广东严查非法“洋打工” (Guangdong Increases Examination over Illegal Foreign Workers)
Nanfang Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfrb/200808040033.asp

Media
China's Media Censored over Stabbing
The Age, August 12, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/world/chinas-media-censored-over-stabbing-20080811-3tmf.html

2 Reporters, Photographer Detained in Uygur Region
The Yomiuri Shimbun, August 12, 2008
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20080812TDY02304.htm

Screws Tighten on Mainland Journalists
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1b4c6136ab2bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
China Bans Child Singer with Crooked Teeth from Singing at Opening Ceremony
Times Online, August 12, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4512250.ece

Protests and Petitions
奥运维稳上海访民人权受侵　殴打羁押不断 (Attacks on Shanghai-based Petitioners Continue during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai_fangmin-08112008144011.html

北京访民接受外国记者采访被刑事拘留 (Beijing Petitioners Criminally Detained for Accepting Foreign Media Interviews)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bj_fangmin-08112008095527.html

Beijing Denies Right to Protest in Park
Financial Times, August 11, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27660ab2-67d3-11dd-8d3b-0000779fd18c.html

Taiwan
Men Arrested after Swimming to Taiwan
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d0c7087e302bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Death Toll for Xinjiang Attack at Eleven
Caijing, August 11, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080811/77166.shtml

Teen Bombing Suspect Held in Xinjiang Hospital
Shanghai Daily, August 12, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370123

Three Killed in Renewed Violence in China's Far West
Reuters, August 12, 2008
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAPEK9954420080812

Uygur Bombers Included Teenage Girl, Authorities Say
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=131a6136ab2bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD