August 01, 2008

Top News
Olympics
China Announces More Pollution Controls
New York Times, August 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/sports/olympics/01china.html

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and top governments of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei issued a Public Announcement on emergency pollution control measures should air quality not meet the necessary standards during the duration of the Olympics and the Special Olympics. The measures include shutting down over 200 factories and restricting traffic bans further. The measures however do not include the previously proposed removal of 90% of all vehicles from Beijing roads.

Related information:
关于发布北京奥运会残奥会期间极端不利气象条件下空气污染控制应急措施的公告 (Public Announcement of the Emergency Measures for Controlling Air Pollution in the Instance of Extremely Unfavorable Air Conditions during the Olympics and Special Olympics)
Ministry of Environmental Protection et al, July 31, 2008
http://www.sepa.gov.cn/info/bgw/bgg/200807/t20080730_126723.htm

News
Bilateral Ties
British Delegates Told to Use Disposable Mobile Phones
The Telegraph, August 01, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2482330/Beijing-Olympics-British-delegates-told-to-use-disposable-mobile-phones.html

China Angered by U.S. Lobbying on Rights
New York Times, August 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/sports/olympics/01dissidents.html

Foreign Ministry Condemns US Resolution on Human Rights
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6895558.htm

Disasters
Landslide Buries 11 in Shanxi
Shanghai Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=368952

Olympic Spirit Falters in Quake Zone
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 01, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7535907.stm

Hukou
Shenzhen's New Residence System Help Migrant Workers
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6895000.htm

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Shenzhen Launches Residence Cards
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/01/content_8888251.htm

Labor
Toxic Glue Fumes Kill Factory Worker
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6895068.htm

Media
Nation Clarifies Laws on Internet
Shanghai Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=368943

Open Media Policy to Remain after the Games, Says Official
Xinhuanet (via Shanghai Daily), July 31, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=368722

Military
China Issues Civilian ID Cards to Servicemen
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/31/content_8885329.htm

Olympics
AIDS Activists Say Rights Pledges Go Unfulfilled
Financial Times, July 31, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d72d282-5f19-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.html

奥运安保要求异议知识分子离京旅游 (Dissidents and Intellectuals Told to Leave Beijing for "Travel" during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/security-07312008093751.html

北京有30万个镜头及计程车视讯镜头作监控 (Over 300,000 Security Cameras on the Streets and in Taxis Watch over Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_surveillance-07312008101802.html

S. Korea TV 'Broke Rules' by Showing Rehearsal
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6894423.htm

Traffic and Terror Threats Dent Capital's Enthusiasm
South China Morning Post, August 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f476bddab97b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
暴力執法 激起民憤 重慶城管打死小販 (Citizens Outraged after Chongqing Peddler Beaten to Death in Violent Enforcement of the Law by City Management Team)
Ming Pao, August 01, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080801/cca1.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京有30万个镜头及计程车视讯镜头作监控 (Over 300,000 Cameras on the Streets and in Taxis Watch over Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_petitioner-07312008110308.html

哈爾濱農民堵公路抗議 (Harbin Villager Blocks Highway to Protest Land Grab Compensation)
Ming Pao, August 01, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080801/cad1.htm

中国保钓申请北京示威专用区被拒 (China Federation of Defending Diaoyutai Islands' Application to Demonstrate during Olympics Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_diaoyudao-07312008103437.html

Rural Issues
China to Spend $395 Mln on Rural Health Infrastructure
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/31/content_8881752.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Opens to China
Wall Street Journal, August 01, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121753015175101729.html

Tibet
西藏摄批判骚乱影片 青海藏人拒演假戏被捕 (Four Qinghai Tibetans Arrested for Refusing to Participate in Pro-Olympics Program)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-07312008125104.html

XUAR
In Western China, Two Conflicting Messages
Chicago Tribune, July 31, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-letter-uighur_osnosaug01,0,406158.story

Uygurs Say Air Travel Being Restricted amid Clampdown
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a2376bddab97b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD