News
Civil Society
New Citizen Activism Unsettles Beijing
Financial Times, August 03, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddf67bf6-616e-11dd-af94-000077b07658.html
Corruption
Corrupt Official Faces Execution
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369209
Disasters
21人挪用救災物資受處分 (21 Punished for Diverting Quake Relief Funds)
Ming Pao, August 04, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080804/ca11258k.htm
The Olympics Don't Have Any Meaning, Says Quake Survivor
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=afff763a0398b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Two Dead, 76,000 Flee Homes in East China Floods: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 04, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwNE_MYLRIqjRV3FB520PmD_E48g
Government
Law Aims to Ensure Fair Grassroots Elections
China Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/04/content_6900019.htm
Human Rights Defenders
北京进一步加强对维权律师的监控 (Beijing Heightens Control over Rights Defense Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-08032008165746.html
Dissident Free, Yet Still far from Liberty
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 03, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/dissident-free-yet-still-far-from-liberty/2008/08/03/1217701854128.html
Migrant Workers
外来农民工也是北京市民 发改委官员说法透善意 (Beijing Official's Assertion that "Migrant Workers Are Also Beijing Residents" Was in Good Intention)
Xinhuanet, August 04, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/04/content_8934795.htm
Olympics
And on Your Left, the Chinese Army Being Completely Open about the Olympics
Los Angeles Times, August 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-olythreats2-2008aug02,0,3088468.story
Beijing Outlines Olympic Protest Rules
Financial Times, August 03, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d47563c-6185-11dd-af94-000077b07658.html
IOC Chief Strives to Deflect Criticism of Chinese Censorship
Wall Street Journal, August 04, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121769525318907505.html
Limits to China's Pledge of Change
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7537838.stm
Mentally Ill People Perceived as Threats to Be Forcibly Committed
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=48917c46b2f7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protest-Zone Test Case Blocked in Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08017c46b2f7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Police
交警撞死女大學生 石家莊傳火炬當日 (Traffic Police Kill Student on Day of the Hubei Torch Relay; Do Not Divulge Information to Family)
Ming Pao, August 04, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080804/ccd1.htm
Protests and Petitions
上海北京天津又有访民受控 (Petitioners Continue to Be Harassed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shang-08012008223836.html
State Security
Six Held over Terrorism Rumours
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e40e1cdaf7e7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
State-owned Enterprises
新疆：企事业单位领导工资奖金统统要公开 (Salaries and Bonuses of XUAR SOEs Heads Should Be Made Public)
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/local/2008-08/03/content_8922809.htm
Taiwan
United Daily News Report Claims Ma to Renew Truce with China
Agence France-Presse (via Taiwan News), August 04, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=706297
Tibet
Nepal Detains 253 Tibetans as Olympics Near
Reuters, August 03, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-34806320080803
XUAR
16 Cops Killed in Assault on Xinjiang Police Station
Shanghai Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369262
Officials Held over Shooting Death
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=85bf763a0398b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD