August 06, 2008

Bilateral Ties
美駐京新使館8月8日8時開幕 (Beijing's New American Embassy to Open on August 8 at 8 AM)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2008 http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080806/cab1.htm

Japan to Protest to China over Reporters' Beating
Reuters (via China Post), August 06, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/08/06/168788/Japan-to.htm

Related news:
Xinjiang Border Police Apologize to Japanese Reporters after Clash
Xinhuanet, August 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/05/content_8970966.htm

Spain to Hear Tibetan Lawsuit against Chinese Leaders
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBp60203lXfhA_H1mJ2DFLRG98iA

Disasters
餘震造成青川2死29傷 (Two Dead and 29 Injured in Sichuan Aftershock)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080806/ca31300k.htm

Man Jailed for Quake Aftershock Hoax
Shanghai Daily, August 06, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369520

Environment
China Sets up First Environmental Exchange
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQf2zcOYjJzr5fQGSac_Q0k1FY1A

Government
村官贿选蔓延，修法难以遏制 (Amended Law May Not Constrain Widespread Village Election Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/election-08052008101043.html

Human Rights Defenders
各地异议维权人士续遭打压 (Dissidents and Rights Defenders Harassed across China)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie_liu-08052008122048.html

中国泛蓝联盟各地成员奥运前夕遭受不同程度打压 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members across China Receive Varying Levels of Harassment on Eve of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-08052008090741.html

Migrant Workers
广州出动3万多警力清理流动人口 (Guangzhou Police Kick out over 300,000 Migrant Workers during "Clean up")
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangzhou-08052008100359.html

Multilateral
UNICEF Report says China, India Hold Key to Asia Sustaining Improved Child Survival Rates
Voice of Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-05-voa44.cfm

Olympics
China Denies Visa for Critic; Activists Held
Wall Street Journal, August 07, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121798661082115673.html

Related news:
Tibet Protesters Held in Beijing
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSSP29043320080806

China Lifts Some Internet Restrictions
CNSNews.com, August 05, 2008
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33618

Related information:
China Olympics Update: More Free for More People, But Not Free for All
Open Net Initiative, August 01, 2008 http://opennet.net/blog/2008/08/china-olympics-update-more-free-more-people-not-free-all

China Limits Media Access to Tiananmen
Associated Press (via Wall Street Journal), August 05, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121798119427915111.html

U.S. Cyclists Are Masked, and Criticism Is Not
New York Times, August 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sports/olympics/06masks.html

Worrying about Traffic, Not Who Wins the Gold
New York Times, August 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sports/olympics/06beijing.html

Tibet
Tibetan Normality Hides Tension
USA Today, August 06, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-05-tibet_N.htm

XUAR
China Says 18 Suspects Trained Abroad
Financial Times, August 05, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/675788ba-6316-11dd-9fd0-0000779fd2ac.html

Related news:
Scholars Question Official Line of 'Plot' to Disrupt Olympics
International Herald Tribune, August 05, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/asia/kashgar.php

China's Uighurs Wary, Worried After Attack
The Washington Post, August 06, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080502383.html