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