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