August 29, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Separatist Issues Strain Ties
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 28, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/separatist-issues-strain-ties/2008/08/28/1219516662986.html

Children
Senior Legislator Calls for More Cultural Facilities for Minors
Xinhuanet, August 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/28/content_9730190.htm

Human Rights Defenders
沈婷申请回乡证再被拒 拟状告广东公安厅 (Housing Rights Activist Shen Ting Sues Guangdong Public Security Office after Being Refused Return Home Permit)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shenting-08282008150540.html

深圳缪希科和镇江访民被软禁 (Shenzhen Dissident Miao Xike and Zhenjiang Petitioner Liu Chunfang under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08282008120114.html

Labor
9 Trapped as Illegal Coal Mine Collapses in N China
Xinhuanet, August 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/29/content_9733783.htm

Land Policy
Businessman Imprisoned for Land Grab
Shanghai Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371896

Law
Foreigners Involved in Traffic Accident Face New Rules
China Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/29/content_6979340.htm

Related information:
道路交通事故处理程序规定 (Provisions on the Procedures for Handling Traffic Accidents)
Ministry of Public Security, August 17, 2008
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803680/1528888.html

Macao
Beijing Turns off the Taps
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cfb52c73f790c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
China Muzzles Criticism of Hapless Olympic Soccer Team
International Herald Tribune, August 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/beijing.php

Migrant Workers
One in Six Kids Left at Home by Migrant Workers
China Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/29/content_6979282.htm

Multilateral
SCO Leaders Issue Declaration on Security, Energy
Xinhuanet, August 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/28/content_9731360.htm

Protests and Petitions
处理劳资问题不公 江苏上百人包围派出所 (100 Surround Jiangsu Police Substation Protesting Unfair Handling of Labor Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiangsu-08282008095301.html

上海闵行区数名拆迁户家属试图赴京上访遭无理关押 (Shanghai Housing Rights Petitioners Jailed when Attempting to Travel to Beijing to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-08282008111008.html

Rural Issues
China Warns on Rural, Urban Income Gap: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 29, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gccd91vGCODDUbzQmWrkfJJu8KQw

Related news:
Farmers' Incomes up 10% in 1st Half
China Daily, August 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/29/content_6979290.htm

Taiwan
China Rules out Taiwan Joining UN Agencies
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 28, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqDkzTMfMQaDe-lHmXgTQZ_b6bjw

Related information:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's Remarks on a Handful of Countries Having the So-called "Diplomatic Ties" with Taiwan Submitting a Taiwan-related Proposal
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 29, 2008
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xwfw/s2510/t469766.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Monks Still Held in Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/monks-08282008164711.html

XUAR
Two Chinese Police Killed in Renewed Xinjiang Violence
The Guardian, August 28, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/28/china1