News
Bilateral Ties
China State Paper Lashes India-U.S. Nuclear Deal
Reuters, September 01, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK7195620080901
Corruption
Chinese Bankers, Wives Found Guilty in Bank Scam
Associated Press (via Google), August 30, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5htewKWkIydPnDnVHRrGxrM9DeSRgD92SRH7O0
NPC Deputy Ousted
China Daily, August 30, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-08/30/content_6982983.htm
中央部门违规使用资金293亿 (Central Government Misused 29.3 Billion Yuan)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/violation-
08292008105206.html
深圳公捕村长黑帮 (Shenzhen Police Arrest Gang Run by Village Head)
Nanfang Weekend, August 28, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/tpxw/200808280019.asp
Disasters
Quake Brings Grim Repetition to China
Washington Post, August 31, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR2008083100858.html
Education
Chinese Gov't to Offer Subsidies to Students from Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, August 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/30/content_9739886.htm
Government
Remains of Former CPC Chief Hua Guofeng Cremated
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/01/content_6984645.htm
Human Rights Defenders – Wu Dianyuan (吴殿元) and Wang Xiuying (王秀英)
Olympic Protest Grannies Escape Punishment as Order Revoked
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), August 30, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsprotestoly2008
Labor
Shenzhen Strike Strands Thousands
South China Morning Post, September 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3d08c024b6f0c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
15 Die in Fireworks Factory Explosion
Shanghai Daily, September 01, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=372193
Media
Student Sentenced for Quake Rumors
Shanghai Daily, August 30, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=372020
网络作家杜导斌的妻子受警方监控恐吓 (Wife of Online Writer Du Daobin Threatened by Police)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/daodaobing-08292008161310.html
Olympics
Did the Games Improve Rights in China?
BBC, August 29, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7588652.stm
Protests and Petitions
Report: Beijing Residents Protest Pollution
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), August 31, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/31/asia/AS-China-Protests.php
成都法院院长多次避见访民引起愤怒 (Refusal of Chengdu Judicial Head to Meet with Petitioners Ignites Anger)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08292008083545.html
Religion
Pastor “Bike” Mingxuan and Wife Released from Detention but Prohibited from Returning to Beijing
Christian News Wire, September 01, 2008
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/692547688.html
Rural Issues
Appeal to Cut Taxes for Low-income Earners
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3c38c024b6f0c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Taiwan
Thousands Rally Against Taiwan's China Policy
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), September 01, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/news/Taiwan-Mass-Rally.php
Tibet
Major Monastery Reopens in Tibet
Associated Press (available at the International Herald Tribune), September 01, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/29tibet.php
XUAR
China Unlikely to Loosen Its Grip in West
Washington Post, September 01, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903158.html
Chinese Police Kill Six in Xinjiang Clash
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), August 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080830/wl_asia_afp/chinaxinjiangattacks