September 04, 2008

News
Disasters
Official Admits 'Quality Problems' in Sichuan School Buildings
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/04/content_6998955.htm

Homeless Quake Victims Face Power Cuts
South China Morning Post, September 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5ba554def32c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Over 87,000 Feared Dead in May 12 Earthquake, Economic Losses Hit 845 Bln Yuan
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/04/content_9768900.htm

Race against Winter in Quake Zone
China Daily, September 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/04/content_6995995.htm

Environment
Guangdong's Air and Water Dirtier despite Factory Closures
South China Morning Post, September 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=096bfb0e9a82c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
奥运前被捕的维权人士被押返回乡 (Rights Defenders Detained before Olympics Released)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-09032008114655.html

Police
长沙警方严惩异见者　制地震文化衫者疑被劳教 (Pan-Blue Coalition Member Calling for Investigation into Shoddy Construction in Quake Area Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yijian-09032008140140.html

Population
甘肃藏族妇女被乡领导强拉作绝育手术后又受人身侮辱和殴打 (Gansu Tibetan Woman Humiliated and Beaten after Forced Sterilization)
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jueyu-09032008160953.html

Poverty
China Set to Raise Poverty Line
Xinhuanet, September 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/03/content_9760474.htm

Related news:
Poverty Line May Go up, But Will Poor Care?
South China Morning Post, September 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ac15fb0e9a82c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
Disabled Still Unwanted in the Workplace, Federation Says
South China Morning Post, September 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ae0dfb0e9a82c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Taiwan
Paralympics: Taiwan Javelin Ace Banned from Beijing Paralympics
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Bangkok Post), September 03, 2008
http://www.bangkokpost.com/sportsplus/sportsplus.php?id=130335

Tibet
Tibet Unrest Looms in Post-Dalai Lama Era
Reuters, September 03, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK13660420080903

Tibetan Monks Freed in Golmud
Radio Free Asia, September 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/golmud-09032008154416.html