September 06-08, 2008

News
Corruption
Auditor 'Powerless' to Act over Irregular Spending
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d2dae1063983c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
China Says Little Interest in 88 Quake Orphans up for Adoption
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 08, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5MSqiq2qznh-PFXm4TpD1iIYDWw

Quake-hit Sichuan Faces Large Financial Gap for Reconstruction
Xinhuanet, September 08, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/08/content_9843630.htm

Environment
Beijing Debates Whether Olympics Pollution Controls Should Stay
The Telegraph, September 06, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2689555/Beijing-debates-whether-Olympics-pollution-controls-should-stay.html

Beijing Issues Rare Apology over Garbage Plant's Stench
Reuters (via China Post), September 08, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local%20news/beijing/2008/09/06/173401/Beijing-issues.htm

Hong Kong
Activists, Citing 'Real' Air Monitor, Seek Tighter Limits on Pollution
South China Morning Post, September 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9be8e1063983c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Democrats Lose Seats but Retain Veto in HK Polls
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), September 08, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/08/asia/AS-Hong-Kong-Elections.php

Labor
Three China Mine Accidents Kill 42, Trap 18
Reuters, September 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK25216720080908

Olympics
China Opens Games and Pledges Disabled Rights
Reuters, September 07, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK28308420080907

Related news:
Beijing Welcomes the Disabled as China Never Has
Washington Post, September 05, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090503410.html

Conference on Post-Olympics China to Be Held
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 06, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/06/content_7004753.htm

Protests and Petitions
China 'Allows' Protest in Designated Zones
Bloomberg (via China Post), September 08, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/09/08/173701/China-%27allows.htm

Chinese Protester Freed after Olympics Detention
Associated Press (via Google), September 08, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gl3910JlgH5mrH6L1yqP183Oc10gD932CLQ00

Riot Police Quell Two Separate Large Protests in China
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ht8WtSOkzgkor2PZ-dH9bFYYNm5g

Students in China Riot over Property Dispute
Reuters (via China Post), September 07, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/09/07/173543/Students-in.htm

Public Health
AIDS Rampant among Beijing Gays
Xinhuanet, September 05, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/05/content_9800989.htm

The Challenges Facing China's Disabled
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 05, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600285.stm

Volunteer Visits to Disabled Orphans Blocked
South China Morning Post, September 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7854cb851bd3c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
基督教家庭教会领袖石维翰狱中健康恶化 (Health of House Church Leader Shi Weihan Worsens in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shi-09052008090725.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama's Pro-Independence Brother Dies in U.S.
Reuters, September 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK19832520080906

XUAR
China Imposes Ramadan Security Crackdown in Muslim Northwest
Agence France-Presse (via Google), September 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hdEdZru3e81VgdC0jbXbfR0mKfhg

Related news:
Ramadan Curbs on China’s Muslims
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/Ramadan-09062008195750.html