Death Penalty
China Court Upholds Suspended Death Sentence of Former Brokerage Executive
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10059649.htm
Environment
China Adds to Energy Waste
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/energy_waste-09172008165702.html
Food Security
Ample Opportunities for Public to Sue for Damages: Lawyers
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6083812d1017c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
China Vows Clean-up as Baby Milk Scare Spreads
Reuters, September 18, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP21493420080918
Quality Watchdog Cancels Inspection Exemptions for Food Producers
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10070801.htm
Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
叶金娣被以欲加之罪逮捕 毛恒凤狱中受虐不断 (Zhejiang Land Rights Petitioner Ye Jindi Formally Arrested; Shanghai Petitioner Mao Hengfeng Continues to Receive Abuse in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ye_mao-09172008102332.html
Related information:Labor
Mao Hengfeng, Petitioner on Family Planning Issues, Reports Continued Abuse in Prison
Human Rights in China, September 16, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/87720
Chlorine Leak Sends 71 to Hospital in SW China
Xinhuanet, September 18, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/18/content_10070799.htm
Olympics
A Promise Honored, Says Hu
China Daily, September 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/18/content_7038017.htm
Police
Innocent Arrested Too Often
Shanghai Daily, September 18, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374150
Protests and Petitions
10 Petitioners Still Detained after Arrest in Beijing
New York Times, September 18, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/world/asia/18protest.html
China Says Headed off Olympic Protest Permits
Reuters, September 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK9159120080918
Demonstration Parks to Cease Function after Games: Official
Xinhuanet, September 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/17/content_10066982.htm
Public Health
Policies on AIDS Battle Right - Official
China Daily, September 18, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/18/content_7036928.htm
北京爱知行研究所遭调查 艾滋病民间组织呼吁加强保护 (HIV/AIDS NGO Calls for Authorities to Protect AIDS Groups following Official Investigations into Fellow AIDS Group Beijing Aizhixing Institute)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aids-09172008075407.html
Religion
秋雨之福教会起诉成都市宗教局 (Qiuyu Blessings Church Sues Chengdu Administration of Religious Affairs for May Church Raid)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-09172008111104.html
Related information:Taiwan
Chinese Authorities Raid Religious Gathering, Confiscate Bibles, Detain Church Members
Human Rights in China, May 08, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/51443
Pandas and Missiles: The Double Message to China’s Tiny Neighbour
Times Online, September 18, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4775765.ece
Tibet
藏族导演及其助手被拘留已近半年 (Tibetan Documentary Director Dhondup Wangchen and Assistant Golog Jigme Detained for almost 6 Months)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_human_rights-09172008112347.html