News
Disasters
Guangdong Cuts back on Spending to Help Sichuan
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d7808a88f13b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
China Quake Zone Govt to Sell Luxury HQ after Outcry: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakereconstruction_080717055900
Government
China Sets Guidelines for Central Government's Administrative Reform
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/17/content_8563979.htm
Labor
京劳动合同法后实施第一案 (China's First Lawsuit over Labor Contract Law)
Legal Daily, July 18, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-07/18/content_903419.htm
More MNC Workers to Get Bargaining Power
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/18/content_8565805.htm
Multilateral Relations
China Paper Decries Sudan's Bashir Arrest Move
Reuters, July 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK21896120080717
Olympics
Authorities Order Bars Not to Serve Black People
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=267a08a88f13b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
罗格称赞北京奥运环保减污举措 (Rogge Praises Pollution Reduction Measures for Beijing Olympics)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7513000/7513016.stm
Steel Giant Helps to Clear the Skies
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0ab808a88f13b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Stand-off at Beijing 'Nail House'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7509614.stm
香港记者蔡元贵获准回乡和采访奥运 ("Apple Daily" Journalist Allowed to Go to China and Cover Beijing Olympics after Being Refused Entry)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/olympics_media-07172008103521.html
China Targets Foreign Entertainers after Bjork Debacle
Reuters, July 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSPEK25855620080717
Beijing to Close Airport during Games Opening Ceremony
Reuters, July 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssAirlines/idUSPEK34476820080717
China Hands Out Manuals Teaching Citizens to Escape Terrorist Attacks
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/17/content_8564710.htm
Olympic Chief Says Committee Won China Rights Reforms
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/wl_asia_afp/oly2008iocroggechinatibetrights_080717154711
Olympic Co-host City Dismisses Rumor of Epidemic Outbreak
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/17/content_8563811.htm
青岛近日爆发病毒性脑膜炎 (Chinese Authorities Censor News about Meningitis Outbreak in Qingdao)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/disease_qingdao-07162008105021.html
Once a Graveyard for State-Run Industry, Liaoning Is Struggling back to Prosperity
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2d6b747ddfb2b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
姚立法：不排除访民借奥运提出诉求的可能性 (Rights Defender Says Petitioners Are Not Excluding Possibility of Voicing out Through Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07172008111342.html
Protests and Petitions
Grieving Chinese Parents Protest School Collapse
International Herald Tribune, July 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/asia/17china.php
军转干部吴传河上访遭公安殴打 (Soldier-Turned-Cadre Wu Chuanhe Beaten by Police over Petitions)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_veteran-07172008120234.html
Tibet
央登寺一僧人不满当局强行爱国教育自杀 (Tibetan Monk Commits Suicide over Patriotic Education in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-07172008103132.html