August 05, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Sends Mugabe Packing
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 05, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/beijing-sends-mugabe-packing/2008/08/05/1217701960735.html

Untainted picture of China's Africa policy
China Daily, August 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-08/05/content_6903391.htm

Bush Walks Tightrope over Rights and Respect for China
International Herald Tribune, August 04, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/04/asia/prexy.php

Corruption
Corrupt Official's Son Also Jailed
China Daily, August 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/05/content_6903779.htm

Disasters
Auditor: Some Quake Funds, Supplies Misused
Shanghai Daily, August 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369363

Environment
China Will Start to Monitor New Pollutants
Associated Press (available at Yahoo!News), August 04, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iS4WkCV2k3VRFauV7yprOz5c-tHQD92BC6E80

Human Rights Defenders
浙江民主党成员王荣清被逮捕 郭泉遭严密监控 (Zhejiang Democratic Party Member Arrested; Guo Quan Under Heavy Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-08042008110416.html

Military
美国商业卫星图像出售中国 (U.S. Satellite Pictures Sold to China)
Radio France Internationale, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/104/article_8780.asp

Olympics
公安搶港記相機 (Authorities Steal Hong Kong Reporter's Camera)
Ming Pao, August 05, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080805/gac1.htm

Improved Web Access Still Falls Shy of Pledge
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=559c4fe89be8b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Journalists 'Beaten for Reporting China Police Attack'
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 05, 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/05/2324748.htm?section=world

便衣等政府人员阻止外国记者采访 (Plain Clothes and Government Authorities Prevent Foreign Media from Reporting)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jizhe-08042008105306.html

Buddhist Monk Denied Entry to Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c4dc4fe89be8b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

上海轨交站所有商铺今起停业一月 确保奥运安全 (Businesses Closed in Shanghai Subways for One Month)
Xinhuanet, August 05, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/05/content_8956955.htm

Olympics Will Be Safe, Says China
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 05, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7542167.stm

China's Mines Lie Eerily Quiet for Olympics
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 04, 2008
http://business.smh.com.au/business/chinas-mines-lie-eerily-quiet-for-olympics-20080803-3pd9.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Residents Stage Protest over Olympic Eviction
The Guardian, August 04, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/04/china.olympics2008

港商团体拟申请到京上访 上海访民不信承诺拟自己进行示威活动 (Hong Kong Business and Shanghai Petitioners Plan Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08042008110245.html

北京旧房所有者的声明 (Beijing Owners of Old Houses Give Declaration)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiufang-08042008151507.html

State Security
China Calls Xinjiang Bombing Terrorism
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 04, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5510608&page=1

XUAR
East Turkestan Movement Says Oppression Fuels Unrest
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bb0c4fe89be8b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Survival, Not Revolution, Consumes China's Uighurs
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), August 04, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHfAgGcqNiWuQwE3IGVAxLiL24sQ

Attack-Hit West China Under Heavy Security
Reuters, August 05, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26284720080805