August 14, 2008

News
Corruption
Suicide of Probed Food Regulator Reported
Caijing Magazine, August 13, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080813/77204.shtml

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Official: China Food Regulator's Death Accidental
Associated Press (via Google), August 13, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-VIKxPFYtBgPdveLpUmDIhCPyxgD92HDID00

Disasters
Quake Not Linked to Dam Works
Shanghai Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370336

Torrential Rain Leaves 40 Dead in Yunnan
Shanghai Daily, August 13, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200808/20080813/article_370276.htm

Environment
China Targets High-Emission Cars with Consumption-Tax Increase
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865440841037759.html

Olympics Delay Energy Reforms
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/olympic-energy-reforms-08132008164011.html

Media
ITN to Protest to Chinese Authorities over Detention of Journalist
The Guardian, August 13, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/13/olympics2008.olympicsandthemedia

Obstruction of Media Trio Concerns Ministry
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11bb379900dbb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
2008年8月13日外交部发言人秦刚举行例行记者会 (Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's Regular Press Conference on August 13, 2008)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 13, 2008
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/xwfw/fyrth/t465510.htm

Olympics
Beijing to Keep Low Fares on Bus, Subway - Official
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/14/content_6933712.htm

China Not Rattled by Age Questions
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/idUSPEK30668820080813

Environment-Friendly Olympic Village Granted LEED Gold Award
Xinhuanet, August 13, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/13/content_9268467.htm

Olympics No Threat to Water in Beijing
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 14, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370355

北京奥运安保部门首次报告鼓楼凶案调查结果 (Beijing Police Release Official Report on Murder of US Tourist at Drum Tower)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-08132008145325.html

鸟巢外示威被拘 北京再封海外网站 (Some Foreign Websites Again Blocked following Free Tibet Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-08132008090229.html

香港拒绝海外民运分子张小刚入境 (Hong Kong Refuses Entry to Federation for a Democratic China's Zhang Xiaogang)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hongkong_entry-08132008115310.html

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Chinese Activists "Barred" from Hong Kong
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK34456120080806

Protests and Petitions
32名临沂百姓申请北京示威区游行被拒 (Application to Demonstrate in Beijing Protest Zone Refused for 32 Resettled People from Linyi, Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shiwei-08132008090527.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Blasts China on Paris Visit
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865435380337755.html

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Dalai Lama Fears Chinese Push in Tibet after Games
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKLD71520820080813

India Curbs Tibetan Activist-Writer
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/activist-08132008115834.html

Tibet
Central Govt to Pump $5.5 Billion into Tibet
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/14/content_6933692.htm

XUAR
China Steps Up Scrutiny of a Minority in Beijing
New York Times, August 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/sports/olympics/14uighur.html

喀什再遇袭官方严防限采访　居民称维族政治受压　 (Media Prohibited in Kashgar; Residents Say Uyghurs Coming under Increasing Pressure from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kasgar-08132008124254.html