August 23-25, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Brown Urges More China Freedoms
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7576057.stm

Corruption
Airline Officials Punished for Embezzlement
China Daily, August 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/24/content_6965604.htm

安徽高官受賄187萬判刑13年 (High-Ranking Anhui Official Sentenced 13 Years for Accepting 1.9 mil Yuan in Bribes)
Ming Pao, August 25, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080825/cce1.htm

Disasters
UN Raises $15 Mln from Int'l Community to Aid China Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, August 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/22/content_9631966.htm

Environment
China Damned over Floods
Asia Times Online, August 23, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/JH23Ae02.html

Labor
26 Miners Confirmed Dead in China Colliery Gas Explosion
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/22/content_6962474.htm

Law
Lawmakers Discuss Criminal Law Amendments
China Daily, August 25, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/25/content_6968068.htm

Media
Foreign Media Are Biased on Tibet Says Games Organiser
Reuters, August 22, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK23878220080822

Olympics
China Blocks Wang Dan from HK Visit during Olympics
Reuters, August 23, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINHKG34048920080823

Related news:
Visa Refusal Makes Mockery of Vow to Be More Open, Says Exile
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc8290b9410fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China's 'Socialist Family' Sacrifices
Washington Post, August 22, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202696.html

Final Seal: A Vote of Confidence from IOC
Shanghai Daily, August 25, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371386

Free Speech Still a Top Issue on Last Day of Olympics
Voice of America, August 24, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-24-voa3.cfm

Related information:
2008 Beijing Olympics: The Price of National Glorification
Human Rights in China, August 24, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/74975

Practitioner of Falun Gong Denied Entry
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=368c03d3515fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protest and Petitioners
'One Thing Is Clear: You Cannot Protest Legally in China'
Chicago Tribune, August 23, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-letter-china_osnosaug24,0,5561831.story

China Deports 10 Pro-Tibet Activists
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Earth Times), August 25, 2008
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227814,china-deports-10-pro-tibet-activists.html

Grannies Vow to Fight on after Punishment for Olympic Protests
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 23, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gG4zGF4ey2Sp28UDcxcfbkbNxkoA

港商在中南海新华门请愿被公安带走下落不明 (Whereabouts of Hong Kong Businessmen Detained after Beijing Protest Remains Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hongkong-08222008100135.html

Religion
Falun Gong Says Two Members Die in Chinese Custody
Reuters (via Stuff.co.nz), August 24, 2008
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4667134a12.html

State Security
Suspect Held after Bomb on Bus Detonated in Controlled Explosion
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=059303d3515fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Beijing Promises Funds for Tibet
South China Morning Post, August 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=33e303d3515fb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Officials Deny Clash in Tibetan Town
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 23, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d49b438b36beb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
3 Photos Emerge of Attack in Western China
International Herald Tribune, August 24, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/24/asia/xinjiang.php