August 26, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
U.S. Says China Missed Rights Opportunity at Olympics
Reuters, August 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2552443120080826

Corruption
Corrupt Officials' Lovers Could Also Be Tried
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969559.htm

Disasters
Strong Earthquake Rocks Tibet, No Casualties Yet
Xinhuanet, August 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/25/content_9709622.htm

Environment
'Green' Law Likely from Next Year
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6970969.htm

Food Security
Food Safety Law Debate Goes on
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969573.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江女访民刘杰在劳教所被施酷刑 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Liu Jie Undergoes Cruel Torture in Labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_petition_abuse-08252008112417.html

Related news:
Rights Group Demands China Stop Torturing Jailed Activist
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Monsters and Critics), August 22, 2008
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1426155.php/Rights_group_demands_China_stop_torturing_jailed_activist

Human Rights Defender - Wang Dalin (汪达林)
武汉异见人士汪达林已被秘密关押一个多月 (Wuhan Dissident Wang Dalin Secretly Held by Police for Over 1 Month)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-08252008114842.html

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Detained Chinese Activist Returns to Beijing
Associated Press (via Google), August 26, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGtTrBpkUffPzYAENMTtc8HAqaBgD92PQGDO0

Related news:
China: Zeng Jinyan Resurfaces with News of Visit to Hu Jia
Global Voices Advocacy, August 25, 2008
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/08/25/china-zeng-jinyan-resurfaces-with-news-of-visit-to-hu-jia/

Human Rights Defenders
西安公安警告维权律师张鉴康小心言论 (Xi'an Police Threaten Rights Defense Lawyer Zhang Jiankang)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-08252008113006.html

Labor
广西宜州广维化工公司爆炸造成4死44伤 (4 Casualties, 44 Injured in Guangxi Chemical Plant Blast)
Xinhuanet, August 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-08/26/content_9712807.htm

Law
Draft Amendment Seeks Better Privacy Protection
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969594.htm

Olympics
China's Gold Medals Came at a High Price
Los Angeles Times, August 26, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hardship26-2008aug26,0,1954742.story

Internet Access Falls Short but Games Force Improvement: Rogge
The Australian, August 25, 2008
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24236377-15306,00.html

IOC Urged to Consider Human Rights in Future
CNSNews.com, August 25, 2008
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=34520

Traffic Restrictions in Beijing Lifted
China Daily, August 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/26/content_6969685.htm

Protests and Petitions
Freed U.S. Protesters Say They Were Interrogated in China
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), August 25, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/25/europe/protest.php

港商申请示威被拒绝 软禁后被强迫搭机返港 (Hong Kong Businessmen Put under House Arrest, then Forced to Return to Hong Kong following Beijing Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Hongkong-08252008104119.html

上海访民走投无路 天安门试图跳河自杀 (Shanghai Petitioner Wen Meiyong Tries to Commit Suicide outside Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, August 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08252008162319.html

Religion
China Detains Underground Catholic Bishop: Report
Associated Press (via Google), August 25, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxXcCoUaakbXjO7s6S0utTWHg3IgD92PF5JG0

Tibet
Restive, Remote Tibetan Region under Military Lockdown
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 25, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gn8YKvCMM1eC1e-G1d1ru4fSjQRQ

Tibet’s Most Famous Woman Blogger, Woeser, Detained by Police
Times Online, August 26, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4607454.ece