August 28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
BOC Denies Terror Funding Link
Shanghai Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371753

Corruption
Chinese Auditors Find 117 Cases of Official Embezzlement
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/27/content_9724557.htm

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88 Arrested for Misuse of Public Funds
Shanghai Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371769

Disasters
Government Approves Three-Year Rebuilding Plan for Quake Zone
China Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/28/content_6976642.htm

No Answers for Parents of China Quake Dead
The Guardian (via Khaleej Times), August 28, 2008
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/August/theworld_August1649.xml

Sichuan Earthquake Orphans Fail to Find Home
The Telegraph, August 27, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2631163/Sichuan-earthquake-orphans-fail-to-find-home.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Dissidents Push for New Political Climate
USA Today, August 27, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-27-china_N.htm

Labor
20 Confirmed Dead in S China Chemical Plant Blast
Xinhuanet, August 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/27/content_9724017.htm

China Coal Deaths Prompt New Rules
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/china-coal-08272008152803.html

Foreman Arrested on Slavery Charge
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 28, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=371731

Land Policy
江苏失地农民维权三代表已被拘留多天 (Three Representatives of Jiangsu Villagers in Land Dispute Locked up by Police for Several Days)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-08272008114901.html

Olympics
China Conservation Efforts Aid Aquifer Levels
Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121986665108677159.html

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Millions Forfeit Water to Olympic Games
The Sunday Times, August 24, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4597006.ece

Population
4 Population Zones Planned
China Daily, August 28, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/28/content_6977347.htm

Social Security
Chinese Defend Accused Police Killer
Associated Press (via Google), August 27, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvhjshg0LQ4BB9Z9rPYtkBNjuIpgD92QORS80

Tibet
Dalai Lama, Citing Exhaustion, Cancels Trips
New York Times, August 28, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28tibet.html

Past Presents Problems for Tibet
Asia Times Online, August 28, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JH28Ad01.html

Tibetans to Resume Protests in Nepal
Financial Times, August 27, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3830f4aa-7454-11dd-bc91-0000779fd18c.html

XUAR
Security Stepped up in Xinjiang for National Day
South China Morning Post, August 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f4bf122ea40c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD