News
Corruption
Ex-managers of Bank of China Found Guilty in US
China Daily, September 02, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/02/content_6988048.htm
Official Arrested over Bribery
Shanghai Daily, September 02, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=372273
甘肃规定：领导干部搞形象工程造成损失或被 (New Gansu Regulations Stipulate that Cadres Can Be Removed from Office for "Image Projects" that Lead to Losses)
Xinhuanet, September 02, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/02/content_9754593.htm
Death Penalty
Death Sentence in Rampage Sparks Debate in China
Los Angeles Times, September 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china2-2008sep02,0,6045534.story
Disasters
At Least 5 Dead after Torrential Rain in Central China's Hubei
Xinhuanet, September 01, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/01/content_9751048.htm
Death Toll of Quake in Sichuan and Yunnan Rises to 40
China Daily, September 02, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/02/content_6988261.htm
Parents Still Fighting for Justice
South China Morning Post, September 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=972d90977de1c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Student Deaths Still Unknown
Caijing Magazine, September 01, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/2008-09-01/110009486.html
Education
Clearest Skies for 10 Years in Beijing
Shanghai Daily, September 02, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=372274
China Lifts Tuition Fees for Compulsory Schooling Nationwide
Xinhua (via China Daily), September 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/01/content_6987869.htm
Land Policy
Rural Homes in Limbo as Land-rights Debate Rages
South China Morning Post, September 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=381d8cc31b81c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
安徽凤台县假借建新农村之名逼农民卖地 (Anhui Cadres Force Peasants to Sell Land in the Name of "Building a New Countryside")
Xinhua (via Net Ease), September 02, 2008
http://news.163.com/08/0902/11/4KR7OG270001124J.html
Police
Hacker Jailed for False Quake Alert
The Australian, September 01, 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24275633-12377,00.html
Protests and Petitions
Protester's Mother Pays Price
Washington Post, September 01, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102351.html
武汉访民妻子呼吁释放奥运前被拘禁的丈夫 (Wife of Wuhan Petitioner Jin Guangming, Detained before Olympics, Calls for His Release)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-09012008164606.html
浙江杭州拆迁户集体上访北京遭扣押 (Zhejiang Housing Rights Petitioners Detained after Petitioning in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-09012008132912.html
Taiwan
Taiwanese Lawmaker Wants New Anti-China Missiles
Associated Press (via Google), September 01, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/news/Taiwan-Missiles.php