News
Corruption
Corrupt Officials Face Conviction Abroad
China Daily, September 09, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/09/content_7009185.htm
Disasters
Hundreds Feared Missing after China Mudslide
Reuters (available at International Herald Tribune), September 09, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/09/asia/OUKWD-UK-CHINA-MUDSLIDE.php
China Needs 245 Bln Dlrs to Rebuild after Quake: Official Media
Agence-France Presse (via YahooNews), September 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080908/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakereconstruction_080908062248
Education
云南积极实施农村特岗教师计划 现有8480人在岗 (Yunnan Implements Rural Education Plan, 8480 Teachers Assume Posts)
Xinhuanet, September 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-09/09/content_9870173.htm
Environment
山東一化工廠冒出毒氣 (Chemical Factory in Shandong Leaks Poison Gas)
Ming Pao, September 09, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080908/ca12346c.htm
Labor
Death Toll in Mine Gas Blast Rises to 17
Shanghai Daily, September 09, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=373093
Olympics
Volunteer Visits to Disabled Orphans Blocked
South China Morning Post, September 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7854cb851bd3c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
奥运后军转干部仍被关押 (Former Soldier Turned Cadre He Enyi Still in Jail after Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junzhuan-09082008102717.html
律师呼吁：望新一届北京律协选举推行真正的民主选举 (Lawyers Sign Online Petition Appealing for Real Elections to Beijing Lawyers' Association)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-09082008114803.html
Taiwan
PLA Officer Executed for Spying for Taiwan
South China Morning Post, September 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7854cb851bd3c110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Three Gorges
Three Gorges Project to Begin Full Operation in November
Xinhuanet, September 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/08/content_9859678.htm
XUAR
Uyghur Radio Worker Sacked, Detained
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/radio-09082008141404.html
Local Chinese Governments Impose Rules for Ramadan
International Herald Tribune, September 08, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/08/asia/ramadan.php