July 24, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Govt Link to Australian Film Boycott
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), July 24, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hWbjfXMT55QD_L0HDwkSxptF3oww

Related news:
Directors Quit Film Festival to Protest Kadeer Screening
China Daily, July 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/24/content_8466373.htm

Germany Accuses China of Industrial Espionage
Guardian, July 22, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/22/germany-china-industrial-espionage

Environment
Environment Watchdog Blacklists Eight Cities
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), July 24, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090724/article_408469.htm

Related information:
环境保护部公布2008年度各省区市和五大电力集团主要污染物总量减排考核结果 (Ministry of Environmental Protection Publishes Results of the 2008 Annual Assessment of the Reduction in Major Pollutants by Provincials, Districts, and Counties and the Five Large Electric Groups)
Ministry of Environmental Protection, July 23, 2009
http://www.mep.gov.cn/xcjy/zwhb/200907/t20090723_156660.htm

Food Security
法制办负责人解读《食品安全法实施条例》 (Representative from State Council Legislative Affairs Office Responds to Questions on the Regulations for the Implementation of the Food Safety Law)
China News Agency, July 24, 2009
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2009/07-24/1789671.shtml

Related information:
中华人民共和国食品安全法实施条例 (Regulations for the Implementation of the Food Safety Law)
State Council, July 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-07/24/content_11765034.htm

Hong Kong
HK Launches Public Consultation on Air Pollution
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f8d4278186a2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

香港十团体代表到中联办抗议要求释放刘晓波 (10 HK NGOs Protest outside China's Central Government Liaison Office Demanding Release of Liu Xiaobo on 1 Month Anniversary of Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/HK_liuxiaobo-07232009093722.html

Human Rights Defenders
湖南泛蓝成员谢福林和弟弟被刑拘 (Pan-blue Alliance Member Xie Fulin and Brother Criminally Detained)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_arrest-07232009120018.html

Labor
23 Miners Lost after Cave-in
Xinhua News Agency (via Shanghai Daily), July 24, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090724/article_408471.htm

港企涉逼走懷孕員工 (Hong Kong Company in Shenzhen Force Pregnant Workers to Quit)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1209456/1.html

Media
Party to Launch English Version of Magazine
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1cee8b59388a2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

记者调查涉嫌违法村支书被百名村民围困3小时 (Reporter Investigating Village Party Branch Chief Suspected of Profiteering through Land Sales Beaten and Surrounded by Villagers for Three Hours)
Southern Metropolis News, July 24, 2009
http://law.southcn.com/fzjctj/content/2009-07/24/content_5409721.htm

Multilateral
UN Chief Starts Four-day China Visit
Xinhua News Agency, July 23, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/23/content_11760753.htm

Police
Police in China Detain Family of Dead Man over Riot: Report
Agence France-Presse (via Taiwan News), July 23, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1011950

State Security
中宣部禁令泄漏「國家機密」 (Central Propaganda Department Bans the Divulgence of "State Secrets")
Ming Pao, July 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1209457/1.html

XUAR
「七五」暴徒將獲免費辯護 (Participants in Urumqi Riots to Receive "Free Defense" Chosen by Municipal Bureau of Justice)
Ta Kung Pao, July 23, 2009
http://www.takungpao.com/news/09/07/23/xjsl_xgbd-1115822.htm