Civil Society
许志永被捕公盟被取缔后NGO全面受威胁 (NGOs across China to Face Intimidation before Sensitive Anniversary)
Radio France Internationale, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/116/article_15236.asp
Green Dam
北京律師控「綠壩部長」 (Beijing Lawyer Xie Yanyi Accuses Minister of Industry and Information Technology of Infringing on Citizen's Free Communication and Other Crimes; Beijing Procuratorate to Decide Whether or Not to Accept)
Central News Agency (via Sina.com), August 03, 2009
http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20090803/1987229.html
Government
制约、整合、瘦身：特区深圳率先启动政府机构改革 (Shenzhen to Pioneer Governmental Reform)
Xinhua News Agency , August 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-08/03/content_11819590.htm
化工廠污染 環保局長停職 (Local Director of Environmental Protection Bureau Suspended due to Industrial Pollution in Liuyang, Hunan)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo! Asia News), August 02, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090802/4/dhud.html
Human Rights Defenders
网上写诗获罪 再有《零八宪章》签署人被劳教 (Writer and Charter 08 Signatory Luo Yongquan Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luo-08032009132104.html
Human Rights Defenders – Guo Quan (郭泉), Huang Qi (黄琦)
闭门审黄琦证人不准出庭 郭泉案周五开庭 (Closed-Door Hearings for Huang Qi; Guo Quan's Trial Begins Friday)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-08032009153320.html
Labor
Metal Leak at China Chemical Plant Leaves 500 Sick
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_sickness
Media
China Censors Namibia Corruption Case that May Touch President's Son
Christian Science Monitor (via Yahoo! News), August 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090803/wl_csm/oprincelings
Student Beaten to Death at Juvenile Guidance Center
Shanghai Daily, August 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200908/20090803/article_409490.htm
Protests and Petitions
北京200余村民不满拆迁补助 围堵高速路 (200 Beijing Villagers Take to the Highway in Protest)
The Beijing News (via Net Ease), August 04, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0804/03/5FRF7LBB0001124J.html
武汉数百下放返乡人员堵路抗议 要求基本生活保障 (Several Hundred Demoted Wuhan Cadres Protest Insufferable Living Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuhan-08032009183620.html
Public Health
Chinese Town Sealed Off after Plague Deaths
New York Times, August 04, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/world/asia/04china.html
State Security
Evidence 'Strong' in Rio Tinto Spying Case
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f79d89cc85ed2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
京地鐵車廂設監聽裝置 (Beijing's Subways Have Surveillance System Installed)
Ming Pao (via Yahoo Asia News), August 02, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090801/4/dhpf.html
XUAR
5 Attacks in Xinjiang Foiled, Say State Media
Agence France Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=68c88c03331e2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
新疆起草兩法規 (Two New Regulations Drafted for XUAR)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), August 02, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1218606/1.html
Related news:
维护民族团结 新疆人大常委会拟制定两部维稳法规 (To Uphold Ethnic Unity, Standing Committee of the XUAR People's Congress Drafts Two Regulations on Safeguarding Stability)
Legal Daily, August 1, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-08/01/content_1131728.htm