Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
Chinese Legal Activist Held for Tax Evasion
Associated Press (via Yahoo News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lawyer
On July 29, Xu Zhiyong (许志永), director of Gongmeng Law Research Center of the Open Constitution Initiative (OCI), an organization set up to provide legal consultation and assistance to the public. Officials have not provided a reason for his detention. Gongmeng was shut down by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs on July 17, due to not having registered with the government as an organization.
Related information:News
Xu Zhiyong in Custody Seven Days; Still No Official Explanation
Human Rights in China, August 4, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171768
Children
中国弃婴问题严重 (The Serious State of Infant Abandonment in China)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiying-08042009113130.html
Environment
Tainted Tap Water Sickens 4,307 in N. China City
China Daily, August 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/03/content_8507956.htm
Water Crisis in Parched Northern China
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090804/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentclimatewater
Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
China Quake Dissident on Trial: Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090805/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentquake
Police
New Laws Stipulate Duties of Chengguan
China Daily, August 04, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/04/content_8513997.htm
Protests and Petitions
Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Rally after Business Ban
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), August 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/03/content_8511816.htm
Villagers Call off Toxic Leak Protest
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=09b3ea7a546e2210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Public Health
新疆核试曾大量平民伤亡? (Did Xinjiang Nuclear Tests Cause a Large Number of Casualties?)
Voice of America, August 01, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-08-01-voa48.cfm
Related news:Society
Did China's Nuclear Tests Kill Thousands and Doom Future Generations?
Scientific American, July 2009
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=did-chinas-nuclear-tests
China Jobless Pose 'Grave' Crisis
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 04, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8183339.stm
中国鼓励个人收留流浪乞讨者 (China Urges Individuals to Take in Homeless Beggars)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/homeless-08042009105703.html
XUAR
Beijing Forced Family's 'Denunciation': Uighur Leader
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090804/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangaustraliauskadeer
China’s Tally of 718 Arrests in July Riots Is Questioned
New York Times, August 04, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/asia/05china.html
