Multilateral
UN Panel Questions China on Ethnic Discrimination
Associated Press (via Jakarta Post), August 10, 2009
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/10/un-panel-questions-china-ethnic-discrimination.html
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China Frees 1,200 in Tibet, Holds 700 over Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), August 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iRGyEv-UaN4nkuA23JnG5-ioTQiw
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UN Expert Body Wraps Up Dialogue with China on Anti-Discrimination Efforts
Human Rights in China, August 10, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171819
Bilateral Ties
Two Sides Differ on Diversion of Plane
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), August 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c25cb5a2d3503210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Australia Media Brushes Off China
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8194550.stm
中国威视公司行贿案在纳米比亚开庭审理 (Namibia Bribery Case with Ties to Hu Jintao's Son Goes to Trial)
Radio France Internationale, August 11, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/116/article_15394.asp
Civil Society
Baby Milk Powder Victims Lose Legal Proxy
Global Times, August 11, 2009
http://www.globaltimes.cn/www/english/top-news/2009-08/456249.html
Death Penalty
最高人民检察院：死刑案取证禁刑讯逼供 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: Collecting Evidence through Torture Forbidden in Death Penalty Cases)
The Beijing News, August 11, 2009
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2009/0811/40934.shtml
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Anti-torture Measures in Works, Paper Says
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7b0cb5a2d3503210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Dozens Killed as Typhoons Hit East Asia
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/wl_asia_afp/chinataiwanjapanweathertyphoon
Environment
西藏可能成為國家水電開發重點地區 (Beijing Considers Making Tibet a Primary Location for Hydroelectric Energy Development)
China News Service, August 11, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/107/1/1/1227795/1.html
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Activists Protest Crackdown on Dissidents
Associated Press (via China Post), August 10, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2009/08/10/219863/Hong-Kong.htm
Human Rights Defender – Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
Arrest in China Rattles Backers of Legal Rights
New York Times, August 10, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/world/asia/10rights.html
Law
Senior Prosecutor Calls for Better Evidence System to Improve Justice
Xinhua News Agency, August 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/08/content_11848717.htm
Media
China's Internet a Major Concern to Officials
Agence France Presse (via Yahoo! News), August 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetmediagovernment
Police
最高人民法院部署下阶段打黑除恶工作 (Supreme Court Orders the Next Wave of Anti-Crime Operations)
Xinhua News Agency, August 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-08/10/content_11854653.htm
Protests and Petitions
湖北数千访民群集省府 交通被堵访民被驱赶抓打 (Thousands Petition Hubei Provincial Government en Masse)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-08102009114426.html
Public Health
Lead Poisoning Linked to Smelter near Homes
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=320bb5a2d3503210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
State Security
China Says 2.75 Million Security Cameras Installed
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), August 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_as/as_china_security_cameras
China Seems to Retract Claim against Rio Tinto
New York Times, August 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/world/asia/11riotinto.html