July 8, 2010

Economic Development
China Plans New Tax on Fossil Fuels
Bloomberg, July 08, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/business/2010/07/08/263829/China-plans.htm

Human Rights Defenders
维权人士徐义顺在劳教所被殴致伤 (Activist Xu Yishun Beaten in Reeducation-through-labor Camp)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-07072010160145.html

警方刁难律师见左晓环 劝家属莫费钱打官司 (Police Creates Difficulties for Zuo Xiaohuan to See Lawyer and Advises Family Not to Waste Money Litigating Case)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jing-07072010141955.html

China Dissident Challenges Premier over Security Spending
The Daily Telegraph, July 08, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7878463/China-dissident-challenges-premier-over-security-spending.html

Land Policy
自制火炮反對強拆農民與拆遷方和解 (Farmer with Homemade Cannon for Fighting Land Eviction Reaches Settlement with Developers)
Xinmin, July 08, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1779645/1.html

Labor
国务院:煤矿领导要轮流带班和工人同时下井 ( State Council: Coal Mine Leaders Must Take Turns to Go Down into Mines with Workers)
Guangzhou Daily, July 08, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100708/u1a5315621.html
Foxconn Eyeing Other Parts of China: Exec
China Daily, July 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/08/content_10078739.htm

Media
China Thinktank: Facebook Threatens National Security
Taiwan News, July 08, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1312597

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社科院新媒体蓝皮书批舶来网上平台危险 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Publishes "Blue Book of New Media" Criticizing Web-based Social Platforms as Dangerous)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/she-07072010152725.html

中国媒体发布舆情报告 (China's Official Media Publishes Public Opinion Report)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-07072010101227.html

中國官方否認谷歌已續牌 (China Denies Google's License Already Renewed)
Central News Agency, July 08, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201007080060&pType0=aCN&pTypeSel=0

Protests and Petitions
阿坝州藏人抗议占路七村长被抓 昌都藏族干部因言被捕 (Seven Village Heads Arrested after Leading Tibetans to Protest in Ngawa Watusi Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture; A Qamdo Tibetan Cadre Arrested for Speech)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aba-07072010100103.html

State Security
Free Geologist Immediately, US Tells China
Agence France-Presse, July 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8416170659da9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Taiwan
Taiwan Gov't to Lift Ban on Individual Chinese Tourists
Agence France-Presse, July 08, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1311936&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN

Tibet
Modernising Tibet Masks Deep Contradictions
Reuters, July 08, 2010
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6652KU20100708