August 18, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China Media Rap 'Aggressive' Pentagon Report
Agence France-Presse, August 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jsnXZ563iGsVgK5dcgsYDQKNyd7w

Related news:
Pentagon Cites Concerns in China Military Growth
New York Times, August 16, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/asia/17military.html

Disasters
Heavy Rain Deepens Misery for Chinese
Irish Times, August 18, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0818/1224277072027.html

Economic Development
Helping the Poor More Important than GDP Growth, Says Beijing
Associated Press, August 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=962dbf4cec08a210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender -- Feng Zhenghu, 冯正虎
冯正虎软禁结束 继续快乐维权 (Feng Zhenghu Continues with Rights Advocacy after House Arrest Ends)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-08172010103212.html

Human Rights Defender -- Wang Wanxing, 王万星
王万星在德国谈对于中国精神病问题的感受 (Wang Wanxing Speaks on China's Oppressive Use of Psychiatric Institutions)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/de-08172010100132.html

Labor
Minimum Wage Raised Throughout China in 2010 - Report
Reuters, August 18, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50903620100818

Media
Internet Experts: China Needs More IT Creativity
IDG News Service, August 18, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-08-17/internet-experts-china-needs-more-it-creativity.html

Protests and Petitions
村民疑选举票数造假 拦警车截票箱8人被拘 (8 Detained after Villagers Protests Election Outcome)
The Beijing News, August 18, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0818/01/6EB60IDQ00014AED.html

重庆城管与商贩冲突 数千民众聚区政府交通瘫痪 (Chongqing: Thousands Gather to Support Vender Beaten by Urban Management Officers)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-08172010105506.html

Public Health
Secondhand Smoke Levels up
China Daily, August 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/18/content_11167704.htm
Related news:
Quarter of Chinese Adults Aware of Smoking Risk: Survey
Reuters, August 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100817/hl_nm/us_china_health_cigarettes

Vaccines Switched to Pass Tests, Court Is Told
Shanghai Daily, August 18, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=446633&type=National

Society
Writing on the Wall for Guns
China Daily, August 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/18/content_11167140.htm

Tibet
RFA独家：环保藏人仁青桑珠上诉 再有同村村民被捕 (Tibetan Environmentalist Rinchen Samdrup Appeals; Relative Also Detained)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dx2-08172010162821.html