August 30, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
'Difficult Moments' Predicted
China Daily, August 30, 2010
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/7121436.html

Environment
Pollution Threat to Yangtze
The Hindu, August 27, 2010
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article596325.ece

Related information:
Fishing and Pollution in the Yangtze River, China
Greenpeace, August 25, 2010
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/multimedia/slideshows/Fishing-and-Pollution-in-Yangtze-River-China/

Food Security
結石寶寶家長「趕死期」紛索償 兩年追索期限將屆滿 爭取立案 (Parents of Tainted Milk Victims Hurry to Claim before Recourse Period Ends)
Ming Pao, August 28, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100827/4/jx5b.html

Hong Kong
香港政改方案獲人大常委批准 (NPC Approves HK Political Reform Scheme)
Hong Kong Business Times, August 30, 2010
http://www.businesstimes.com.hk/a-20100830-90840/Xianggangzhenggai-program

Human Rights Defenders
“打假斗士”方舟子遭人追打 称因打假遭报复 (Renowned Anti-Bad Science Writer Attacked)
China National Radio, August 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100830/u1a5421787.html

Related news:
Tsang Welcomes NPCSC's Decision on HK's Constitutional Reform Package
Xinhua News Agency, August 28, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/28/c_13467220.htm

Law
Chinese Legislature Passes People's Mediation Law
Xinhua News Agency, August 28, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/29/c_13467472.htm

Related information:
中华人民共和国人民调解法 (People's Mediation Law of the People's Republic of China)
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, August 28, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/jrzg/2010-08/29/content_1690569.htm

Labor
身体不适辞工 遭拒后猝死宿舍 (Painter, Forbidden from Resigning Despite Poor Health, Dies in Company Hostel)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 29, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-08/29/content_1164353.htm

Media
Companies Target Journalists
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/companies-08272010162730.html

记者称采访伊春空难不寻常 穿越封锁躲避警察 (Journalist: Reporting on Yichun Clash Was a Hide-and-Seek with Police)
China National Radio, August 29, 2010
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/yichunkejishishi/content-2/detail_2010_08/29/2351205_0.shtml

微博網站設「自律專員」 審查言論 (Microblogging Sites to Be Equipped with “Self-censorship Inspector”)
Ming Pao, August 29, 2010

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100828/4/jxqy.html

Related news:
北京网络媒体将设自律专员 (Beijing's Online Media to Add Self-Censorship Officials)
Beijing Evening News, August 27, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2010/08-27/2496289.shtml

Migrant Workers
农民工人讨薪给孩子交学费遭数十人打死 (Migrant Worker Demands Back Pay, Gets Beaten to Death)
Chinese Business View, August 29, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0829/03/6F7O8MFG00014AED.html

Public Health
Cholera Outbreak Hits Eastern China
Agence France-Presse, August 29, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gG4GqrfX5V-I0Wl0rI6FxysGda2g

Hospitals to Keep Eye on Superbugs
Shanghai Daily, August 30, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=447756

Society
At Chinese Zoos, the Animal Keepers Are the Savage Ones, Activists Say
The Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-animals-20100829,0,2116802.story

Related information:
Performing Animals in Chinese Zoos
Animals Asia Foundation, August 2010
http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?UID=GSGRU1YY0LG

广东数百警力荷枪持盾封路取缔无证店 (Guangdong: Police Show up on Street with Arms)
Guangzhou Daily, August 28, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0828/04/6F5766T100014AED.html