August 31, 2010

News
Corruption
广东近5年渎职犯罪造成经济损失55亿 (Guangdong: Dereliction of Duty Causes Economic Loss of 5.5 bil over Past 5 Years)
Southern Daily, August 31, 2010
http://gd.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-08/31/content_15379711.htm

Hong Kong
Minimum Wage Body 'Calls for Floor of HK$28'
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=49b89e785e3ca210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Father Seeks China AIDS Activist's Release
Associated Press, August 30, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gySAN7g6fNlsQGyMaF7h14UHAObgD9HTO96O0

胡佳和刘正有狱中健康恶化 (Hu Jia’s and Liu Zhengyou’s Health Deteriorate in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China_parole-08302010113242.html

Labor
China to Promote Collective Negotiation on Wages
Xinhua News Agency, August 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/30/content_11227719.htm

安徽法院受理艾滋“就业歧视”案 (Anhui Court Accepts HIV/AIDS Employment Discrimination Suit)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 31, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-08/31/content_1165675.htm

Media
Cellphone Registrations to Require Real Names
China Daily, August 31, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/31/content_11232099.htm

Related information:
手机实名制明日开始实施 (Mobile Phone Real-Name Registration Begins Tomorrow)
The Beijing News, August 31, 2010
http://finance.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0831/31696.shtml

批评报道涉及企业 山东莱阳警察进京调查作者 (Shandong: Journalist Invested by Police after Exposure Report)
China Youth Daily, August 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqgj/jryw/2010-08-30/content_782416.html

Protests and Petitions
超霸镉超标下岗工人要求赔偿遭围殴 (Laid-Off Workers, Ill from Cadmium Poisoning, Beaten for Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, August 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China_workers-08262010094445.html

武汉数百拆迁户堵路请愿 青岛二百黑社会人员凌晨强拆 (Wuhan: Hundreds of Evictees Block Traffic in Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuhan-08302010103945.html

Society
广州将动员80万群众参与亚运治安防控 (Guangzhou to Mobilize 800K Participate in Asiad Security)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 31, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-08/31/content_1165897.htm

各界告别谢韬 官方不准挽联 (Official Prohibit People from Leaving Elegiac Scrolls at Noted Academic Xie Tao's Funeral)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie-08302010164745.html

Related information:
痛悼谢韬先生 (Lament for Mr Xie Tao)
Ding Zilin and Jiang Peikun, August 29, 2010
http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/20810

Tibet
Chinese Police Shoot Tibetan Dead during Protest
Reuters, August 30, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-51160620100830

Related news:
17 Police Injured, One Tibetan Dead in Dispute
Xinhua News Agency, August 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/30/content_11227839.htm