July 9, 2010

Environment
Pollution? What Pollution?
New York Times, July 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/world/asia/09iht-letter.html

Food Security
China Finds Fresh Trade in Toxic Milk Powder: Report
Reuters, July 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100709/wl_nm/us_china_milk

Human Rights Defenders -- Gao Zhisheng , 高智晟
高智晟再度失踪近3个月 (Gao Zhisheng Missing Again for 3 Months)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Gao-07082010103744.html?encoding=simplified

Human Rights Defenders -- Li Hong , 力虹; Xu Wanping 许万平
儿手术欠费许万平长期禁闭 未脱重症力虹药费维艰 (Xu Wanping Subject to Solitary Confinement for Long Period; Li Hong Still in Serious Condition and Cannot Afford Medical Bills)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-07082010153126.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Artist Who Led Protest Has Been Jailed, His Wife Says
New York Times, July 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/world/asia/09beijing.html?_r=2

Labor
At Least Six Dead, 34 Hurt in Mining Zone Explosion
China Daily, July 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/09/content_10085250.htm

China's Migrant Workers Want Rights, Not Handshakes
The Guardian, July 08, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/08/china-migrant-worker-strike-action

Media
Praise for Purged Leader Zhao Ziyang
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a8d291e5ad2b9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disclosure of Personal Data A Trend Getting Out of Control
China Daily, July 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/09/content_10085244.htm

Protests and Petitions
江苏工厂严重污染 村民抗议遭威吓 (Villagers Protesting Factory Pollution in Jiangsu Province Met With Threats)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-pollution-07082010102009.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
China Tackles Mental Health Woes
Inter Press Service, July 09, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LG09Ad01.html

Religion
Catholic Priest, Nun Murdered in China
Agence France-Presse, July 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100708/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimereligion

Society
Poll: Corruption, Public Discontent Most Worrisome
China Daily, July 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/09/content_10084440.htm

Tibet
拉萨公安再展开严打 禁寺院庆祝达赖寿辰 (Police Launch Crackdown in Lhasa; Temples Forbidden from Celebrating Dalai Lama's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-tibet-07082010103237.html?encoding=simplified