July 17-19, 2010

Bilateral Ties
美大使约见北京维权律师 国际关注维权 (US Ambassador Meets with a Beijing Rights Lawyer)
Voice of America, July 17, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/20100717-Jon-Huntsman-98661204.html

Environment
Cleanup Begins after Oil Pipe Explosion in China
Associated Press, July 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100718/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_pipeline_explosion

More Toxic Sewage Spills from Zijin Plant
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b64b8e16376e9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
刘沙沙遭绑架施酷刑 有意参加聚会网友被站岗 (Liu Shasha Kidnapped and Tortured)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-07182010170207.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Jiang Tianyong, 江天勇; Li Heping, 李和平; Tang Jitian, 唐吉田
Lawyers’ Licenses Withheld
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-inspection-07182010184545.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Feng Zhenghu, 冯正虎
Expo 2010 Shanghai: A Better Life,' But Not for Dissidents
McClatchy Newspapers, July 18, 2010
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/18/1735872/expo-2010-shanghai-a-better-life.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Wan Yanhai, 万延海
万延海呼吁发展欧盟和中国公民社会的战略关系 (Wan Yanhai Calls on EU to Build Strategic Relationships with Chinese Civil Society)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wan-07182010182204.html

Labor
4 Accidents Kill 38, Trap 13 Miners
China Daily, July 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/19/content_10121092.htm

Related news:
陕西韩城小南沟煤矿28名工人在矿难中丧生 (28 Workers Die in Coal Mine in Shaanxi)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shan-07182010183007.html

Land Policy
Elite Treat Top Heritage Sites as Their Own
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1801a475eebd9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Raises Compensation for Wrongful Imprisonment
Xinhua News Agency, July 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/16/content_10118441.htm

Related news:
最高检公布刑事赔偿新标准 日赔偿额较上年增加 (SPP Promulgates New Standards for Reparation of Criminal Cases, Daily Compensation Rate Increased from Last Year)
Xinhua News Agency, July 16, 2010
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201007/16/t20100716_21623020.shtml

Media
Bloggers Attract Censors' Sights as Internet Crackdown Continues
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=75c0a475eebd9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Booming Demand for TV on the Internet in China
New York Times, July 18, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/business/global/19chinavideo.html

Migrant Workers
China Boomtown Migrants Sorely Underpaid
Reuters, July 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100719/wl_nm/us_china_labour

Related information:
深圳新生代农民工生存状况调查报告 (Report on Living Conditions of Shenzhen's Young Migrant Workers)
People's Daily, July 15, 2010
http://acftu.people.com.cn/GB/67582/12154737.html

Protests and Petitions
苏州通安拆迁爆发大规模群体流血冲突 (Demolition in Suzhou Causes Large Scale Outbreak Among Community)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shu-07182010163549.html

Public Health
Hospital Refuses to Treat Woman with HIV
Agence France-Presse, July 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ff15add9bf9d9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD