News
Death Penalty
Top Official Sentenced to Death for Corruption
Xinhua News Agency, July 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/23/content_11042278.htm
China 'to Debate Execution Policy Changes'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10736141
Environment
How Greed Turned River into Pea Soup and Left Village in Despair
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d33973f9baaf9210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
China Issues Food Safety Warning
China Daily, July 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/22/content_11037611.htm
Human Rights Defender
福建三网民案代理林洪楠律师被行政处罚案开庭 (Administrative Suit of Lin Hongnan Goes to Trial)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fujian-07222010142259.html
Human Rights Defenders -- Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎); Zhao Dagong (赵达功)
赵达功看世博被遣返 冯正虎因《官逼民反》再被传唤 (Zhao Dagong Expelled from Expo, Feng Zhenghu Summoned by Police after Publicizing Dissenting Article)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shibo-07222010154000.html
Human Rights Defender -- Sun Wenguang (孙文广)
孙文广新作《逆风33年》近日出版 (Sun Wenguang's Releases New Book)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sun-07222010102139.html
Human Rights Defender -- Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
香港书展开幕 中国敢言作家受瞩目 (Outspoken Chinese Writers Center of Attention at HK Book Fair)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shuzhan-07212010112828.html
Labor
Strikes End at Two Chinese Automotive Suppliers
Reuters, July 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100722/wl_nm/us_china_labour
Safety Office Warns of Problems in Safety Checks
Xinhua News Agency, July 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/23/content_11038145.htm
13 Confirmed Dead in China Mine Flood: Media
Agence France-Presse, July 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100723/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccident
Land Policy
拆迁户遭五六十人围殴 派出所长在旁未制止 (Evictee Beaten by 50+ People, Police Station Chief Stands Aside and Does Not Intervene)
Anhui Commercial News, July 23, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0723/04/6C8J5H0400014AEE.html
Media
Chinese Army to Target Cyber War Threat
The Guardian, July 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/22/chinese-army-cyber-war-department
Population
Beijing's Population Surges Near 20 Million
China Daily, July 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/23/content_11038489.htm
Protests and Petitions
福建村支书吞土地建楼房 村民上告无门 (Fujian Villagers Suffer Reprisals after Petitioning against Official's Land Embezzlement )
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fj-07212010142410.html
天津访民为屈死狱中亲弟伸冤尝尽磨难 (Tianjin Petitioner Encounters Hardship while Seeking Redress for Brother’s Death in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-07222010103944.html
Officials Fired after Township Protests
China Daily, July 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/23/content_11038572.htm
XUAR
狱中维族基督徒阿里木江家属探监受阻引起外界关注 (Family of Imprisoned Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit Not Allowed to Visit)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-07222010162541.html