July 30, 2010

News
Disasters
Nanjing Blast Toll Rises
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nanjing-blast-07292010104214.html

Nearly 3,000 Chemical Barrels Retrieved from Major River of NE China
Xinhua News Agency, July 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/30/c_13422576.htm

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七千桶化学原料漂流有爆炸 吉林政府称无害 (7K Chemical Barrels Flow Down Stream During Floods, Jilin Government Calls It Harmless)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chem-07292010153024.html

Environment
China Flood and Oil Spill Response Improves. Prevention? Not So Much.
Christian Science Monitor, July 29, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0729/China-flood-and-oil-spill-response-improves.-Prevention-Not-so-much.

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Toxic Fallout
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=793811fd08e1a210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

陕西延长县天然气井喷大火6天未灭 未造成伤亡 (Shaanxi Natural Gas Well Fire Burning for Six Days Now)
China News Service, July 29, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2010/07-29/2433622.shtml

Labor
湖北百余农民工在陕西讨薪遭殴打 9人重伤 (9 Injured When 100+ Hubei Migrant Workers Beaten in Xi’an, Shaanxi for Demanding Pay)
Chutian Metropolis Daily, July 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0730/12/6CRF3O3100011229.html

Media
Google Says China Search Block May Be Tech Glitch
Reuters, July 30, 2010
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE66S65B20100730

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Google Computer Reports China Blockage, All Humans Report Otherwise
Rebecca MacKinnon, July 29, 2010
http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2010/07/google-computer-reports-china-blockage-all-humans-report-otherwise.html

In China, Journalist Prevails
New York Times, July 29, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/world/asia/30china.html

Police
Online Posts of Crime Boss' Torture Deleted
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01261451dbe1a210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
重庆打黑第一案辩护词 (Defence Statement by Fan Qihang's Lawyer)
Zhu Mingyong, January 11, 2010
pt1: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4b5857fb0100gosk.html
pt2: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4b5857fb0100gosl.html

Cached copy of the original Caing.com article:
樊奇杭案进入死刑复核 律师会见视频曝光 (Fan Qihang's Case under Review for Death Penalty)
Caixin, July 28, 2010
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1IJyIRk-laIGx4jdYZI4zV4_W6FCuPCCSKHvMG2roB3c

Protests and Petitions
广州拘网民示警 香港八一“撑粤语" (Guangzhou Netizen Detained, Hong Kong "Back Up for Cantonese" on August 1)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gz-07292010151242.html

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广州依法依规于情于理都不会“推普废粤” (Guangzhou Will Not Promote Mandarin over Cantonese)
Guangzhou Daily, July 29, 2010
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2010-07/29/content_1041729.htm

XUAR
Uyghur Webmasters Sentenced
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/webmasters-07282010170425.html