Environment

Experts to Probe Toxic Dumping
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=39bfdaea039c1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

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云南强调铬渣污染未波及饮用水源 (Yunnan Stresses That Chromium Waste Did Not Seep into Drinking Water)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110814_china_pearl_river_pollution.shtml

Human Rights Defender – Wang Lihong (王荔蕻)

Support for Activist outside Closed Trial: Dozens Show Up as Wang Lihong Appears in a Small Court on Outskirts of Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50f0721176eb1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
维权人士王荔蕻寻衅滋事案开庭审理
Lawyers Report Procedural Irregularities at Trial of Rights Activist Wang Lihong
Human Rights in China, August 13, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5543
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5541

Law

专家称婚姻法新司法解释保护弱者尚有欠缺 (Expert Notes Deficiencies in Protecting the Weak in New Judicial Explanation on the Marriage Law)
Legal Daily, August 15, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-08/15/content_2863197.htm

Protests and Petitions

Violent Protest Takes Full Day to Quell
Associated Press, August 14, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/08/14/2003510725

大连PX项目引起担忧 数万民众市政集会抗议 (Dalian: Tens of Thousands Protest, Demanding Relocation of Chemical Plant)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy-08142011160958.html

For images of the Dalian protest, see:
https://plus.google.com/photos/108105216183622857074/albums/5640606992076525313

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大连PX项目停产待搬 (Dalian PX Plant To Be Relocated)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 15, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/2bd/ec3090.html

Tibet

Tibetan Detainees Tortured
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/beaten-08122011181018.html

XUAR

China Sends Anti-terrorism Unit to Restive West
Associated Press, August 13, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/china-sends-anti-terrorism-unit-restive-west-035605176.html