August 15, 2008

Top News
Protests and Petitions
Olympic Games: Climbers Held over Tibet Banner Protest in Beijing
The Guardian, August 15, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/15/china.tibet

Early in the morning on August 15, two foreign activists climbed the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing and unfurled a banner reading “Free Tibet” in Chinese and English. Three additional foreign activists stood below to ensure the climbers’ safety. The five, all a part of Students for a Free Tibet, were arrested approximately 30 minutes after security officials first saw the climbers.

News
Bilateral Ties
US Officials under Fire after HK-Born Man Dies in Custody
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2281e66ec12cb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands
New York Times, August 13, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/nyregion/13detain.html

Death Penalty
Former Land Chief Gets Death Penalty for Bribes
Shanghai Daily, August 15, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370430

Disasters
China Quake Work to Cost $150bn
BBC, August 14, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7561446.stm

Land Policy
Policy Thrust on Saving Arable Land
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-08/14/content_6933781.htm

Law
司法部发布修订后的《国家司法考试实施办法》 (Ministry of Justice Releases Revised "Implementation Measures for the National Judicial Examination")
Legal Daily (via Xinhuanet), August 15, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/legal/2008-08/15/content_9329272.htm

Olympics
Across China's Countryside, 'Just Too Busy' for Olympics
Washington Post, August 15, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403169.html

Beijing Hospitals Lock Psychiatric Wards
Financial Times, August 14, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aaacd302-6a2a-11dd-83e8-0000779fd18c.html

China's Choreographed Detentions
Washington Post, August 15, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403430.html

Chinese Children in Ethnic Costume Came from Han Majority
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121866988423738751.html

On the Defensive, China Lashes Out at Critics
Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2008
http://www.wsj.com/article/SB121868920013240079.html

Related information:
IOC: China Should Not Prevent Media from Reporting
Associated Press (via Google), August 14, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3OMvEA_ehIHkQwvUsKHCWZ5QzIAD92I1TI80

Sixth IOC/BOCOG Press Conference
IOC/BOGOC, August 14, 2008
http://en.beijing2008.cn/live/pressconference/mpc/n214539774.shtml

Two Killed, Four Injured in Collision of Van and Olympic Bus
Xinhuanet, August 14, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/14/content_9297220.htm

京訂採訪八不干預 針對境外記者 公安局修訂指引 (Beijing Police Tighten Guidelines for Non-Mainland Reporters, Set "Eight Don't Interferes")
Ming Pao, August 14, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080814/gna1.htm

Politics
Green Axe Hangs over Local Officials
China Daily, August 15, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/15/content_6937169.htm

Protests and Petitions
In Beijing, Do Splashy Protests Pay Dividends?
Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rights14-2008aug14,0,4269176.story

上海访民在北京被押回看管 (Shanghai Petitioners Escorted Home from Beijing; Petitioner Shen Peilan Remains Missing)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-08142008092510.html

State-owned Enterprises
Chinese Gov't Denies Whopping Salary Rumor for SOE Heads
Xinhuanet, August 14, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/14/content_9320679.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan to Accept "Unification" Pandas from China
Reuters, August 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP79047

Tibet
Hundreds Held as Tibet Exiles, Nepal Police Clash
Reuters, August 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDEL29625920080814

XUAR
China Warns of "Life and Death" Battle with Terror
Reuters, August 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK5443320080814

Related news:
Attacks Possibly Linked to Terror Groups
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=942b882445fbb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Crackdown on Xinjiang Mosques, Religion
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/directive-08142008114700.html

August 09-11, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China Needs to Do Much More on Human Rights - Rudd
Reuters, August 08, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-34891920080808

Environment
China Sets New Rules in Bid to Cut Energy Use
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 08, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200808/20080808/article_369725.htm

Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Chinese Activist Detained on Way to Church
Associated Press (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ho1JVdniEIT_lYOTG9jw7Lla_o_gD92FDUSO0

Related news:
Chinese Activist Still Missing after Detention
Associated Press (via Google), August 11, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3OMvEA_ehIHkQwvUsKHCWZ5QzIAD92FT5G80

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Mother of Quake Activist Makes Third Appeal for Medical Parole
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=63b76687842ab110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
Chinese Rights Activist Zeng Jinyan Disappears
Associated Press (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gGtTrBpkUffPzYAENMTtc8HAqaBgD92EPP6O0

Media
China Keen to Show World Its Media Openness
Reuters, August 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSPEK8096520080811

High-jumping China's Firewall
Asia Times Online, August 09, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JH09Dj02.html

Website Blocking Is for Your Own Good, Games Chiefs Tell Chinese
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVB6y8xHwkeAOIxmHBI5pNqUHgGA

Olympics
American Tourist Killed in Attack
China Daily, August 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/10/content_6922020.htm

Behind Murder of American in Beijing, a Tale of Despair and Dislocation
International Herald Tribune, August 10, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/10/asia/beijing.php

Five Stage Pro-Tibet "Die-in" in Tiananmen Square (Roundup)
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Monsters and Critics), August 11, 2008
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/olympics2008/news/article_1422670.php/Five_stage_pro-Tibet_&quotdie-in%22_in_Tiananmen_Square__Roundup_

From Beijing to Battery Park, Activists Stress Causes
New York Times, August 09, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/sports/olympics/09protest.html

HK Pro-democracy Activist Ejected from Olympic Venue
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 10, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ij7Egq2IPSB2HetOQYAH60fdH6NA

Protester Hides Tibet Flag under Canadian Flag at Olympic Event
CBC, August 09, 2008
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/08/08/canadatibet-flag.html

Protests in Beijing? No Sign of Any at Designated Parks
Los Angeles Times, August 08, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-protest9-2008aug09,0,6994179.story

Vanishing Act
The Boston Globe, August 10, 2008
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/olympics/articles/2008/08/10/vanishing_act/

State Security
South Korean Arrested in Air China Bomb Threat
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), August 11, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/11/asia/AS-Japan-China-Bomb-Threat.php

State-owned Enterprises
China Will Speed up Mergers in SOEs
Shanghai Daily, August 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370011

Tibet
甘孜军警向两名散发传单的尼姑开枪 (Garze, Sichuan Officers Open Fire on Two Nuns Distributing Leaflets)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-08082008111132.html

XUAR
Backlash over Chinese Handling of Muslim Minority
ABC News, August 08, 2008
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5542322

New Spasm of Violence in Western China as 11 Die in Wave of Bombings
International Herald Tribune, August 11, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/11/asia/11xinjiang-2.php

August 02-04, 2008

News
Civil Society
New Citizen Activism Unsettles Beijing
Financial Times, August 03, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddf67bf6-616e-11dd-af94-000077b07658.html

Corruption
Corrupt Official Faces Execution
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369209

Disasters
21人挪用救災物資受處分 (21 Punished for Diverting Quake Relief Funds)
Ming Pao, August 04, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080804/ca11258k.htm

The Olympics Don't Have Any Meaning, Says Quake Survivor
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=afff763a0398b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Two Dead, 76,000 Flee Homes in East China Floods: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Google), August 04, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwNE_MYLRIqjRV3FB520PmD_E48g

Government
Law Aims to Ensure Fair Grassroots Elections
China Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/04/content_6900019.htm

Human Rights Defenders
北京进一步加强对维权律师的监控 (Beijing Heightens Control over Rights Defense Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-08032008165746.html

Dissident Free, Yet Still far from Liberty
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 03, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/dissident-free-yet-still-far-from-liberty/2008/08/03/1217701854128.html

Migrant Workers
外来农民工也是北京市民 发改委官员说法透善意 (Beijing Official's Assertion that "Migrant Workers Are Also Beijing Residents" Was in Good Intention)
Xinhuanet, August 04, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/04/content_8934795.htm

Olympics
And on Your Left, the Chinese Army Being Completely Open about the Olympics
Los Angeles Times, August 02, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-olythreats2-2008aug02,0,3088468.story

Beijing Outlines Olympic Protest Rules
Financial Times, August 03, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d47563c-6185-11dd-af94-000077b07658.html

IOC Chief Strives to Deflect Criticism of Chinese Censorship
Wall Street Journal, August 04, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121769525318907505.html

Limits to China's Pledge of Change
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7537838.stm

Mentally Ill People Perceived as Threats to Be Forcibly Committed
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=48917c46b2f7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protest-Zone Test Case Blocked in Beijing
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08017c46b2f7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
交警撞死女大學生 石家莊傳火炬當日 (Traffic Police Kill Student on Day of the Hubei Torch Relay; Do Not Divulge Information to Family)
Ming Pao, August 04, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080804/ccd1.htm

Protests and Petitions
上海北京天津又有访民受控 (Petitioners Continue to Be Harassed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shang-08012008223836.html

State Security
Six Held over Terrorism Rumours
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e40e1cdaf7e7b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State-owned Enterprises
新疆：企事业单位领导工资奖金统统要公开 (Salaries and Bonuses of XUAR SOEs Heads Should Be Made Public)
Xinhuanet, August 03, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/local/2008-08/03/content_8922809.htm

Taiwan
United Daily News Report Claims Ma to Renew Truce with China
Agence France-Presse (via Taiwan News), August 04, 2008
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=706297


Tibet
Nepal Detains 253 Tibetans as Olympics Near
Reuters, August 03, 2008
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-34806320080803

XUAR
16 Cops Killed in Assault on Xinjiang Police Station
Shanghai Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369262

Officials Held over Shooting Death
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=85bf763a0398b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD