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 14, 2008

News
Corruption
Suicide of Probed Food Regulator Reported
Caijing Magazine, August 13, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080813/77204.shtml

Related news:
Official: China Food Regulator's Death Accidental
Associated Press (via Google), August 13, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-VIKxPFYtBgPdveLpUmDIhCPyxgD92HDID00

Disasters
Quake Not Linked to Dam Works
Shanghai Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370336

Torrential Rain Leaves 40 Dead in Yunnan
Shanghai Daily, August 13, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200808/20080813/article_370276.htm

Environment
China Targets High-Emission Cars with Consumption-Tax Increase
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865440841037759.html

Olympics Delay Energy Reforms
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/olympic-energy-reforms-08132008164011.html

Media
ITN to Protest to Chinese Authorities over Detention of Journalist
The Guardian, August 13, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/13/olympics2008.olympicsandthemedia

Obstruction of Media Trio Concerns Ministry
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11bb379900dbb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
2008年8月13日外交部发言人秦刚举行例行记者会 (Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's Regular Press Conference on August 13, 2008)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 13, 2008
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/xwfw/fyrth/t465510.htm

Olympics
Beijing to Keep Low Fares on Bus, Subway - Official
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/14/content_6933712.htm

China Not Rattled by Age Questions
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/idUSPEK30668820080813

Environment-Friendly Olympic Village Granted LEED Gold Award
Xinhuanet, August 13, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/13/content_9268467.htm

Olympics No Threat to Water in Beijing
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), August 14, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370355

北京奥运安保部门首次报告鼓楼凶案调查结果 (Beijing Police Release Official Report on Murder of US Tourist at Drum Tower)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-08132008145325.html

鸟巢外示威被拘 北京再封海外网站 (Some Foreign Websites Again Blocked following Free Tibet Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-08132008090229.html

香港拒绝海外民运分子张小刚入境 (Hong Kong Refuses Entry to Federation for a Democratic China's Zhang Xiaogang)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hongkong_entry-08132008115310.html

Related news:
Chinese Activists "Barred" from Hong Kong
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK34456120080806

Protests and Petitions
32名临沂百姓申请北京示威区游行被拒 (Application to Demonstrate in Beijing Protest Zone Refused for 32 Resettled People from Linyi, Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shiwei-08132008090527.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Blasts China on Paris Visit
Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865435380337755.html

Related news:
Dalai Lama Fears Chinese Push in Tibet after Games
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKLD71520820080813

India Curbs Tibetan Activist-Writer
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/activist-08132008115834.html

Tibet
Central Govt to Pump $5.5 Billion into Tibet
China Daily, August 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/14/content_6933692.htm

XUAR
China Steps Up Scrutiny of a Minority in Beijing
New York Times, August 14, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/sports/olympics/14uighur.html

喀什再遇袭官方严防限采访　居民称维族政治受压　 (Media Prohibited in Kashgar; Residents Say Uyghurs Coming under Increasing Pressure from Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kasgar-08132008124254.html

August 13, 2008

Top News of the Day
Olympics
多名与六四相关人士遭当局监控或被要求离开北京 (Beijing Activists Told to Leave Beijing and Undergo Surveillance by Authorities before and during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-08122008093332.html
In the weeks before the Olympics, many rights defenders and activists were asked by authorities to leave Beijing; others came under surveillance by authorities. Tiananmen Mothers' Zhang Xianling (张先玲) reports to RFA that she has been under "loose surveillance" by authorities since July 29, and that fellow Tiananmen Mother Ding Zilin (丁子霖) and her husband were "invited" to travel outside Beijing by authorities on August 1. Additionally, democracy activist Jiang Qisheng (江棋生) reports that he was also told to leave Beijing before the Opening Ceremonies, but he refused. Since August 7, he has been under surveillance.

News
Corruption
涉嫌贪污受贿1700余万元 安徽商务厅原副厅长蔡文龙被诉 (Former Anhui Commercial Bureau Official Suspected of Involvement in Corruption Scandal; Bribes Total over 1.7 bil Yuan)
Legal Daily, August 12, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-08/12/content_922280.htm

Disasters
Bus Accident Kills 24 in NW China's Xinjiang
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 13, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/13/content_6930941.htm

China Moves to Retrieve Disaster Relief Items for Emergency Store
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/12/content_9217347.htm

Related information:
救灾物资回收管理暂行办法 (Provisional Measures for the Management
of the Return of Disaster Relief Items)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, August 11, 2008
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/fvfg/jzjj/200808/20080800019249.shtml

China Solicits Advice for Post-Quake Reconstruction Outline
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9230802.htm

Related information:
国家汶川地震灾后恢复重建总体规划（公开征求意见稿） National Master Recovery Plan Following the Wenchuan Earthquake (Draft for Public Input)
August 12, 2008
http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2008-08/12/content_1070554.htm

China Withdraws More Soldiers from Quake-Hit Zone
Xinhuanet, August 13, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/13/content_9260484.htm

Ten Million Quake Survivors Move into Prefabs
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9225935.htm

Environment
粵踢爆空氣優良內幕 灰霾天增加 官認指數未計粒子 (China's Current "Air Pollution Index" Does not Include Particulate Matter; Guangdong Committed to Reevaluate Standards)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080813/cca1h.htm

Labor
Three Dead, Two Missing in Iron Ore Mine Collapse
China Daily, August 12, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/12/content_6929888.htm

Olympics
Armoured Cars on Streets of Beijing as Terrorism Fears Grow
The Daily Mail, August 12, 2008
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043778/Armoured-cars-streets-Beijing-terrorism-fears-grow.html

Beijing Parks Pump up Security Checks
Shanghai Daily, August 13, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370255

开幕式108吨垃圾 90吨可利用 (108 Tons of Waste Produced on Opening Day of Olympics in Olympics Zone)
The Beijing News, August 13, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2008/08-13/008@023738.htm

Performer who Fell in Rehearsal Paralysed
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=891c7cd90e7bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Security Keeps Public away from Olympic Sponsors
The Seattle Times, August 12, 2008
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008107662_apchinalonelysponsors.html

Protests and Petitions
American Protesters Taken away in Beijing
Reuters, August 13, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSHKG20199620080813

Related news:
Activists Held over Games Protest
BBC, August 13, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7557771.stm

British Journalist 'Roughed up' by Chinese Police at Free Tibet Protest
The Telegraph, August 13, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2550169/Beijing-Olympics-British-journalist-roughed-up-by-Chinese-police-at-Free-Tibet-protest.html

Group: Police Detain Would-Be Olympics Protester
Associated Press (via Google), August 13, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gl3910JlgH5mrH6L1yqP183Oc10gD92H582O0

Rural Issues
China Channels 8.64 bln Yuan to Offer Free Textbooks for Rural Students
Xinhuanet, August 12, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/12/content_9237241.htm

State Security
French Authorities Probe Air China Threat Letter
Reuters, August 12, 2008
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCALC49699320080812

Tibet
北京开奥运 藏人遭禁足 (Tibetans' Movement Limited during the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan-08122008093132.html

XUAR
China Detains Uyghurs amid Attacks
Radio Free Asia, August 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/xinjiang-08122008134516.html

'Zealots Spare Public to Boost Cause'
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=31cc7cd90e7bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

August 12, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Hua Huiqi (华惠棋)
Detained Chinese Activist Says He Escaped
Associated Press (via Google), August 12, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gl3910JlgH5mrH6L1yqP183Oc10gD92GINJ80

Hua Huiqi (华惠棋), a Beijing-based house church activist, issued a letter stating that he has escaped from the police who were watching over him and is in hiding. Hua was detained on August 10 en route to a church service attended by U.S. President Bush. His captors warned at the time that they would break his legs if he tried to go to the church, where he was baptized.

Related information, including a translation of Hua’s letter:
In Hiding, Beijing House Church Activist Hua Huiqi Appeals for Help
Human Rights in China, August 11, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/68598

News
Disasters
Twenty Die in Torrential Rain in Southwest China
Agence-France Presse (via China Post), August 12, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local%20news/other/2008/08/12/169741/Twenty-die.htm

Environment
Decree on Energy Saving at State-Funded Organizations Issued
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/11/content_9186968.htm

Related information:
《公共机构节能条例》 (Regulations on Energy Efficiency at State-Funded Institutions)
Xinhuanet, August 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/11/content_9179896.htm

Labor
Rescuers Find Bodies of 9 Miners Trapped in Gas Blast
China Daily, August 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/11/content_6926218.htm

广东严查非法“洋打工” (Guangdong Increases Examination over Illegal Foreign Workers)
Nanfang Daily, August 04, 2008
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfrb/200808040033.asp

Media
China's Media Censored over Stabbing
The Age, August 12, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/world/chinas-media-censored-over-stabbing-20080811-3tmf.html

2 Reporters, Photographer Detained in Uygur Region
The Yomiuri Shimbun, August 12, 2008
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20080812TDY02304.htm

Screws Tighten on Mainland Journalists
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1b4c6136ab2bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
China Bans Child Singer with Crooked Teeth from Singing at Opening Ceremony
Times Online, August 12, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4512250.ece

Protests and Petitions
奥运维稳上海访民人权受侵　殴打羁押不断 (Attacks on Shanghai-based Petitioners Continue during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai_fangmin-08112008144011.html

北京访民接受外国记者采访被刑事拘留 (Beijing Petitioners Criminally Detained for Accepting Foreign Media Interviews)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bj_fangmin-08112008095527.html

Beijing Denies Right to Protest in Park
Financial Times, August 11, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27660ab2-67d3-11dd-8d3b-0000779fd18c.html

Taiwan
Men Arrested after Swimming to Taiwan
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d0c7087e302bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Death Toll for Xinjiang Attack at Eleven
Caijing, August 11, 2008
http://english.caijing.com.cn/20080811/77166.shtml

Teen Bombing Suspect Held in Xinjiang Hospital
Shanghai Daily, August 12, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=370123

Three Killed in Renewed Violence in China's Far West
Reuters, August 12, 2008
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAPEK9954420080812

Uygur Bombers Included Teenage Girl, Authorities Say
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=131a6136ab2bb110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD　

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 08, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush speech on rights catches China off guard
Toronto Star, August 08, 2008
http://olympics.thestar.com/2008/article/474395

Sarkozy Sends List of Dissidents to China
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL722492120080807

World Leaders Gather for Olympics
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7548539.stm

Disasters
China Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,222 by Thursday Noon
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 07, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/07/content_6914563.htm

Eleven Killed in Floods in East China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo!News), August 07, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_afp/chinaweatherflood

Human Rights Defender - He Depu (何德普)
Chinese Political Prisoners 'Worse-off' in Games Lead-up
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 07, 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327619.htm

Related information:
Political Prisoner He Depu Writes to IOC President Jacques Rogge
Human Rights in China, August 06, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/68030

Human Rights Defenders
Former Chinese Official Says Activists for Darfur Are Faking, Real Goal is to Smear China
Voice of America, August 07, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-07-voa12.cfm

Lawyers Force Public Hearing
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=00cd30751ad9b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
Mining Deaths in Olympic Power Push
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/mining-olympic-08072008155242.html

Olympics
Apology to Pressmen
China Daily, August 08, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/08/content_6915614.htm

奥运开幕前一天北京网友无法打开部份媒体中文网 (Several Chinese Language Media Sites Blocked in Beijing on Eve of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-08072008091223.html

北京消息﹕長安街巴士爆炸 (Bus Explosions on Chang'an Street in Beijing Earlier This Week)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080808/cab1.htm

China’s Rain-Stoppers Face Big Olympic Test
Financial Times, August 07, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acde4f9a-64ab-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.html

Clampdown on Dissidents Smothers Beijing and Beyond
Reuters, August 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK9243820080808

Related information:
Human Rights Situation in China Worsens as Bush Calls for a More Open Society
Human Rights in China, August 07, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/68117

Olympic Message to Some in Beijing Is ‘Please Leave’
New York Times, August 08, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/sports/olympics/08beijing.html

Radio Free Asia Voice Denied Chinese Visa
Broadcasting & Cable, August 07, 2008
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6585372.html

Reporters Without Borders Make Pirate Broadcast in Beijing
Times Online, August 08, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4482707.ece

Restrictions Placed on 'Underground' Priests as Olympics Loom
CBCP News Service, August 07, 2008
http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/4106

Turkestan Militants Target HK, Says Group
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f8730751ad9b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Uighur Militants Threaten Olympic Attacks, U.S. Monitor Says
Bloomberg, August 08, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=an5iNqNKLXJI&refer=home

White House Press Corps Plane Detained in China
Associated Press (via Google), August 07, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1ffElFoDV6DZPVlvGdHwmg1OrGQD92DN4S00

Protests and Petitions
Activist Held after Seeking Protest Permit
Financial Times, August 07, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86903364-64a9-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.html

Activists in Canada Target Embassy, Consulate
The Globe and Mail, August 08, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080807.OLYCANADA07/TPStory/TPInternational/
American Protester Paints Beijing Hotel Rooms
Associated Press (via Google), August 08, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iQLfxXpDznyBgtdr0zygqRAc7nBQD92DKH600

Related information:
Gadfly in Beijing, A Voice For The Voiceless Pt1
Youtube, August 05, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV-U3H-6Rvw

Man Holding Banners Causes Temporary Traffic Closure in Hong Kong
Xinhuanet, August 08, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/08/content_9046169.htm

Related news:
British Man Protests China's Record in HK
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f29ed07ca0ab110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

外籍漢青馬大橋掛橫額示威 (British Chinese Unfurls Protest Banners on Tsing-Ma Bridge)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/Inews/20080808/gb50916k.htm

西安两厂数百职工到政府静坐示威 (Hundreds of Xi'an Workers Hold Sit-in Protest after Petitions Go Unheard)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xian-08072008172641.html

Tibet
Hundreds Detained as Tibetans March in India, Nepal
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL34224420080807

August 07, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush to Chide China on Rights
USA Today, August 07, 2008
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/sports/93030.php

PM 'To Raise Human Rights' in Beijing
The Australian, August 06, 2008
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24138186-12377,00.html

World Leaders Quash Qualms, Go to Olympic Opening
Associated Press (available at Yahoo!News), August 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_as/oly_olympic_invitees

Disasters
China Life Offers Monthly Stipends to Quake Orphans
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/06/content_8999085.htm

Environment
Shanghai Taps Reservoir to Provide Safe Drinking Water
Shanghai Daily, August 06, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200808/20080806/article_369525.htm

Food Security
New Twist in China-Japan Food Row
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7545741.stm

Government
Complaints Jam Chinese Governor's Mobile Phones
Xinhuanet, August 06, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/06/content_9003723.htm

Olympics
Beijing Police Stop Protest by US Christians
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK6439620080807

China Likely to Take Any Athletes' Protest in Stride
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USPEK22588220080807

人权团体：运动员请愿施压北京 (Human Rights Groups: Athletes' Protests Pressures Beijing)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 07, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7540000/newsid_7546400/7546480.stm

Three Rights Activists Denied Entry to HK
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c6829163f89b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Olympics: US Swimmer in Naked Protest
Telegraph.co.uk, August 06, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/2509980/Beijing-Olympics-US-swimmer-in-naked-protest.html

China's Would-Be Protesters Denied
Washington Post, August 06, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503197.html

Not All in Beijing are Olympic Enthusiasts
International Herald Tribune, August 05, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/asia/beijing.php

北京警方受命停止阻挠国际媒体采访 (Beijing Authorities Ordered Not to Obstruct International Media)
Radio Free Asia, August 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-08062008113352.html

Beijing Olympics Visitors to Come under Widespread Surveillance
Los Angeles Times, August 07, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-snoop7-2008aug07,0,7333292.story

Bus Catches Fire on Relay Route
South China Morning Post, August 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=687429163f89b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Close Watch on Shipping at China's Sailing Venue
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK32963420080806

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Clash in Southwest China over Pollution
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKPEK24350420080806

Public Health
HIV Drug Resistance Found in China's Poorest: Study
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN0649602420080806

HIV/AIDS Travel Ban to be Lifted
China Daily, August 06, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-08/06/content_6906863.htm

State Security
Attack on Chinese Police Carefully Planned
Associated Press (available at Yahoo!News), August 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_re_as/oly_china_security

Tibet
Pro-Tibet Film Gets Rare Beijing Showing
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK4204620080806

XUAR
Town in China Returns to Normal a Day after Attack Kills 16
International Herald Tribune, August 06, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/06/asia/06kashgar.php

August 06, 2008

Bilateral Ties
美駐京新使館8月8日8時開幕 (Beijing's New American Embassy to Open on August 8 at 8 AM)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2008 http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080806/cab1.htm

Japan to Protest to China over Reporters' Beating
Reuters (via China Post), August 06, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/08/06/168788/Japan-to.htm

Related news:
Xinjiang Border Police Apologize to Japanese Reporters after Clash
Xinhuanet, August 05, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/05/content_8970966.htm

Spain to Hear Tibetan Lawsuit against Chinese Leaders
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBp60203lXfhA_H1mJ2DFLRG98iA

Disasters
餘震造成青川2死29傷 (Two Dead and 29 Injured in Sichuan Aftershock)
Ming Pao, August 06, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080806/ca31300k.htm

Man Jailed for Quake Aftershock Hoax
Shanghai Daily, August 06, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369520

Environment
China Sets up First Environmental Exchange
Agence-France Presse (via Google), August 05, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQf2zcOYjJzr5fQGSac_Q0k1FY1A

Government
村官贿选蔓延，修法难以遏制 (Amended Law May Not Constrain Widespread Village Election Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/election-08052008101043.html

Human Rights Defenders
各地异议维权人士续遭打压 (Dissidents and Rights Defenders Harassed across China)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie_liu-08052008122048.html

中国泛蓝联盟各地成员奥运前夕遭受不同程度打压 (Pan-Blue Alliance Members across China Receive Varying Levels of Harassment on Eve of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanlan-08052008090741.html

Migrant Workers
广州出动3万多警力清理流动人口 (Guangzhou Police Kick out over 300,000 Migrant Workers during "Clean up")
Radio Free Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangzhou-08052008100359.html

Multilateral
UNICEF Report says China, India Hold Key to Asia Sustaining Improved Child Survival Rates
Voice of Asia, August 05, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-05-voa44.cfm

Olympics
China Denies Visa for Critic; Activists Held
Wall Street Journal, August 07, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121798661082115673.html

Related news:
Tibet Protesters Held in Beijing
Reuters, August 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSSP29043320080806

China Lifts Some Internet Restrictions
CNSNews.com, August 05, 2008
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=33618

Related information:
China Olympics Update: More Free for More People, But Not Free for All
Open Net Initiative, August 01, 2008 http://opennet.net/blog/2008/08/china-olympics-update-more-free-more-people-not-free-all

China Limits Media Access to Tiananmen
Associated Press (via Wall Street Journal), August 05, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121798119427915111.html

U.S. Cyclists Are Masked, and Criticism Is Not
New York Times, August 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sports/olympics/06masks.html

Worrying about Traffic, Not Who Wins the Gold
New York Times, August 06, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/sports/olympics/06beijing.html

Tibet
Tibetan Normality Hides Tension
USA Today, August 06, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-05-tibet_N.htm

XUAR
China Says 18 Suspects Trained Abroad
Financial Times, August 05, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/675788ba-6316-11dd-9fd0-0000779fd2ac.html

Related news:
Scholars Question Official Line of 'Plot' to Disrupt Olympics
International Herald Tribune, August 05, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/asia/kashgar.php

China's Uighurs Wary, Worried After Attack
The Washington Post, August 06, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080502383.html

August 05, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Sends Mugabe Packing
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 05, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/latest-news/beijing-sends-mugabe-packing/2008/08/05/1217701960735.html

Untainted picture of China's Africa policy
China Daily, August 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-08/05/content_6903391.htm

Bush Walks Tightrope over Rights and Respect for China
International Herald Tribune, August 04, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/04/asia/prexy.php

Corruption
Corrupt Official's Son Also Jailed
China Daily, August 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/05/content_6903779.htm

Disasters
Auditor: Some Quake Funds, Supplies Misused
Shanghai Daily, August 05, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=369363

Environment
China Will Start to Monitor New Pollutants
Associated Press (available at Yahoo!News), August 04, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iS4WkCV2k3VRFauV7yprOz5c-tHQD92BC6E80

Human Rights Defenders
浙江民主党成员王荣清被逮捕 郭泉遭严密监控 (Zhejiang Democratic Party Member Arrested; Guo Quan Under Heavy Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guoquan-08042008110416.html

Military
美国商业卫星图像出售中国 (U.S. Satellite Pictures Sold to China)
Radio France Internationale, August 05, 2008
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/104/article_8780.asp

Olympics
公安搶港記相機 (Authorities Steal Hong Kong Reporter's Camera)
Ming Pao, August 05, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080805/gac1.htm

Improved Web Access Still Falls Shy of Pledge
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=559c4fe89be8b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Journalists 'Beaten for Reporting China Police Attack'
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 05, 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/05/2324748.htm?section=world

便衣等政府人员阻止外国记者采访 (Plain Clothes and Government Authorities Prevent Foreign Media from Reporting)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jizhe-08042008105306.html

Buddhist Monk Denied Entry to Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c4dc4fe89be8b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

上海轨交站所有商铺今起停业一月 确保奥运安全 (Businesses Closed in Shanghai Subways for One Month)
Xinhuanet, August 05, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-08/05/content_8956955.htm

Olympics Will Be Safe, Says China
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 05, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7542167.stm

China's Mines Lie Eerily Quiet for Olympics
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 04, 2008
http://business.smh.com.au/business/chinas-mines-lie-eerily-quiet-for-olympics-20080803-3pd9.html

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Residents Stage Protest over Olympic Eviction
The Guardian, August 04, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/04/china.olympics2008

港商团体拟申请到京上访 上海访民不信承诺拟自己进行示威活动 (Hong Kong Business and Shanghai Petitioners Plan Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-08042008110245.html

北京旧房所有者的声明 (Beijing Owners of Old Houses Give Declaration)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiufang-08042008151507.html

State Security
China Calls Xinjiang Bombing Terrorism
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 04, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5510608&page=1

XUAR
East Turkestan Movement Says Oppression Fuels Unrest
South China Morning Post, August 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bb0c4fe89be8b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Survival, Not Revolution, Consumes China's Uighurs
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), August 04, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHfAgGcqNiWuQwE3IGVAxLiL24sQ

Attack-Hit West China Under Heavy Security
Reuters, August 05, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26284720080805

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

August 01, 2008

Top News
Olympics
China Announces More Pollution Controls
New York Times, August 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/sports/olympics/01china.html

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and top governments of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei issued a Public Announcement on emergency pollution control measures should air quality not meet the necessary standards during the duration of the Olympics and the Special Olympics. The measures include shutting down over 200 factories and restricting traffic bans further. The measures however do not include the previously proposed removal of 90% of all vehicles from Beijing roads.

Related information:
关于发布北京奥运会残奥会期间极端不利气象条件下空气污染控制应急措施的公告 (Public Announcement of the Emergency Measures for Controlling Air Pollution in the Instance of Extremely Unfavorable Air Conditions during the Olympics and Special Olympics)
Ministry of Environmental Protection et al, July 31, 2008
http://www.sepa.gov.cn/info/bgw/bgg/200807/t20080730_126723.htm

News
Bilateral Ties
British Delegates Told to Use Disposable Mobile Phones
The Telegraph, August 01, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2482330/Beijing-Olympics-British-delegates-told-to-use-disposable-mobile-phones.html

China Angered by U.S. Lobbying on Rights
New York Times, August 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/sports/olympics/01dissidents.html

Foreign Ministry Condemns US Resolution on Human Rights
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6895558.htm

Disasters
Landslide Buries 11 in Shanxi
Shanghai Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=368952

Olympic Spirit Falters in Quake Zone
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 01, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7535907.stm

Hukou
Shenzhen's New Residence System Help Migrant Workers
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6895000.htm

Related news:
Shenzhen Launches Residence Cards
Xinhuanet, August 01, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/01/content_8888251.htm

Labor
Toxic Glue Fumes Kill Factory Worker
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6895068.htm

Media
Nation Clarifies Laws on Internet
Shanghai Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=368943

Open Media Policy to Remain after the Games, Says Official
Xinhuanet (via Shanghai Daily), July 31, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=368722

Military
China Issues Civilian ID Cards to Servicemen
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/31/content_8885329.htm

Olympics
AIDS Activists Say Rights Pledges Go Unfulfilled
Financial Times, July 31, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d72d282-5f19-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.html

奥运安保要求异议知识分子离京旅游 (Dissidents and Intellectuals Told to Leave Beijing for "Travel" during Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/security-07312008093751.html

北京有30万个镜头及计程车视讯镜头作监控 (Over 300,000 Security Cameras on the Streets and in Taxis Watch over Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_surveillance-07312008101802.html

S. Korea TV 'Broke Rules' by Showing Rehearsal
China Daily, August 01, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/01/content_6894423.htm

Traffic and Terror Threats Dent Capital's Enthusiasm
South China Morning Post, August 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f476bddab97b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
暴力執法 激起民憤 重慶城管打死小販 (Citizens Outraged after Chongqing Peddler Beaten to Death in Violent Enforcement of the Law by City Management Team)
Ming Pao, August 01, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080801/cca1.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京有30万个镜头及计程车视讯镜头作监控 (Over 300,000 Cameras on the Streets and in Taxis Watch over Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_petitioner-07312008110308.html

哈爾濱農民堵公路抗議 (Harbin Villager Blocks Highway to Protest Land Grab Compensation)
Ming Pao, August 01, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080801/cad1.htm

中国保钓申请北京示威专用区被拒 (China Federation of Defending Diaoyutai Islands' Application to Demonstrate during Olympics Rejected)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_diaoyudao-07312008103437.html

Rural Issues
China to Spend $395 Mln on Rural Health Infrastructure
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/31/content_8881752.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Opens to China
Wall Street Journal, August 01, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121753015175101729.html

Tibet
西藏摄批判骚乱影片 青海藏人拒演假戏被捕 (Four Qinghai Tibetans Arrested for Refusing to Participate in Pro-Olympics Program)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-07312008125104.html

XUAR
In Western China, Two Conflicting Messages
Chicago Tribune, July 31, 2008
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-letter-uighur_osnosaug01,0,406158.story

Uygurs Say Air Travel Being Restricted amid Clampdown
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a2376bddab97b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

July 31, 2008

Bilateral Ties
Bush to Attend Church in China, Urge Religious Freedom
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 31, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jTCaQ-QMoHDqK5mk7ao7ryoZGzMw

Bush Meets 5 Dissidents from China before Games
New York Times, July 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/sports/olympics/30prexy.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginef=slogin

China Hits Out at US Ahead of Olympics )
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), July 30, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080731/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacyoly2008

Congress Urges President Bush to Raise Human Rights Issue with China
Voice of America, July 30, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-30-voa65.cfm?rss=asia

Human Rights Defender - Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
Activist's Trial Put Off Ahead of Games
Agence France-Presse (available at The Herald Sun), July 30, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24103549-23109,00.html

Human Rights Defender -Yao Lifa (姚立法)
湖北维权人士姚立法遭严密监控 (Hubei Rights Defender Yao Lifa Closely Watched)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yaolifa-07302008083820.html

Human Rights Defender
Lawyer in Shenzhen Jailed for Four Years
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b9611794abf6b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
HK Protest Sites 'Far from Venues'
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=27a19169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国奥运前夕更多异议人士失去自由 (At the Eve of Olympic Games More Dissidents Lose Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-07302008170655.html

Chinese Officials Give Club District a Brusque Cleanup
Washington Post, July 30, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902389.html

Olympics-Even with "Blue Skies", is Beijing's Air Safe?
Reuters, July 31, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP142260

'Free Reporting' to Extend Beyond Games, Official Says Amid Criticism
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7f719169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

IOC Press Chief Says Media Not Told of Censorship Plan
Reuters, July 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL131393420080731

IOC Admits Internet Censorship Deal with China
Reuters, July 31, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK17034620080731

Mainland Starts Latest Internet Crackdown
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=00f19169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

各地旅馆得通报疆藏等少数民族住客 (Hotels Ordered to Notify Authorities of Ethnic Minority Guests)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-07302008083516.html

5 Layers of Security for High-Speed Inter-City Rail Link
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87019169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

律师成京奥安保防范对象 (Authorities Restrict Lawyers to Utilize Own Methods of Ensuring Safety of Games)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jingao-07302008111145.html

Security Beefed Up at Tiananmen Ahead of Later Hours
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c609169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Accused of Inflating Terrorism Threat
Financial Times, July 30, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6837f82-5dce-11dd-8129-000077b07658.html

China Seeks "Absolute Security" in Tibet for Olympics
Reuters, July 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK14102920080730

Police
"Chengguan" Inspectors Detained After Beating Peddler to Death in SW China
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/31/content_8867435.htm

Politics
A Shock to 'Hand-Raising Robots'
Asia Times Online, July 31, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JG31Ad03.html

Protests and Petitions
洛异议社团声援杜导斌 中领馆前抗议至奥运结束 (Protest for Du Daobin at Chinese Embassy until End of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dudaobin-07302008173227.html

Religion
内蒙四名传道人被抓 警方使用酷刑 (Four Missionaries Detained and Tortured in XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/neimeng-07302008100830.html

July 30, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Liu Shaokun (刘绍坤)
China Quake School Critic Receives One-Year Sentence-Group
Reuters, July 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK105816
Liu Shaokun (刘绍坤), a Sichuan teacher, was sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor for one year on charges of “inciting a disturbance.” Liu took pictures of the “tofu” schools that collapsed in the May earthquake and circulated them online. He was detained last month on June 25 and his wife was notified of his sentence on July 23.

Related information:
Family Visits Still Denied to Sichuan School Teacher Punished after Quake-Zone Visit
Human Rights in China, July 29, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/66524

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese FM Calls for Broad Academic Exchange to Push Forward China-U.S. Ties
Xinhuanet, July 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/30/content_8850978.htm

Disasters
Over 600,000 Evacuated as Tropical Storm Hits China: Reports
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 29, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR0vpcDuTULFYp5KBcoQmfaodMvQ

Food Security
FM: China Willing to Enhance Int'l Co-op on Food Safety
Xinhuanet, July 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/29/content_8840341.htm

Human Rights
China Defends Human Rights Record
BBC, July 29, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7530308.stm

Human Rights Defender
奥运在即 浙江异议人士范子良上网权利被剥夺 (Zhejiang Dissident Fan Ziliang Deprived of Internet Rights)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-07292008123240.html

Human Rights Defender - Du Daobin (杜导斌)
异议作家杜导斌绝食抗议当局虐待 (Dissisdent Author Du Daobin Goes on Hunger Strike in Protest of Abuse)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dudaobing-07292008094707.html

Human Rights Defender - Xu Yonghai (徐永海)
北京基督教维权人士呼吁警方停止监视 (Beijing Christian Activist Xu Yonghai Appeals to Police to Stop Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/religion-07292008104635.html

Labor
China Punishes 34 People for Coal Mine Blast
Xinhuanet, July 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/29/content_8842774.htm

Law
杨佳案推迟开庭意味什么? (Why Was the Yang Jia Case Postponed?)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangjia-07292008123017.html

MultilateralChina Warns against Damaging Darfur Peace Process
Xinhuanet, July 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/29/content_8842623.htm

Olympics
奥运期间北京加强对流动人口的管理 (Increased Supervision over Migrants as Olympics Near)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/population-07292008104851.html

Before Guests, Beijing Hides Some Messes
International Herald Tribune, July 29, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/29/sports/29beijing.php

Beijing to Produce First-Ever Olympic Games Impact Report in 2010
Xinhuanet, July 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/29/content_8839699.htm

China Dumps Gold Medallists from Olympics 'for Political Reasons’The Telegraph, July 30, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2469113/China-dumps-gold-medallists-from-Olympics-for-political-reasons.html

China to Control Tiananmen Square Tourist Visits on Aug. 8Xinhuanet, July 30, 2008http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/30/content_8850929.htm

China Rights in Focus as Games City Haze Lifts
Reuters, July 29, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK4403520080729

Chinese Authorities Order Olympic Hotels to Install Spy Gear
Information Week, July 29, 2008
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900038

IOC Criticised over Internet Restrictions
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2008 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=78411794abf6b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

南粤戒备骤升级 大陆停办港澳游 (Guandong Increases Precautions as China Halts Travel to Hong Kong and Macau)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nanyue-07292008123400.html

Olympic Paranoia Clutches China
Asia Times Online, July 30, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JG30Ad01.html

Report: Beijing Olympics to Generate $2 Bln in Direct Revenue
Xinhuanet, July 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/29/content_8844260.htm

The Gender Trap
The Guardian, July 30, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/30/olympicgames2008.gender

一名美国法轮功学员被拒绝入境香港 (American Falun Gong Practitioner Refused Entry into Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falungong-07292008164402.html

July 29, 2008

News
Corruption
Chinese Senior Official Urges More Efforts in Curbing Official Misconduct
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/28/content_8827461.htm

Disasters
China Allocates 2.32 Bln Yuan for School Reconstruction in Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, July 28, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/28/content_8827480.htm

Parents Who Lost a Child in China Quake to Get £11,800 Payout
The Independent, July 28, 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/parents-who-lost-a-child-in-china-quake-to-get-16311800-payout-878703.html

Human Rights Defenders
Controversy over Retained Lawyers Report
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6884995.htm

Law
新修法律遭遗弃 律师不得见黄琦 (New Lawyer's Law Abandoned Lawyers Not Allowed to See Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi-07282008133829.html

Olympics
Beijing Has Fulfilled Pledge - Greenpeace
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6884201.htm

綠色和平：京空氣僅2日達標 (Greenpeace: Beijing Air Quality Barely Reaches Goal for 2 Days)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080729/spb1.htm

China Rights 'Worsen with Games'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 29, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7529453.stm

China Dissidents Hope Olympics Not Like Berlin Games
Reuters, July 28, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUKSP27351320080728

Olympic Cleanup Puts Some Beijing Residents Behind Walls
International Herald Tribune, July 28, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/28/asia/china.php

Girls Will Be Girls at the Beijing Olympics - Sex Tests Will Prove It
Times Online, July 29, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4419301.ece

北京奥运安保严防自杀式袭击及刺杀 (Olympic Security Takes Precautions against Suicide Attacks)
Xinhuanet, July 29, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-07/29/content_8830057.htm

Sauna Users Told to Reveal Identities
China Daily, July 29, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/29/content_6883783.htm

北京奥运日近 藏区形势趋紧 (As Beijing Games Get Closer Tibet Security Tightens)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07282008151330.html

昆明巴士再傳爆炸聲 (Sound of Kunming Bus Explosion Again)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080729/caa1.htm

Fury Vented at Great Firewall of China
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 28, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/reporters-vent-fury-at-great-firewall-of-china/2008/07/27/1217097058479.html

Protests and Petitions
上海三名拆迁访民被抓回 五十多人穿冤字背心抗议 (Three Shanghai Petitioners Detained Fifty People Protest Wearing 'Injustice' Shirts)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-07282008093434.html

Tibet
China Swipes at McCain Over Dalai Lama Meeting
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 29, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8R7rtB4yRRAO2yLlURjw407Am9Q