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

July 26-28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Rights Issue Looms as Bush Heads to China
Washington Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701448.html

Death Penalty
China Remains Top Executioner
The Press Association (via Google), July 25, 2008
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilYLA5IUjjvxm4nSGNW1ZxZoaShQ

Disasters
Quake Couples Get Right to Have More Kids
China Daily, July 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/26/content_6879101.htm

Hong Kong
Equality Laws Have Passed Us by, Say HK Gays
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d9cd0bea05f5b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
当局拒绝家人在胡佳生日时探监 (Authorities Refuse Family Visit on Hu Jia's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_jail_hujia-07252008112908.html

IMAR
政府包起律師阻民告官 內蒙地方官陰招 百姓有苦難訴 (IMAR Authorities Engage Lawyers to Prevent Masses from Appealing)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080728/cca1.htm

North Korea
中国境内的朝鲜难民和支持者受到抓捕和打压 (North Korean Refugees and Supporters Persecuted and Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cao-07272008172246.html

Olympics
奥运前夕京沪加强对维族藏族人的监控 (Authorities Increase Inspection and Control of Uyghurs and Tibetans in Beijing and Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-07272008172847.html

Beijing Lockdown: Network of 400,000 Spies Dims Hope for New Freedom Games Have Instead 'Stunted the Growth of Civil Society'
The Globe and Mail, July 26, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080726.CHINALEGACY26/TPStory/TPInternational/

Beijing Organizers Say Promises Fulfilled for Summer Olympics; Criticism Continues as Thousands Pour into City for Games
Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121718858750087955.html

China Group Asserts That It Bombed Buses; Officials Play Down Claims on Video, Which Includes Threats to Olympics
Washington Post, July 26, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601370.html

Eleven Days to Clean Air? Olympic Host Says Yes
Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2008
http://features.csmonitor.com/olympics08/2008/07/27/eleven-days-to-clean-air-olympic-host-says-yes/

Fun May Be a Casualty of Beijing's Effort for a Perfect Olympic Games
Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-fun26-2008jul26,0,7824207.story

IOC's Rogge Quiet on Human Rights for Reasons of State
Reuters, July 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSL632487320080726

The Cost of the Beijing Olympics
The Guardian, July 28, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/28/olympicgames2008.china1

Official Denies Plan to Divert Water from Parched Provinces
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ccef904a9da5b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Scheme for Petition Liaisons Criticised
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=138615d1a056b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rural Issues
Govt Spotlights Rural Environment Protection
China Daily, July 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/26/content_6879191.htm

Three Gorges
三峡工程中被拆迁移民的最后抗议 (Final Protest of the Three Gorges Émigrés)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sanxia-07252008105549.html

Tibet
China Plans Sweeping Purge of Tibetan Monasteries
The Telegraph, July 27, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2463385/China-plans-sweeping-purge-of-Tibetan-monasteries.html

甘南玛曲三名藏人被秘密判刑 (Three Tibetans Secretly Sentenced in Gannan TAP, Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan-07252008113420.html

拉萨武警进驻乃琼寺 严禁僧人出入 (Lhasa Armed Police Garrison Neqoin Monastery; Prohibit Monks from Entering or Exiting)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/la-07272008172603.html

Official in Talks on Tibet Urges 'Legal Education'
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=9a3715d1a056b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Uygur Activists Question New Outfit's Abilities
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=af084bbf0506b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

July 25, 2008

News
Disasters
Death Toll in Mosque Collapse Rises to 8 in NW China
Xinhuanet, July 25, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/25/content_8766786.htm

Powerful Aftershocks Hit China Quake Area, 1 Dead
Reuters, July 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-China/idUSPEK28682720080724

Human Rights Defenders
奥运临近北京多位民主人士遭严密看守 (Beijing Authorities Heighten Monitoring on Democracy Activists)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kanshou-07242008103209.html

Human Rights Defender - Du Daobin (杜导斌)
杜导斌被撤缓刑应有抗辩权　亲属寻求法援遭威胁 (Family Harassed amid Seeking Legal Assistance for Du Daoming)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/du-07242008132409.html

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
狱中郭飞雄的女儿被通知只能申请民办学校 张青深感困难 (Guangzhou Education Authorities Say Guo Feixiong's Daughter May Only Attend Private School)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guofeixiong-07242008172749.html

Human Rights Defender - Ye Guozhu (叶国柱)
北京拆迁户叶国柱在刑满出狱前被公安带走 (Police Take Away Beijing Evictee Ye Guozhu before His Release from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-07242008110507.html

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
维权律师郑恩宠被拘 阻拦与境外记者接触? (Zheng Enchong Believes Summons Are to Reduce His Contact with Foreign Media)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengenchong-07242008154651.html

Human Rights Defenders
Rewards and Risks of Chinese Legal Career
Financial Times, July 23, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/abf9327c-58c9-11dd-a093-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

June 4th
京报刊六四照片 全城回收 (Beijing Authorities Retrieve All Copies of "The Beijing News" with Picture from June 4th)
Ming Pao, July 25, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080725/caa1.htm

Labor
Wal-Mart in Pay Deals with Chinese Unions
Financial Times, July 24, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e63bb14-59a8-11dd-90f8-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Media
China Has 253 Mln Netizens, Surpassing U.S.
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/24/content_8763966.htm

Olympics
奥运正在改变国人千年陋习 (Beijing Olympics Are Changing China's Long-Held Bad Habits)
China Youth Daily, July 25, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-07/25/content_2278986.htm

北京在奥运前夕驱逐访民和民工 (Beijing Authorities Expel Petitioners and Migrant Workers before Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/olympics_beijing-07242008101529.html

China Says Breaks Up International Terrorist Cell
Reuters, July 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK3763220080724

香港记者采访奥运门票销售时遭公安粗暴对待 (Hong Kong Journalist Cruelly Treated while Reporting on Olympic Ticket Sales)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/olympics_media-07242008103557.html

Shanghai Restricts Business Visas over Olympics
Reuters, July 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK1308520080724

Survey: Games to Be a Great Success
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/24/content_8759518.htm

Beijing-Bound Artwork Seized by Chinese Customs
Art Info, July 23, 2008
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/28165/beijing-bound-artwork-seized-by-chinese-customs/customs/

Olympic Flame Completes Tour in Shandong
Xinhuanet, July 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/23/content_8757891.htm

US Lawmakers Consider Olympic Rights Message to China
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 23, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724/wl_afp/uschinaoly2008rights_080724020946

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Authorities Issue Rules on Misuse of Police in Handling Mass Incidents
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/24/content_8764297.htm

Related Information
授权发布:《关于违反信访工作纪律处分暂行规定》 (Provisional Regulations on
Punishment for Violations of Standards Governing Work on Letters and Calls
Promulgated)
Xinhua (available at China.org.cn), July 24, 2008
http://news.china.com.cn/chinanet/07news/china.cgi?docid=17398986344979580525,15587264293623645808,0

China Vows to Punish Officials Who Fuel Protests
Reuters, July 25, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK34074

Dam Protester Dragged from Water
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Morning Post, July 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=58f9a4853065b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests Unlikely If Law Is Enforced
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ebeaa4853065b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Pressed Nepal to Target Tibetans-Rights Group
Reuters, July 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSDEL11521720080724

Tibetologist: China Will Not Change Policies on Tibet
Xinhuanet, July 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/24/content_8764072.htm

XUAR
Homes Raided in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/gulja-07232008163535.html

July 24, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Dissident's Wife Writes Appeal to Chinese President
Reuters (via The Guardian), July 24, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7674038
Yuan Weijing (袁伟静), wife of imprisoned lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), issued an open appeal to President Hu Jintao to stop official harassment of her family. Yuan said in her letter that she could not wait for the Olympics to end, so that she would no longer by “protected” by the security guards who surround her home and interfere with her daily life. Chen, a blind "barefoot lawyer," was involved with exposing enforced late-term abortions in Linyi, Shandong. He was sentenced to four years and three months in prison in 2006.

Related information:
Wife of Jailed “Barefoot Lawyer” Chen Guangcheng Addresses Open Letter to President Hu Jintao
Human Rights in China, July 23, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/63774

News
Disasters
China Presses Grieving Parents to Take Hush Money on Quake
New York Times, July 24, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/asia/24quake.html

Government
China Urges Free Government Information Disclosure to Improve Transparency
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/23/content_8750887.htm

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠）
郑恩宠被搜家和传唤 揭露刘根山腐败案？ (Zheng Enchong Subpoenaed, His Home Searched)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zheng-07232008165850.html

Olympics
北京奥运“封网”一月 鼓励网站自行关闭 (Websites Encouraged to Close Voluntarily during the Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fengwang-07232008131744.html

China Allows Sanctioned Olympic Protests in Designated Areas
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via Monsters and Critics), July 24, 2008
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1418838.php/China_allows_sanctioned_Olympic_protests_in_designated_areas__Roundup_

China Denies Work Visa for Los Gatos Olympian; Political Motive Suspected
Mercury News, July 23, 2008
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_9968123

China to Create 'Protest Pens' for Demonstrations during Olympics
The Guardian, July 23, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/23/china

国家工商总局等六部门发出通知 加强奥运期间媒体广告发布管理 (Six Ministries Jointly Issue a Notice on Increasing Management over Ads during Olympics
Legal Daily, July 23, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2008-07/24/content_908088.htm

Northeast China City Mobilizes Cabbies in Security Campaign
Xinhuanet, July 23, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/23/content_8756065.htm

Olympic Cities Block Foreign Business Visas
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f63359c42705b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics 2008: Sex Lives and Salaries Off-Limits in Beijing's Courtesy Campaign
The Guardian, July 23, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/23/olympicgames2008.china

Tighter Olympics Security Sought
Financial Times, July 23, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dfebb8f8-5805-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.html

Police
山东牧师被劳教 教友被拘留传讯 (Shandong House Church Pastor Zhang Zhongxin Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor; Parishioners Detained and Subpoenaed)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jining-07232008095506.html

Protests and Petitions
京設「口袋陣」上訪即遣返 前門禮貌接待 後門集中押走 (Beijing Creates "Booby Trap" to Immediately Return Petitioners to Their Home Provinces)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080724/caa1h.htm

Mastermind of SW China Unrest Arrested
China Daily, July 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/23/content_6871574.htm

普洱市通报“7·19”事件处置情况 (Official Report of the Yunnan Rubber Factory Protest)
Legal Daily, July 23, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2008-07/24/content_908085.htm

Public Health
New Antismoking Signs Are Almost Visible Through the Haze
New York Times, July 23, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world/asia/23smoking.html

Three Gorges
China Clears the Last Town for Huge Dam
Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121684112826878083.html

Tibet
A Rare Tibetan Critic Sues China's Government
Associated Press (via Google), July 23, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gCQ0zbeZlEJV4ddjFHvbVU9VBaXwD923DHO00

新华社证实甘孜格德县更庆寺十天前发生爆炸 (Xinhua Confirms Explosion at Garze Monastery)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monk-07232008110323.html

Related news:
四川：通报甘孜德格县寺院房屋垮塌事故调查结果 (Sichuan: Outcome of Investigation into Collapse of Garze Monastery Building)
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-07/22/content_8750076.htm

July 23, 2008

News
Human Rights Defender
湖南异议人士谢长发的弟弟获取保候审 (Hunan Dissident Xie Changfa's Brother Released on Bail)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie-07222008102931.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
洛异议社团中领馆前集会 抗议中国政府逮捕黄琦 (Los Angeles Dissident Groups Protest Against Huang Qi's Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangqi_kangyi-07222008111119.html

Human Rights Defender
山东退休教授孙文广再次被抄家 (Sun Wenguang's Home Ransacked Again)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sunwenguang-07222008125231.html

Labor
Death Toll from China Mine Flooding Rises to Seven: Government
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews),July 23, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidentindustry

Law
保密法修改已“磨剑十二年” (Amendments to the State Secrets Law Have Been "Refined over 12 Years")
Legal Daily, July 22, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2008-07/22/content_905999.htm

Migrant Workers
Special Unit to Fight for Migrant Workers
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/22/content_8742647.htm

North Korea
China to Beef Up Inspections at NKorean Border
Boston Globe, July 22, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/07/22/china_to_beef_up_inspections_at_nkorean_border/

Olympics
Officers Honored for Discovering 22,000 Detonators
Shanghai Daily, July 23, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=367863

Public Gets Tips to Fight Terrorism
China Daily (available at Xinhuanet), July 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/23/content_8752316.htm

当局收紧网络舆论　加强监控整肃非时政网站 (Authorities Tighten Up Internet Comments)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/media-07222008152756.html

Beijing Cracks Down on Fakes Guns for Games Security
Reuters, July 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK28600820080722

Beijing Highlights Gov't Approval of Performances during Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/22/content_8750352.htm

Beijing Hires Catholic Priests for More Games Masses
Reuters, July 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK28752520080722

北京限制外国记者采访负面新闻 (Beijing Restricts Foreign Reporters from Covering Negative News)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/reporter-07222008115851.html

China Gears Up Security Efforts ahead of Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/23/content_8750761.htm

China on War Footing ahead of Olympic Games
Los Angeles Times July 22, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-terror22-2008jul22,0,2482514.story

China Says Deadly Bus Blasts, Olympics Not Linked
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News) July 22, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iaSPiziM8UeKMcOvdceZUsK1xGUg

China Urges Officials to Heed Press Freedom Vows
Reuters, July 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK30661420080722

Protests and Ambush Marketing Hurt Olympic Brands
Reuters, July 22, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKN2731462220080722

Networks Fight Shorter Olympic Leash
New York Times, July 21, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/sports/olympics/21nbc.html

Olympics: Beijing's Clean Air Claim Challenged by Scientists
The Telegraph, July 21, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2437833/Olympics-Beijings-clean-air-claim-challenged-by-scientists.html

Poverty
Confronting Income Inequality in China
International Herald Tribunal, July 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/21/business/rtrinside22.php

Protests and Petitions
信访大门洞开 访民有去无回 (No Turning Back for Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/petition-07222008095000.html

State Security
City Official: Fatal Kunming Bus Blasts "Not Terrorism"
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/22/content_8749348.htm

Three Gorges
Last Three Gorges Dam Migrants Evacuate as Water Rises
Reuters, July 22, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK33854920080723

July 22, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China, Russia Finally Fix Long-Disputed Border
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 21, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyDp5eN0cc50aWWlf0oG_6cwbmBw

Civil Society
China Pressure Groups Learn to Tread Carefully
Financial Times, July 21, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/626e2fd0-5744-11dd-916c-000077b07658.html

Disasters
Chinese Troops Begin Withdrawal from Quake Zone
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK28682720080721

Government
贵州骚乱余波 黔南书记下台 (Disturbances in Guizhou Result in Party Secretary's Dismissal)
Ming Pao, July 22, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080722/cac1.htm

Human Rights Defender - Du Daobin (杜导斌)
Dissident Jailed ahead of Olympics
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-07212008155513.html

Human Rights Defender
本台专访异议人士张善光 服刑10年出狱首次接受媒体采访 (Interview with Dissident Zhang Shanguang after 10 Years' Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhangshanguang-07212008103506.html

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
上海维权律师郑恩宠被公安刑事传唤七小时 (Shanghai Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong Questioned for 7 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zheng_enchong-07212008105820.html

Labor
36 Punished for Coal Mine Accident in SW China
Xinhua (via China Daily), July 22, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/22/content_6864959.htm

China Rescuers Race against Clock to Reach Miners
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSPEK261850

Olympics
Banned Reporter Finally Allowed into Beijing
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=970995117864b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

奥组委就观赛中限制旗帜横幅饮料等答问 (BOCOG Explains Restrictions during Events)
Xinhuanet (available at Eastday.com), July 22, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080722/u1a3730006.html

More Stringent Steps Planned as Beijing Continues to Choke Despite Traffic Curbs
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01a995117864b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Newsstands Near Olympic Venues Start Selling Foreign Publications
Xinhuanet, July 22, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/22/content_8745482.htm

Security Officials Harass the Media
The Sydney Morning Herald, July 22, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/07/21/1216492356912.html

防疆独破坏 山东圣火传递缩水 (Torch Relay Shortened to Avoid Distrurbance by Pro-XUAR Independence Groups)
Ming Pao, July 22, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080722/gaa2.htm

Beijing Goes to Extremes for Its Olympic Face-Lift
Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-makeover21-2008jul21,0,967112.story

China Steps Up Fight against Illegal Journalism ahead of Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 21, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/21/content_8740106.htm

Olympic Athletes Wearing Masks Could Cause China to Lose Face
Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121659379072468809.html

Olympics Sap China's Power Supplies
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/China-energy-07212008133940.html

Poverty
China's Inequality Looms Large as Policy Challenge
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSPEK26425020080721

Protests and Petitions
Property Price Activist Rallies Masses Again
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fc8d23573264b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

甘孜佛学院学生与武警冲突被枪伤 (Students from a Ganzi Buddhist Academy Clash with Authorities and Get Shot)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fo-07212008124259.html

Two Killed in Yunnan Mass Action
China Daily, July 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-07/21/content_6861894.htm

State Security
China City Tense after Bus Blasts: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 22, 2008
http://fe6.news.sp1.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080722/wl_asia_afp/chinabusblast

昆明爆炸前传曾有人短信"预警" (Text Message Warnings Received Prior to Blasts in Kunming)
East Day, July 22, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20080722/u1a3729695.html

July 19-21, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
Chinese Dissident Arrested on Secrets Charges: Wife
Agence France-Presse (via Google), July 20, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWP6PP83KlxNXwt5bToSywCh2w3w

Related information:
Case Update: Detained Rights Activist Huang Qi Formally Arrested
Human Rights in China, July 18, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/63525

News
Disasters
Earthquake Prompts China to Improve Fire and Rescue Services
Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121641917828066341.html

Three Die as Blasts Hit Three Chinese Buses -Media
Reuters, July 21, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK267314

Related news:
昆明公共汽车爆炸案初步判断是人为破坏 (Preliminary Investigation Determines Bus Explosions Caused by Man)
Xinhuanet, July 21, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-07/21/content_8739418.htm

Environment
Chao Lake Hit by Algal Bloom again, Despite Cleanup Efforts
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e57e28d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Beijing Lawyer Fights for Pollution Victims
Christian Science Monitor, July 17, 2008
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/07/17/beijing-lawyer-fights-for-pollution-victims/

Olympic Security Net Closes around Rights Activists
Deutsche Presse Agentur (via via Monsters and Critics), July 21, 2008
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1418280.php/Olympic_security_net_closes_around_rights_activists__Feature_

Law
青岛拆迁户维权代表于建利被判刑 (Qingdao Evictees Representative Yu Jianli Sentenced to One Year and Two Months in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_demolishing-07182008142855.html

Media
“维权中国”网站再次遭关闭 ("China Human Rights" Website Again Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-07202008161652.html

Migrant Workers
Where Have the Migrant Workers Gone?
The Economic Observer, July 18, 2008
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/Industry/2008/07/18/107394.html

Olympics
Assurances over Food Hard for Teams to Swallow; Foreign Competitors Vow to Shun Local Cuisine after Doping Incident
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=973f28d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Takes Pains to Clear the Air
Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121658425327068585.html

China Is Growing Unfriendly to Foreigners, Visitors Say
Washington Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071803216.html

China's Discontented Challenge Olympic Hurdles
Reuters, July 20, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK27443420080720

Family Loses Lengthy Fight against Eviction
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=74cf98111ab3b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Games Spur Contrasting Treatment of Churches; Worshippers Forced Further Underground
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=93bf98111ab3b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

KMT Threatens Boycott if Taiwan Is Called 'China's Taipei'
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a07028d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Is Banned from Games Venue Subway until Paralympics over
South China Morning Post, July 19, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b44e28d8a173b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sacked Coach Attacks China 'Medal Lust'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7507461.stm

Politics
China Reshuffles Cabinet Office
China Daily, July 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/20/content_6861472.htm

Protests and Petitions
Guizhou Police Detain 117 for June Unrest
China Daily, July 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/20/content_6861550.htm

Mystery Motorcycle Death Ends in Riot
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), July 19, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080719/article_367416.htm

Police Kill Two in China after 400 Protesters Attack Officers
The Guardian, July 21, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/21/china.humanrights

Related news:
Farmers Persuaded to Return Home after Unrest Ebbs
China Daily, July 20, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/20/content_6861785.htm

Rubber Plant Growers' Unrest under Investigation
China Daily, July 21, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/21/content_6861860.htm

Religion
Religious Leaders Call for Interreligious Dialogue
China Daily, July 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/19/content_6861084.htm

State Security
Police Grab Passenger with 100 Detonators
Shanghai Daily, July 19, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080719/article_367363.htm

Tibet
100 Tibetan Separatists Nabbed in Nepal
China Daily, July 19, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/19/content_6861021.htm

昌都江达县数名藏民因策划示威被捕 (Four Tibetans Arrested in Qamdo Prefecture for Planning Demonstration)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_protest-07182008135049.html

XUAR
新疆上千维吾尔人家被公安搜查 (1000+ Uyghur Households Searched by XUAR Police in Large-Scale Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07182008142951.html

July 18, 2008

News
Disasters
Guangdong Cuts back on Spending to Help Sichuan
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5d7808a88f13b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Quake Zone Govt to Sell Luxury HQ after Outcry: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakereconstruction_080717055900

Government
China Sets Guidelines for Central Government's Administrative Reform
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/17/content_8563979.htm

Labor
京劳动合同法后实施第一案 (China's First Lawsuit over Labor Contract Law)
Legal Daily, July 18, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-07/18/content_903419.htm

More MNC Workers to Get Bargaining Power
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/18/content_8565805.htm

Multilateral Relations
China Paper Decries Sudan's Bashir Arrest Move
Reuters, July 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK21896120080717

Olympics
Authorities Order Bars Not to Serve Black People
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=267a08a88f13b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

罗格称赞北京奥运环保减污举措 (Rogge Praises Pollution Reduction Measures for Beijing Olympics)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7513000/7513016.stm

Steel Giant Helps to Clear the Skies
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0ab808a88f13b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Stand-off at Beijing 'Nail House'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7509614.stm

香港记者蔡元贵获准回乡和采访奥运 ("Apple Daily" Journalist Allowed to Go to China and Cover Beijing Olympics after Being Refused Entry)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/olympics_media-07172008103521.html

China Targets Foreign Entertainers after Bjork Debacle
Reuters, July 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSPEK25855620080717

Beijing to Close Airport during Games Opening Ceremony
Reuters, July 17, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssAirlines/idUSPEK34476820080717

China Hands Out Manuals Teaching Citizens to Escape Terrorist Attacks
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/17/content_8564710.htm

Olympic Chief Says Committee Won China Rights Reforms
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/wl_asia_afp/oly2008iocroggechinatibetrights_080717154711

Olympic Co-host City Dismisses Rumor of Epidemic Outbreak
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/17/content_8563811.htm

青岛近日爆发病毒性脑膜炎 (Chinese Authorities Censor News about Meningitis Outbreak in Qingdao)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/disease_qingdao-07162008105021.html

Once a Graveyard for State-Run Industry, Liaoning Is Struggling back to Prosperity
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2d6b747ddfb2b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

姚立法：不排除访民借奥运提出诉求的可能性 (Rights Defender Says Petitioners Are Not Excluding Possibility of Voicing out Through Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07172008111342.html

Protests and Petitions
Grieving Chinese Parents Protest School Collapse
International Herald Tribune, July 17, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/asia/17china.php

军转干部吴传河上访遭公安殴打 (Soldier-Turned-Cadre Wu Chuanhe Beaten by Police over Petitions)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_veteran-07172008120234.html

Tibet
央登寺一僧人不满当局强行爱国教育自杀 (Tibetan Monk Commits Suicide over Patriotic Education in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-07172008103132.html