Human Rights Defender – Wang Lihong (王荔蕻)

维权人士王荔蕻被控罪名一改再改 (Charge against Activist Wang Lihong Changed Again)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 02, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110802_china_wanglihong.shtml

Media

国际记联吁中国央视为王青雷复职 (International Federation of Journalists Urge Reinstatement of CCTV Producer Removed for Wenzhou Report)
Voice of America, August 02, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110802-wang-qinglei-cctv-126581753.html

Military

Defending the Nation? We've Got an App for That: Transparency in the PLA
South China Morning Post, August 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6a2fe5ab2b81310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

来京办事女被关黑监狱 (Jiangsu Woman Travels to Beijing to Handle Some Affairs, Gets Locked in Black Jail)
The Beijing News, August 03, 2011
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2011-08/02/content_260299.htm

XUAR

人权组织呼吁中国政府反思民族政策 (Rights Organizations Call on Gov't to Scrutinize Its Ethnic Policies)
Deutsche Welle, August 02, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15289662,00.html

Disasters

Wenzhou Crash Response Exposes Rot in Political System, Say Analysts
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5cf81f5444681310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Families May Sue Railways Ministry
South China Morning Post, August 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=078b934781181310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China's Media Makes Rare Show of Defiance After Rail Crash Cover-up
The Independent, August 02, 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinas-media-makes-rare-show-of-defiance-after-rail-crash-coverup-2330209.html

港人大倡設特委會徹查溫州事故 (NPC Standing Committee in Hong Kong Initiated Request to Have Special Investigation for the Wenzhou Train Crash Accident)
United Daily News, August 01, 2011
http://www.udn.com/2011/8/1/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS4/6499150.shtml

Environment

Monastery, Villages Hit by Pollution
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/pollute-08012011121357.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波

China Jailing Nobel Winner Broke International Law: UN
Agence France-Presse, August 01, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110801/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunnobel

Law

中国调查记者齐崇淮上诉要求被驳回 (Appeal Rejected in Qi Chonghuai Case)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 01, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110801_china_journalist_reject.shtml

Military

八一退役老兵感不公平被遗弃 敢言解放军大校被软禁噤声多月 (Retired Soldiers Feel Abandoned and Unfairly Treated on 84th Anniversary of August 1st, Outspoken Colonel Under House Arrest for Months)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jfj-08012011084545.html

XUAR

China Says Attackers 'Pakistan-Trained'
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/attacks-08012011150459.html

喀什袭击在逃嫌疑人被击毙 (Kashgar Attack Fugitives Shot Dead)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 02, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110802_kashgar_wanted.shtml

嚴限宗教活動 矛盾長期積累 (Government Contradiction Regarding Religion in Xinjiang)
Ming Pao, August 02, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110802/gaa2.htm

Environment

290,000 People Lack Drinking Water in C China
China Daily, July 31, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/31/content_13018821.htm

Hong Kong

民主黨參選特首 1月「初選」 (HK Democratic Party Announces Intention to Participate in Chief Executive Election)
Ming Pao, August 01, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2395659/1.html

IMAR

Ex-Students Protest Broken Pact
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/students-07292011165353.html

Land Policy

深圳強拆城中村迎大運警民衝突十多人傷 (More than a Dozen People Injured in Protests Related to Demolitions in Preparation for Shenzhen Universiade)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_demolition-07292011100918.html?encoding=simplified

Media

Media Blackout in China after Wreck
New York Times, July 31, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/01/world/asia/01crackdown.html

Related news:
中宣部下令撤稿 香港记协谴责港人悼念 (Hong Kong Journalists' Association Denounce Propaganda Directives to Limit Coverage of Wenzhou Crash)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy-07312011162146.html

Protests and Petitions

Taxi Driver Protests Hit Two Chinese Cities
Agence France-Presse, August 01, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110801/wl_asia_afp/chinatransportstrike

Population

Quota System for Fines 'Encourages More Births'
Shanghai Daily, July 30, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/07/30/Quota%2Bsystem%2Bfor%2Bfines%2Bencourages%2Bmore%2Bbirths/

XUAR

Deadly Violence Hits China's Restive Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, July 31, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110731/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang

Related news:
Concentrate on Rights, Not Development
South China Morning Post, August 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2438934781181310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

中国：喀什袭击系极端分子所为 (Kashgar Authorities Place Blame on "Extremists")
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 01, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110801_kashgar_blame.shtml

Related information:
我市果断处置一起暴力恐怖案件 (Kashgar to Decisively Dispose of the Violent Terrorist Attacks)
People's Gov of Kashgar City, August 01, 2011
http://www.xjks.gov.cn/Item/17558.aspx

Disasters

广西贵港钢铁厂煤气管道泄漏 已造成103人中毒 (Gas Leak at Guangxi Steel Plant Poisons 103 Local Villagers)
China National Radio, July 29, 2011
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/shgj/gdxw/201107/29/t20110729_22573386.shtml

温州司法局律协就禁止律师帮动车事故家属致歉 (Wenzhou Bureau of Justice and Lawyers Association Apologize for Forbidding Lawyers from Representing Crash Victims)
The Beijing Times, July 29, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110729/u1a6022721.html

Media Dares to Get Tough with Railways Ministry
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd1d14d8e6171310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
In Baring Facts of Train Crash, Blogs Erode China Censorship
New York Times, July 28, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/world/asia/29china.html