Media

《长城月报》总编遭威胁 《南风窗》社长被免职 (Changcheng News Digest Editor-in-Chief Threatened and Nan Feng Chuang President Relieved of Job)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dx-08172011153335.html

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High Price for Airing Sun Yat-sen Criticism
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=364f64a7678d1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Leading Magazine Faces Tough Action
China Media Project, August 18, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/08/18/14994/

Migrant Workers

北京关停24所打工子弟学校 (Beijing Closes 24 Schools for Migrant Workers' Children)
Deutsche Welle, August 17, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15322656,00.html

Public Health

云南曲靖铬渣污染现癌症村 村民只喝矿泉水 (Yunnan Chemical Plant's Chromium Pollution Leads to Cancer Village)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, August 18, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2011-08/18/c_121875496.htm

Bilateral Ties

Dissidents Appeal to Biden: U.S. Leader Asked to Highlight Plight of Jailed Chinese Dissidents and Rights Activists during China Visit
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/biden-08162011163028.html

China 'Must' Free Rights Lawyer Gao
Agence France-Presse, August 16, 2011
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/251963/china-must-free-rights-lawyer-gao

Environment

Yunnan Plant Dumped Toxic Dregs for Two Decades
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d203066d443d1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong

Mainland, HK Urged to Communicate on Public Housing
Xinhua News Agency, August 16, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/likeqianghk/2011-08/16/content_13127385.htm

李克强访港，港人表示拒绝大陆化 (Some Express Dissatisfaction with the Mainland's Increasing Grip on HK as Li Keqiang Visits the SAR)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15322226,00.html

Human Rights Defenders

田喜、黄晓敏将出狱 各界捐款关注生活处境 (HIV/AIDS Activists Tian Xi and Huang Xiaomin Soon to Be Released)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tx-08162011105631.html

Law

刑诉法修正案草案即将提请全国人大常委会审议专家建议 应充分体现不得强迫自证其罪原则 (Draft Amendment to Criminal Procedure Law Expected to Address Self-incrimination)
Legal Daily, August 16, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/rdlf/content/2011-08/16/content_2866988.htm

Population

Crackdown on Sex-selective Abortions
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=12e2066d443d1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR

Eight Sentenced for Felonies in Xinjiang
China Daily, August 17, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/17/content_13128190.htm

Corporate Social Accountability

Fighting China's Golden Shield: Cisco Sued over Jailing and Torture of Dissidents
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 16, 2011
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/fighting-chinas-golden-shield-cisco-sued-over-jailing-and-torture-of--dissidents-20110816-1ivkv.html

Government

信息公开被拒可诉至法院 (Citizens Can Sue If Request for Government Information Is Denied)
The Beijing News, August 16, 2011
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2011/0815/128092.shtml

Related information:
关于审理政府信息公开行政案件若干问题的规定 (Regulations on Several Issues in Trying Administrative Cases on Open Government Information)
Supreme People's Court, July 29, 2011
http://www.court.gov.cn/qwfb/sfjs/201108/t20110815_159790.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)

Family of Missing China Rights Lawyer Seeks News on Whereabouts
Reuters, August 16, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110816/wl_nm/us_china_lawyer

Human Rights Defenders

涉茉莉花黄成诚被判劳教两年 (Chongqinger Huang Chengcheng Ordered to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor for Disseminating Jasmine Revolution Information Online)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_jasmine-08152011122743.html

Internet

网络改变了中国吗？ (Has the Internet Changed China?)
New Weekly, August 16, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2011-08-16/165923000365_3.shtml

Law

中国疫苗受害家长被控"寻衅滋事罪" (Beijing: Father of Son Poisoned by Vaccine Sentenced to 5 Months for "Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles")
Deutsche Welle, August 15, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,1681,00.html

Protests and Petitions

China Paper Warns against Demos after Plant Closure
Agence France-Presse, August 15, 2011
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/thousands-protest-over-chemical-plant-china-063431672.html

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Dalian Protest 'Won't Be the Last'
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=43cfd616e1ec1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

河北回族访民马丽君被关 200余名穆斯林教徒联名请愿 (Hebei: Hui Muslim Petitioner Detained in Beijing before Ramadan, 200+ Issue Appeal for Her Release)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/vt-08152011153505.html

Tibet

Army Surrounds China Monastery after Monk's Death
Agence France-Presse, August 16, 2011
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2011/08/16/army-surrounds-china-monastery-after-monk-s-death

XUAR

Farmers Sent to Reeducation Camp
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/farmers-08152011181847.html

新疆啟動兩月反恐嚴打行動 (Xinjiang Authorities Launch Two-month "Terror Crackdown")
Ming Pao, August 16, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2408838/1.html

Environment

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

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