July 15, 2008

News
Education
Schools Short of 400,000 Teachers
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50d6e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China on the Way to Going Green
Xinhuanet, July 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8546386.htm

Government
Media Hail Election Contest Played Out before the Public
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7e95e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights
Bush Criticizes China, Saudi, Iran on Rights
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1440477620080714

Labor
As China's Small Mines Stay Shut, Crisis Grows
Reuters (available at International Herald Tribune), July 13, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/13/business/coal.php

Olympics
京无意阻《苹果》採访奥运 (Beijing Has No Intention to Bar Apple Daily from Covering Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 15, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080715/gsk1.htm

Beijing Shopkeeper Stands Her Ground as Eviction Looms for Games Clearance
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ec26e7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Australian Athletes Offered Olympics "Rights" Pack
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSYD12616020080714

Beijing Has Water for Olympics -- If Tourists Come
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK11363620080714

北京启动“三道治安防线” (Beijing Launches "Three-Tiered Security System" for Olympics)
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-07/14/content_8544824.htm

China Olympics Security Undermines Media Freedoms: Experts
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK2006220080714

China Steps Up Coal Shipments to Power Games: Xinhua
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK18007520080714

China Urges "Civilized" Security Checks at Games
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympicsNews/idUSPEK18343420080714

Leave Banners at Home, Olympic Spectators Told
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK33946620080714

Police
Beijing Orders Pollution to Vanish
Time (available at Yahoonews.com), July 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080714/wl_time/beijingorderspollutiontovanish

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Calls in Provincial Police to Help Fend off Petitioners
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=522ee7f67622b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

湖南邵阳公安殴打和拘捕阻扰政府工程的村民 (Hunan Police Beat and Arrest Villagers over Obstruction of Road Project)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_rights_rural-07142008105331.html

黑龙江双鸭山市对访民采取高压政策 (Local Authorities in Heilongjiang Adopt Repressive Policies against Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07142008103834.html

Migrant Workers Protest, Riot for 3 Days in E. China
Reuters, July 14, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK162637

Police arrest 100 over Southwest China Riot
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 14, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080714/wl_afp/chinarightsunrestoly2008_080714085455

July 12 - 14, 2008

News
Corruption
Web Outcry Lands Officials in Hot Water
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e62859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

法院竟为地产公司大股东 (Court Unveiled as Big Share Holder of Real Estate Company)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-07132008174441.html

Disasters
Student Still in Danger after Lab Blast in SW China
China Daily, July 14, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/14/content_6843249.htm

Chinese Man Jailed for Hacking Red Cross Quake Site: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080712/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeinternetcrime

Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
'Abuses' under Population Policies
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/populationabuse-07112008131105.html

Human Rights Defender
浙江异议人士范子良再次遭拘禁 (Zhejiang Dissident, Fan Ziliang, Taken into Custody Again)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanziliang-07112008161834.html

Land Policy
山东莒南县传出非法拆迁案 (Illegal Eviction Cases in Shandong Province Uncovered)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-07112008235608.html

Media
网上发言被拘 军转干部不服 (Guangxi Cadre Detained over Internet Comment)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-07132008181119.html

Olympics
Beijing Boosts Security as Attack Fears Grow
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edde859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disabled Praise Increases in State Investment Olympics Shines Spotlight on Often Forgotten Community
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6961859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Water's Not Running Dry, But Tourists and Vegetables Still Shy
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b91859e03d1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing to Adjust Working Hours for Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/13/content_8539274.htm

'Bird's Nest' Just Doesn't Fly as Green Stadium, Says UN Expert
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), July 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=42ba09f60381b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Vows to Boost Olympic Security
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 13, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080713/wl_asia_afp/chinasecurityoly2008

Qiqihar Gets into Olympic Rhythm
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c18a67e047b1b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Seven Years On, Beijing Moves to Fulfill Olympic Promises
Xinhuanet, July 13, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/13/content_8539126.htm

Algae Spreading along China's Yellow Sea Coast
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080712/wl_asia_afp/chinaoly2008environmentpollutionalgaegae

Big Rewards for Olympic Tip-offs
Shanghai Daily, July 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080711/article_366460.htm

Protests and Petitions
正常上访被刑拘 家属努力终获释 (Family Fight for Petitioners Jiang Tairong's Release)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guilin-07112008093754.html

Society
甘肃灾区工商人员苛征暴力 孕妇老人受伤网上吁关注 (Hawkers Beaten over Rent for Fruit Stand)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zaiqu-07112008112712.html

Tibet
Authorities Sentence 12 More for Role in Tibet Riots
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b707b4cf8f21b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Jails 12 More Tibetans over March Riots
Reuters, July 11, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK14190120080711

No Death Penalty Handed Down So Far over Lhasa Violence
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/11/content_8527795.htm

Tibetan Festival Banned, Troops Muster
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/lithang-07112008102833.html

XUAR
China Executes Two Uighurs, Jails 15: Radio Report
Reuters (available at YahooNews), July 12, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080712/wl_nm/china_executions_dc

July 11, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China Hopes to Turn New Page in Relations with France
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080710/wl_asia_afp/chinafrancediplomacyoly2008

Corruption
Corruption Prosecution a New High
China Daily, July 10, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/10/content_6832668.htm

Disasters
美国“人道中国”捐款被退回 接受捐款的家属受警告 (American "China Humanitarian" Organization Donations Returned; Families Receiving Donations Warned)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/donation-07102008165752.html

Official: Floods Cost China $7 Bln So Far This Year
Xinhuanet, July 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8525710.htm

Food Security
China to Urgently Boost GM Crop Development
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080710/sc_afp/chinafoodbiotech

Government
Cadres to be Gauged by Grasp of Law
China Daily, July 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/11/content_6836092.htm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
公安已将黄琦案上交到检察院以决定是否批捕 (Police Pass Huang Qi's Case to Procuratorate to Determine Whether to Arrest )
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/donation-07102008165752.html

Media
Post-Quake Ban on Amusing TV Ends
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eedb20665c80b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
Beijing Wants Dogs off Menu during Olympics
Financial Times, July 10, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ed9ea0a-4e8c-11dd-ba7c-000077b07658.html

Chinese Activists Fear Olympic 'Holidays'
USA Today, July 10, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-07-10-china_N.htm

Beijing Lets News in for the Olympic Games
Times Online, July 11, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4312593.ece

Li Promises Media Freedom
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), July 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080711/article_366391.htm

Beijing to Boost Olympic Security with Bus Checks
Shanghai Daily, July 11, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080711/article_366440.htm

China Tightens Its Security for Olympic Games
Times Online, July 11, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4312657.ece

China Crackdown Targets Critics ahead of Olympics
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), July 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_re_as/china_olympic_crackdown

Protests and Petitions
广东佛山规定政府部门处理投诉超时2天将究责 (Foshan Officials to Be Punished for Resolution of Complaints Taking Longer Than 2 Days)
Xinhuanet, July 11, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/politics/2008-07/11/content_8526509.htm

Public Health
Rural Medicare Plan Covers 91% of Target
Xinhua (available at China Daily), July 11, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/11/content_6836007.htm

Tibet
China Jails 12 More Tibetans over March Riots
Reuters (available at YahooNews), July 11, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080711/wl_nm/china_tibet_dc

Deported Tibetan 'Had Violated Law'
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), July 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e57f601ebd0b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

July 10, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush, Hu Discuss Human Rights, Taiwan
Voice of America, July 09, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-09-voa7.cfm?rss=asia

Corruption
Party Probes 'Iron Hand' Enforcer of Guangdong over Alleged Bribes
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ff920665c80b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Former Shanghai Official Jailed for Bribery
Xinhuanet, July 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/09/content_8518430.htm

Sacked China Police Chief Alleges Corruption: Official Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 09, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrestoly2008

Freedom of Speech
三家国际笔会发表报告批评中国钳制言论自由 (Three International PEN Organizations Publishe Report Criticizing China's Clampdown on Freedom of Speech)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanlun-07092008173631.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
维权人士刘杰在劳教所被用酷刑 (Heilongjiang Petitioner, Liu Jie, Brutally Tortured Whilst at Reeducation Centre)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liujie-07092008094452.html

Human Rights Defender
参与杨春林联名抵制北京奥运 鸡西维权人士袁显臣被逮捕 (Heilongjiang Rights Defender Yuan Xianchen Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuan-07092008094743.html

Labor
Safety Official: China to Shut 4,000 More Small Coal Mines by 2010
China Daily (via Xinhua), July 09, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/10/content_6832691.htm

Law
Chinese Prosecutors Investigating More Official Crimes
Xinhuanet, July 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/09/content_8519532.htm

Olympics
Beijing Moves to Stop Vice Industry Staining Games
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080710/wl_asia_afp/chinaoly2008sexprostitution

Beijing Olympic Torch Relay Concludes in Inner Mongolia
Xinhuanet, July 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/10/content_8522356.htm

Olympic Village Impresses Mock Dwellers with Chinese Culture
Xinhuanet, July 10, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/10/content_8522081.htm

Foreign Media Heritage Shooting Procedure during Games to Be Simplified
Xinhuanet, July 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/09/content_8518242.htm

奥运火炬拟过临沂 监控袁伟静者增至四十多 (Olympic Torch to Go Through Chen Guangcheng's Hometown - Increased Surveillance for Wife)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/linyi-07092008095411.html

Peking University Temporarily Bans Tourists for Olympic Security
Xinhuanet, July 09, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/09/content_8516489.htm

Recyclers Scrapped from Beijing ahead of Olympics
International Herald Tribune, July 09, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/business/recycle.php

Sarkozy Ends Threat to Boycott Olympic Opener
International Herald Tribune, July 09, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/asia/sarkozy.php

Police
RFA独家报道：闽农失地又失子 拒与警方谈私了 (RFA Independent Report: Fujian Farmer Loses Land and Child, Refuses to Talk to Police)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shidi-07092008151517.html

沪袭警案官方说法出台难服众　指杨佳被打残不实传谣者被捕者质疑 (Shanghai Authorities' Account of Attack Questionable)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xijing-07092008181228.html

Poverty
China's Extremely Poor Population Declines to Less Than 15 Mln
Xinhuanet, July 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/08/content_8512143.htm

Public Health
Tainted Protein Confirmed as Killer
Shanghai Daily, July 09, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080709/article_366085.htm

Society
瓮安少女溺水亡？ 民间真调被封口 (Did the Weng'an Girl Drown? Truth Kept from the People)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wengan-07092008135245.html

XUAR
China Says Kills Five Uighurs Seeking "Holy War"
Reuters, July 09, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK8056720080709

July 9, 2008

News
Disasters
Sichuan Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,197
Xinhuanet, July 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/08/content_8511125.htm

Environment
China Power Woes May Worsen before Olympics
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSPEK3710520080708

Human Rights
国际人权组织发起“释放中国八位良心犯”行动 (International Rights Groups Campaign for Release of 8 Chinese Prisoners of Conscience)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_humanrights-07082008120110.html

Human Rights Defenders
贵州公安扣留李树芬死亡真相民间调查小组 (Guizhou Police Detain Activists Who Investigated Weng'an Teen's Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_detain-07082008112507.html

Labor
Caseloads Surge as Labourers Air Gripes
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8dbc35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Drop in Coal Mine Deaths
Shanghai Daily, July 08, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080708/article_366066.htm

Law
逼供致人亡一审判无期 (Official Sentenced to Life after Torturing Suspect to Death during Interrogation)
The Beijing News, July 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/07-09/018@085354.htm

中国上万名人士再次呼吁废除劳教制度 (Over 15,000 Chinese Call for Abolition of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laojiao-07082008104755.html

Migrant Workers
Law Proposed to Help Migrants Sue for Back Pay
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f66c35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
10万反恐大军拱卫京奥 (100,000-Strong Anti-Terrorism Troops to Protect Beijing Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080709/caa1.htm

Bocog and CCTV Reaffirm Uncensored Coverage
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d7b35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&

京奥运临近 港新闻网解封 (China Unblocks Hong Kong News Websites -- Except "Apple Daily" -- ahead of Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080709/gdb1.htm

'Frugal Olympics' Have Become Anything But
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=450935a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Smog Tarnishes 'Gold Standard' for Olympics
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=95c544ef0c30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

'Anti-China Forces' Will Not Disrupt Olympics: Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080708/ts_afp/oly2008chnchinacountdownmedia_080708074205;_ylt=Agxyf7xYiMZI44_wkLh0Mt9PzWQA8074205;_ylt=Agxyf7xYiMZI44_wkLh0Mt9PzWQA
Beijing 'Failing Pollution Test'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7494656.stm

China Says Key Pollution Levels Down Slightly
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK19689120080708

China TV to Scrap Time Gap for Live Games Broadcast
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK3261520080708

FACTBOX: Fortress Beijing: Security Steps for the Olympics
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSP8896720080708

IOC Hails Beijing "Gold Standard"
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN0343734020080708

Related Information
HRIC Statement: Rights Crackdown Intensifies a Month before the Games
Human Rights in China, July 8, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/63047

Protests and Petitions
Beichuan Parents to Petition Beijing over 'Tofu' Schools
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=367c35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
甘孜理塘宣布在达赖喇嘛生日当天实行戒严 (Authorities in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Impose County-wide Curfew on Dalai Lama's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_human_rights-07082008122526.html

奥运前中国拘押千名西藏僧人 (Chinese Government Detains 1,000 Tibetans ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07082008172112.html

July 8, 2008

News
Environment
Let Them Eat Camel, China Wildlife Activist Says
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSPEK1500620080707

Freedom of Association
数名杭州异议人士喝茶聚会遭当局传讯 (Hangzhou Dissidents Summoned During Private Tea Gathering)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chuanxun-07072008101932.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Xiaoqin (黄小勤)
中国民主党成员获释后仍受打压 (Persecution of China Democracy Party Member Continues after His Release)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_CDP-07072008115929.html

Olympics
Air Passengers Face Extra Security Checks for Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/08/content_8507895.htm

Beijing Gets into the Olympic Spirit
South China Morning Post, July 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b5cdbf097efa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Scrambles on Construction, Pollution to Meet Olympic Deadlines
Wall Street Journal, July 08, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121546292477533481.html

Gov't Will Stop Illegal Broadcasts during Olympic Games
Xinhuanet, July 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/08/content_8507959.htm

奥运「搞死」京建筑业 (Olympics "Ruin" Beijing's Construction Industry)
Ming Pao, July 08, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080708/spa2.htm

电视播奥运延迟10秒 (Ten Second Delay for Televised Broadcast of Olympic Games)
Ming Pao, July 08, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080708/caa1h.htm

China Media Clamps Slammed a Month before Olympics
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSHKG1749720080707

China Olympic City Battles "Invading" Algae
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSPEK34476920080707

China Targets Mongolians in Quiet Pre-Games Crackdown
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK36453720080708

Coca-Cola Defends Olympics Deal
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 07, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7494149.stm

Homegrown Threats Top Olympics Security Worries: Official
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK36987220080707

One Month to Go - Beijing Prepares to Deliver
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0343734020080707

Population
Chinese Families Become Smaller as Single-Child Population Tops 100 Mln
Xinhuanet, July 07, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/07/content_8506366.htm

Protests and Petitions
官阻民间真调组赴瓮安 三调查员下落不明 (Whereabouts of 3 Activists Who Investigated Weng'an Teen's Death Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wengan-07072008140509.html

北京访民持续申请游行诉冤 (Beijing Petitioners Continue to Apply for Demonstration Permits)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07072008101720.html

China Sees Another Clash over a Disputed Death
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK20004

重庆矿工不满公司计划收取煤气费爆发骚乱 (Chongqing Coal Miners Raid Employer's Office over Gas Fees)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_protest-07072008115629.html

Tibet
China Presses Dalai Lama ahead of Games
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK33239020080707

July 05-07, 2008

News
Disasters
China Issues Guidelines on Post-Quake Reconstruction
Xinhuanet, July 04, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/04/content_8491515.htm

Relief Efforts Fall Short of Remote Towns
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edd72ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国当局警告律师不得代理四川地震受害者索偿 (Authorities Warn Lawyers to Not Represent Sichuan Earthquake Victims in Reimbursement Cases)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-07042008111816.html

Environment
Warming May Cause Rapid Plant Species Loss on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Xinhuanet, July 06, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/06/content_8498318.htm

Hong Kong
China Bars Radical HK Democrat from Sichuan Visit
Reuters, July 04, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSHKG34224920080704

Hong Kong Democrats Call on Chinese VP to Speed Polls
Reuters, July 6, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHKG36851420080706

Journalists' Association Warns on Nationalism
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc852ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

No Red Tape for Sichuan Rebuilding, Delegates Told
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5262ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender
“肝胆相照论坛”负责人陆军回国在海关被扣查 ("In the Hepatitis B Camp" Webmaster Lu Jun Detained by Customs for Several Hours upon Returning to China)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-07042008110310.html

Human Rights Defenders
China's New Freedom Fighters
The Guardian, July 06, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/06/china.humanrights

Labor
Accident at Chinese Mine Kills 21
BBC, July 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7492146.stm

Law
Lawyers Use Bogus Big-Cat Case to Push Government to Improve the Rule of Law
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cdb72ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Chinese Bloggers Score a Victory against the Government: Firings Indicate Growing Power; Exploits of 'Zola'
Wall Street Journal, July 07, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121533126228630499.html

Olympics
‘Anti-China’ Groups Threaten Olympics
Financial Times, July 04, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22eb9a82-49f7-11dd-891a-000077b07658.html

China Shuts Down Factories
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 07, 2008
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2296195.htm

Olympic Sailors Find Added Adversary in Qingdao: Pollution
Agence France-Presse (via Google), July 07, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_N9vizI8lf8MdBXCEldiPR4JNVA

Unmanned Drones to Serve Security Forces during Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/03/content_8485840.htm

Protests and Petitions
Corruption Cited in Guizhou Girl's Death; 4 Officials Sacked
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=500d00d4efeea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
'We Didn't Do It', Male Friends of Dead Girl Say
China Daily, July 05, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/05/content_6821836.htm

男子拆迁房前被殴身亡 (Beijing Man Guarding Remains of Demolished Home Beaten to Death)
The Beijing News, July 04, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/beijing/2008/07-04/011@074936.htm

Veil Lifted on Gangsters' Power in Riot Town
South China Morning Post, July 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=10572ca24e8fa110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

烟台数百名军转干部周五上访被拦截 (Hundreds of Shandong Soldier-Turned-Cadres Intercepted while Petitioning Municipal People's Congress)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petition_veteran-07042008105921.html

Religion
山东家庭教会牧师张忠心被判劳教两年 (Shandong House Church Pastor Zhang Zhongxin Sentenced to Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_family_church-07042008110933.html

Rural Issues
Auditors Find Counties Stole School Funds
South China Morning Post, April 05, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5b3e00d4efeea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Presses Dalai Lama ahead of Games
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK33239020080707

Tibet Talks Conclude with Little Progress
Washington Post, July 04, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/03/AR2008070301663.html

Tibetan Monasteries Empty as China Jails Monks to Silence Olympic Protests
Times Online, July 07, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4281932.ece

XUAR
Radical Islam Stirs in China's Remote West
Reuters, July 07, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK13637820080707

July 4, 2008

Top News of the Day
Media
Apple Daily Reporter Denied Entry to Beijing
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c540082ad9ea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Norman Choy (蔡元貴), a reporter from Hong Kong's "Apple Daily," flew to Beijing on July 1 for a five-day reporting trip, but was intercepted at the airport and not allowed to enter Mainland China. He was told that the refusal was per the "State Security Law" (国家安全法). Choy was sent back to Hong Kong on the next flight available. His "Home Return Permit" (回乡证), which he needs to cross the Mainland border, was also confiscated.

Related news:
遣返《蘋果》記者 北京背棄奧運承諾 (Beijing Abandons Olympic Promise in Repatriating "Apple Daily" Reporter)
Apple Daily, July 4, 2008
http://www.appleactionews.com/site/art_main.cfm?&iss_id=20080704&sec_id=6996647&art_id=11310109

News
Bilateral Ties
Rights Groups Disappointed With Bush's China Olympics Trip
Voice of America, July 04, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2008-07-04-voa5.cfm

Disasters
Downpours Kill Five, Affect 600,000 in SW China's Yunnan
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/03/content_8484753.htm

More than 600,000 Sichuan Migrant Workers Return Home Jobless after Quake
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/03/content_8484508.htm

Environment
Pollution Emission Permits Delayed
China Daily, July 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2008-07/04/content_6818103.htm

Food Security
China Denies Hoarding Overseas Farmland
China Daily, July 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/04/content_6817936.htm

China to Increase Grain Output
BBC, July 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7487157.stm

Human Rights Defender
湖南民主党人士谢长发近日被警方带走 (China Democracy Party Activist Xie Changfa Detained by Police)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xiechangfa-07032008091030.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
黑龙江农场女职工刘杰遭酷刑双腿成疾 (Imprisoned Petitioner Liu Jie Tortured, Both Legs Left Diseased)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liujie-07032008113317.html

Labor
Activists Push for Improved Working Conditions in Asia as Olympics Approach
Voice of America, July 03, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-03-voa29.cfm

Law
State Councilor Vows to Intense Crackdown on Violent Crimes
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/03/content_8484259.htm

Media
称西藏为国家 浙出版社停业 (Zhejiang Publisher Closed after Calling Tibet a Country)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-07032008144758.html

Multilateral
China Sticks to Its Guns on Emissions ahead of G8 Meet
Agence France-Presse (via Google), July 03, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iLlTyzyUvXyrRSXzq-G5tSPABtYg

Olympics
省部首腦奧運期間禁外訪 (Provincial Heads Forbidden from Leaving China on Foreign Visits during Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 04, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080704/cab1.htm

Xinjiang Terror Top Threat to Olympics: Security Official Meng Hongwei Names Three Dangers to Event
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=564e1600769ea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
大批公安武警继续驻守瓮安59人被被捕 (Police Garrison Weng'an; 59 People Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_riot-07032008102020.html

Officials Admit Existence of Grievances before Violent Protest in SW China
Xinhuanet, July 03, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/03/content_8482689.htm

Police Chief, Commissar Face Dismissal after Protest in Guizhou
China Daily, July 04, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/04/content_6817953.htm

Religion
法轮功周宁案周五开庭 (Case of Falun Gong Practitioner Zhou Ning Goes to Court July 4)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhouning-07032008165723.html

Taiwan
A Falun Gong Welcome for Mainland Visitors to Taiwan
International Herald Tribune, July 03, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/03/asia/taiwan.php

Tibet
甘孜炉霍300尼姑被逐出尼姑庵 (300 Garze Nuns Expelled from Nunnery for Refusing to Participate in "Political Studies" Class)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ganzi-07032008105836.html

July 3, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender
Released Dissident Vows to Appeal
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-dissident-appeal-07012008193536.html
Zha Jianguo (查建国) was released on June 28 and has rejected attempts by police to keep tabs on him after his release. He was jailed nine years ago for "incitement to subvert state power" after he helped set up the Beijing and Tianjin branch of the banned opposition China Democracy Party (CDP). He says in his first public interview that he will continue to appeal his sentence as a miscarriage of justice.

News
Bilateral Ties
China Slams US Lawmakers for Olympics Criticism
CNSNews.com, July 02, 2008
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200807/FOR20080702a.html

Related information:
Rights Lawyers Prevented from Meeting U.S. Congressmen
Human Rights in China, July 01, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/62562

Disasters
Prisoners' Terms Cut for Quake Work in Sichuan
China Daily, July 03, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/03/content_6814347.htm

Quake Lakes' Still Posing Danger
Reuters (available at South China Morning Post), July 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15396b369b4ea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Situation 'Critical' in Sichuan as Flood Approaching
China Daily, July 03, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/03/content_6815021.htm

China Tightens Standards for School Buildings
Zee News, July 02, 2008
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=452706&sid=WOR

Environment
Smog-Bound City Cleans Up Its Act
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc4a6b369b4ea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China’s Environmental Footprint in Africa
China Digital Times, July 02, 2008
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/07/chinas-environmental-footprint-in-africa/

China's Demand Still Surging
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/backfire-07022008145028.html

Food Security
China Faces Serious Challenges on Grain Supply: Premier
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 03, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCIt-QR-gILD4rvcmdLWw_I_5hmw

Human Rights
China Releases U.S. Citizen in Human-Rights Case
Wall Street Journal, July 04, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121505292167325601.html

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Pumpkin Farmer Cultivates Political Reform
Christian Science Monitor, July 01, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0702/p04s01-woap.html

Media
北京：电视台女记者辱骂脚踹民警被判拘役 (Beijing: Female TV Reporter Insults Police and Gets Short Detention)
Xinhuanet, July 02, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/legal/2008-07/02/content_8477906.htm

Military
Unearthed in Quake: Flaws in Chinese Military Capability
International Herald Tribune, July 01, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/01/asia/china.php

Multilateral
China Pledges Support for UN's Role on World Affairs
Xinhuanet, July 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/02/content_8478380.htm

Olympics
Chan Picks Fight with Olympics Protesters
The Independent, July 03, 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chan-picks-fight-with-olympics-protesters-859101.htmlprotesters-859101.html

Flextime Plan to Ease Congestion
Shanghai Daily, July 03, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080703/article_365422.htm

Tackling Qingdao's Invading Algae
BBC, July 03, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7486814.stm

China has Found Eight Positive Cases Ahead of Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 02, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/02/content_8476536.htm

Why the Boom is Not Building a Cool China
Financial Times, July 02, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d13cd4d0-484d-11dd-a851-000077b07658.html

Police
Gangs Crackdown after Weng'an Riot
Shanghai Daily, July 03, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080703/article_365458.htm

山西岚县村民控警殴人致死 (Shanxi Villager Accuses Police of Beating Person to Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanxi-07022008170210.html

Protests and Petitions
Dead Girl's Parents 'Accept' Payout
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=90c96b369b4ea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Licenses of Protest Pilots Cancelled
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=24a86b369b4ea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Girl's Death Probed After Riots
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-riots-07012008174632.html

广西妇女黄柳红带婴儿赴京上访被拦截 (Guangxi Province Mother Huang Liuhong Brings Infant Daughter to Beijing to Petition and is Intercepted)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huang-07022008170056.html

Public Health
Hemophiliacs in Guangdong Suffer for Lack of Treatment
China Daily, July 03, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/03/content_6815033.htm

Religion
Christianity in a Chinese Workplace? For Some.
Christian Science Monitor, July 02, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0702/p01s05-woap.html

Society
China Rules No Skimpily Dressed Bar Staff from Oct
Reuters, July 02, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK34160620080702

State Security
Toll From Knifeman's Attack on Police Station Now Six
South China Morning Post, July 03, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a7686b369b4ea110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Man Blows Up Govt Office and Injures 12
Reuters, July 02, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK34704920080702

Tibet
Strong Quake Hits Tibet
Shanghai Daily, July 03, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080703/article_365492.htm

Tibet Talks Resume, but with Few Hopes for Breakthrough
International Herald Tribune, July 01, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/01/asia/tibet.php

July 2, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Condoleezza Rice Presses Chinese Leaders on Human Rights, Sanctions against Zimbabwe
Voice of America, June 30, 2008
http://voanews.com/english/2008-06-30-voa29.cfm

Disasters
China Seeks to Muzzle Quake Victim Parents
Financial Times, July 01, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/636573a2-479b-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.html

Hong Kong
Thousands March for Democracy as HK Marks Handover
South China Morning Post , July 01, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4517373771fda110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Website Writer Jailed 4 Years on Weapons, Disorder Charges
South China Morning Post , July 02, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4469f369b8fda110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
Death Toll Rises to 18 as 16 Trapped Confirmed Dead in NW China Mine Collapse
Xinhuanet, July 02, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/02/content_8474616.htm

Law
北京"请律协先民主起来"研讨会讨论律师协会自治 (Beijing Conference Discusses Law Association Autonomy)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lawyer-07012008092902.html

China's New Law on Protection of the Disabled Effective July 1
Xinhuanet, June 30, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/30/content_8466502.htm

Olympics
北京限外地污染车进城 (Beijing Prohibits Polluting Cars from Entering City)
Ming Pao, July 02, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080702/cab1.htm

Beijing Prepares Emergency Medicine Supply for Olympics
Xinhuanet, June 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/30/content_8466780.htm

China Acts to Preempt Unrest as Olympics Near
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), June 30, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7Y78kvv8R3iSjmnPqo97eWOISdg

China Says Visa Policy Changes to Ensure Safe Olympics
Xinhuanet, June 30, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/30/content_8466316.htm

Politics Pioneering Chinese City Offers a Peek at Political Ferment
Washington Post, June 30, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/29/AR2008062901981.html

Protests and Petitions
贵州农民工集体自杀 非农非工无地无权 (Guizhou Migrant Workers Commit Suicide in Protest)
Radio Free Asia, July 02, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nongmin-07012008154225.html

上海访民组队来港陈情 被拆迁户望与港开发商理论 (Shanghai Petitioners Travel to Hong Kong Give Account of Grievances)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-07012008153330.html

July 1, 2008

Top News of the Day
Civil Society
Quake Shakes ‘Official’ Charities in China
Caijing Magazine, June 30, 2008
http://www.caijing.com.cn/20080630/72278.shtml

Disasters
Nearly 2 mln without livelihood after China quake: state press
AFP (via Google News), July 01, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_0eS1gRJgzDm49nr4GXp1X-gnxA

联合国估计四川地震农业损失达60亿美元 (United Nations Estimates Sichuan Earthquake Damages at $60 Billion)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dizhen-07012008111227.html

Environment
State Council: Energy consuming industries developing too fast in China
Xinhuanet, July 01, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/01/content_8471588.htm

Human Rights Defenders
China Blocks U.S. Legislators’ Meeting
New York Times, July 01, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/world/asia/02beijing.html?hp

Labor
Two dead, possibly 16 trapped in NW China mine collapse
Xinhuanet, July 01, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/02/content_8471642.htm

Law
Chinese Seek a Day in Court
Wall Street Journal (via China Digital), July 01, 2008
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2008/07/chinese-seek-a-day-in-court/

Media
Search Engines' Chinese Self-Censorship
Technology Review, July 01, 2008
http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/21016/page1/

人权观察向采访北京奥运的外国记者提供指导手册 (Human Rights Watch Provides A Foreign Reporters Guide for the Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-07012008111431.html

Olympics
China opposes linking Tibet-related issues to Olympics
Xinhuanet, July 01, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/01/content_8471341.htm

Police
China police to reopen probe into teenager's death
AP ( via Google News), July 01, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ifaEDXmXcN8Kr6IvLs830cI_1BWwD91L51905

Five police officers killed in knife attack in China
Telegraph News (UK), July 01, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2229445/Five-police-officers-
killed-in-knife-attack-in-China.html

Tibet
Chinese Officials Meet With Dalai Lama Envoys
Voice of America, July 01, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-01-voa11.cfm?rss=asia

Tibetan exiles pressure China as talks begin
AFP (via Google News), July 01, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gr3jkeQvnrG-5sfkSb6HiXP0KJpQ

June 28 – 30, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender
中国民主党负责人查建国在服刑九年后出狱 (China Democracy Party Key Member Cha Jianguo Released after 9 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zha-06292008164045.html
On June 27, democracy activist Cha Jianguo (查建国) was released after nine years in prison. Cha was sentenced on subversion charges in 1999 after announcing the establishment of China Democracy Party. He suffered from serious dental maladies and gastro-intestinal pain while in prison.

News
Disasters
China Quake death Toll Rises to 69,195
Xinhuanet, June 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/29/content_8458073.htm

Quake Teacher Detained
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detain-06282008080740.html

Human Rights Defender
Farmer-Turned-Activist Plants Seeds of Reform
Washington Post, June 27, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062502493_pf.html

Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)
黄琦家人送药被拒 (Prison Authorities Refuse to Accept Huang Qi's Medication from Family)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-06272008123227.html

Human Rights Defenders
浙江多名民主党成员周五被当局传唤 (Several China Democracy Party Members Summoned on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_CDP-06272008122104.html

Media
71.9％公众认为网络表达成中国式民主新通道 (71.9% of Interviewees Think Internet Will Become New Channel for China's Democratic Development)
China Youth Daily, June 30, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-06/30/content_2243141.htm

豆腐渣杀子 长長受访被阻 (Parents of Quake Victims Interrogated after Talking to Hong Kong Media)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080630/gha1h.htm

记者孙林被判刑四年 (Journalist Sun Lin Sentenced to Four Years)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/journalist_trial-06272008124553.html

胡锦涛@网 (Hu Jintao Gets Online)
Nanfang Weekend, June 26, 2008
http://www2.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/200806260099.asp

Olympics
Beijing Starts Passenger Security Checks in All Subway Stations
Xinhuanet, June 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/29/content_8458478.htm

China Olympic Sailing City Frets over Algae Bloom
Reuters, June 29, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK27919620080629

Chinese Astronauts Take Part in Olympic Torch Relay
Xinhuanet, June 28, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/28/content_8454177.htm

Protests and Petitions
Riots in Southwest China over Girl's Death: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), June 29, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080629/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrest_080629091017

烟台一千五百名军转干部上访与武警冲突 (1,500 Shandong Petitioning Soldier-Turned-Cadres Clash with Paramilitary Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yantai-06272008101117.html

Tibet
Central Authorities to Meet Dalai's Representatives in Early July
Xinhuanet, June 29, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/29/content_8458470.htm

June 27, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
China Toys with India's Border
Asia Times Online, June 27, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JF27Df01.html

Death Penalty
Top Court Overturns 15% Death Sentences in 1st Half Year
China Daily, June 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/27/content_6798854.htm

Disasters
China Approves Reports on Quake Relief Work, Reconstruction Plan
Shanghai Daily (available at Xinhua), June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364660.htm

China Banks Lend out $6.1 Bln to Quake-Hit Sichuan
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8446189.htm

China Plans to Protect Threatened Qiang Culture in Wake of Quake
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8445161.htm

China Training Medical Staff to Help Traumatized Quake Survivors
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8444842.htm

Death Toll in Xinjiang Oil Tank Explosion Rises to 5
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364654.htm

Economic Development
Half of Chinese Expect Inflation to Worsen, Survey Finds
AFP (available at Google News), June 26, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAi3i3qi3anFuIUap8pNTFWv36Wg

Human Rights Defenders - Huang Qi (黄琦)
律师欲见维权人士黃琦被拒 (Huang Qi's Lawyer Refused Visit)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080627/ca51306w.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Chang Kun (常坤)
AIDS Activist's Dream 'Died'
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/aidsactivist-06262008152243.html

Law
Chinese Legislature Approves International Convention on Rights of Handicapped
Xinhuanet, June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8445180.htm

Multilateral
China Approves SCO's Good Neighborly, Friendly Cooperation Treaty
Xinhuanet, June 27, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8445276.htm

Olympics
China Removes Algae from Olympic Sailing Venue
Washington Post, June 26, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601359.html
China Says Anti-Dalai Lama Rant Not Politicizing Games
Reuters, June26, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK28419520080626

中国地方当局则以奥运或抗震为由，将访民拒之门外 (Chinese Officials Use Earthquake and Olympics as Excuse to Reject Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06262008083015.html

Olympics Haven't Helped Environment
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/olympics-06262008142221.html

China's Hu Says Olympics Preparations in "Final Dash"
Reuters, June 25, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK29566120080626

Protests and Petitions
公安再扫荡「上访村」 保南站治安 拘数百告狀者 (Public Security Police Destroy Petitioning Village Again)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080627/caa4.htm

Hubei Clashes over Dead Boy - in Related Incident Police Detain Former Local People's Congress Deputy Yao Lifa
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinaboy-06262008163052.html

上海多名访民因到天安门广场被拘留 (Shanghai Petitioners Detained for Going to Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06262008103006.html

Public Health
Hospital, Firms Made to Pay for Deadly Drug
China Daily, June 27, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/27/content_6799568.htm

Tibet
Tibetan Monk Demands Probe
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/monastery-06252008165549.html

甘南两名僧侣被秘密判重刑 (Two Monks Given Harsh Prison Sentences in Secret Trial)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/senglu-06262008103310.html

June 26, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
狱中郭飞雄儿女入学被拒 张青急请关注 (Children of Imprisoned Rights Defender Guo Feixiong Refused Admission into School)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guofeixiong-06252008170300.html
When Zhang Qing (张青), wife of imprisoned rights defender Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄), recently tried to register their children for elementary and middle school, they were refused admission. Their son was to begin elementary school in 2007, but he was also refused admission then; Zhang Qing has since been home-schooling him. According to Zhang, local authorities have been threatening the schools to not admit her children. Guo was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and fined 40,000 yuan in 2007 for "illegal business activity" in connection with the publication of Shenyang Political Earthquake《沈阳政坛地震》, a book concerning a political scandal in Shenyang, Liaoning.

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
与黄琦同时被捕的同事获释后指公安刑讯迫供 (Volunteer Detained with Huang Qi Released, Reveals Police’s Attempts to Torture Him into Confession)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-06252008110731.html
Pu Fei (蒲飞), a volunteer who worked with rights defender Huang Qi (黄琦) at the quake site, was detained along with Huang and another volunteer, Zuo Xiaofan (左晓凡). Pu was released June 25. According to Pu, during his detention he was forced to study Mainland law and read earthquake relief articles during the day, and grilled under torture at night. He believes that they were attempting to compel him to frame Huang, as they asked him about his work with Tianwang, classified information of the group, and Tianwang's objective in going to the quake site. Pu believes that Zuo has also been released, but he told RFA that he has been unable to contact him.

News
Corruption
Beijing Arrests ‘White House’ Party Chief
Financial Times, June 26, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2536eee-42d2-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.html

Related story:
阜阳“白宫”举报人蹊跷死亡调查 (Investigation into the Curious Death of Li Guofu, Detained Whistle-Blower for Anhui's Luxurious "White House")
China Youth Online, April 22, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-04/22/content_2152901.htm

Pillow Talk Lands Officials in Jail
China Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/26/content_6796351.htm

Death Penalty
China Executes Three in Drugs Crackdown
Reuters, June 26, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK28642920080625

Company Official Sentenced to Death for Bribery
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364645.htm

Disasters
China Invites World Architects to Design Solar Schools for Quake Areas
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436920.htm

China to Make Quake Tourist Spots
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), June 25, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/06/25/162521/China-to.htm

Three Workers Killed in Oil-Tank Blast
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364624.htm

Environment
China Building 1st Coal Bed Methane Pipeline to Ease Energy Strains
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8435588.htm

China Generates Solar-Power Guidelines
Shanghai Daily (available at Xinhua), June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8441329.htm

Human Rights Defender - Jiranbayariin Soyolt
Mongolian Dissident Freed, Months Later
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mongolia-06252008142657.html

Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
姚立法遭身份不明人士恐吓 (Civil Society Activist Yao Lifa Threatened by Unidentified Individual)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-06252008111113.html

Human Rights Defenders
太石村维权领袖冯秋盛因协助外国记者采访被拘留 (Guangzhou Village Rights Defender Feng Qiucheng Detained for Assisting Foreign Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_taishi-06252008105407.html

Land Policy
NW China Region Launches 900 Mln Yuan Plan to Rebuild Housing
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436906.htm

Media
黄良天﹕网站刊登东海油田文章被关闭 (Website of Former Editor of Outspoken Monthly Baixing, Huang Liangtian, Temporarily Shut Down after Posting Article on East China Sea Oil Field)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/internet_control-06252008111825.html

South China Tiger Snapper Held on Mystery Charge
China Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/26/content_6796256.htm

Olympics
China Worried About Illegal Drugs during Olympics
Voice of America, June 25, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-25-voa10.cfm

For China's Olympic Guests, a Not-So-Warm Welcome
Christian Science Monitor, June 25, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0625/p01s08-woap.html

International Torch Relay for Beijing Paralympic Games Cancelled
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436905.htm

IOC Investigates Anti-Dalai Lama Torch Relay Speech
Reuters, June 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26911720080625

Religion
China Extends Christian's Detention
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinachristian-06242008165552.html

Society
Human Flesh Search Engines: Chinese Vigilantes That Hunt Victims on the Web
Times Online, June 26, 2008
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4213681.ece

Taiwan
Tainan Urges Falun Gong to Leave Site
Taipei Times, June 25, 2008
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/06/25/2003415684

Tibet
青海隆务寺主持上周五被军警秘密拘捕 (Qinghai Longwu Temple Head Secretly Arrested on June 20 by Military Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-06252008102915.html

June 25, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
当局以国家机密为名不准律师会见黄琦 (Chengdu Authorities Bar Lawyer from Meeting Huang Qi on State Secrets Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-06242008105500.html
On June 24, Chengdu authorities barred lawyer Ding Xikui (丁锡奎) from meeting his detained client rights defender Huang Qi (黄琦) on the grounds that Huang's case involves state secrets. Huang’s wife Zeng Li (曾丽) who went with Ding was also denied the visitation right. Meanwhile, Huang's landlord has asked Zeng and Huang’s mother to move out of their apartment, which had been rented by Huang's human rights organization.

Related Information
Case Update: Huang Qi Denied Access to Counsel
Human Rights in China, June 24, 2008
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/60742

因与黄琦有联系 成都村民被追捕 (Chengdu Authorities Try to Arrest Villagers for
Links with Huang Qi)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-06232008105500.html

News
Disasters
China Quake Toll Likely to Exceed 80,000: Government
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), June 24, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080624/wl_afp/chinaquaketoll

Chinese Vice Premier Outlines Eight-Year Plan for Quake Zone
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/24/content_8430528.htm

Human Rights
China to Ratify UN Convention on Disabled People
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/25/content_8432435.htm

Human Rights Defenders
布什在白宫会见三名中国维权人士 (President Bush Meets Three Chinese Rights Defenders at White House)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/us_china_humanrights-06242008104051.html

Labor
Chinese Researchers Say China's Labor Supply Drying Up
Voice of America, June 24, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-24-voa8.cfm

Factories Staying Put in China
Asia Sentinel, June 23, 2008
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1276&Itemid=32d=32

Land Policy
仅1%责任人被追究刑事责任 土地违法处罚为何遇官就软 (Only 1% of Officials Incur Criminal Liabilities for Illegal Land Use)
Legal Daily, June 25, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-06/25/content_885866.htm

上海维权人士促人大调查土地出让 (Shanghai Rights Defenders Urge National People's Congress to Investigate Land Sales)
Voice of America, June 24, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-06-24-voa43.cfm

Law
Chinese Legislators Meet, Deliberating Major Draft Laws, Amendments
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/24/content_8428658.htm

Media
北京禁邮寄影音制品 (Beijing Municipal Authorities Prohibits Postage of Audio-Visual Items)
Ming Pao, June 25, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080625/caa1h.htm

Blockade of NGO Websites Seen as Pre-Olympics Crackdown
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bdb20a5de5bba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Beijing Orders Tighter Media Controls
Financial Times, June 24, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bda7cc42-4206-11dd-a5e8-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html

Multilateral Relations
China's Top Legislature to Ratify SCO Treaty
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/25/content_8432433.htm

Olympics
Shanghai Bars Dissidents from Speaking to Foreign Journalists
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f920a5de5bba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Unsung Tourist Attractions and Energy Resources Bode Well for Shanxi's Future
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d8420a5de5bba110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Holds Anti-Terror Drills in Tianjin ahead of Olympics
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/24/content_8431110.htm

Olympic Flame Concludes Harmonious Journey in Qinghai of NW China
Xinhuanet, June 24, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/24/content_8431257.htm

Olympic Venue Security Bolstered by Missile Launchers
Reuters, June 24, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSPEK25645520080624

Tight Security in Western China
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/torch-06242008163639.html

Related Information
Press Statement: Torch Relay in Tibet: Spectacle over Substance
Human Rights in China, June 20, 2008
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/58110

Protests and Petitions
黑龙江省双鸭山市出动全部警力截止近万名买断工人上访 (Heilongjiang Authorities Dispatch City's Entire Police Force to "Retrieve" 10,000 Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-06242008085207.html

Tibet
Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists Wednesday: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), June 24, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZGF04UfQHllOld8R4vdMwm2UFbA