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

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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

Environment

As China's Prosperity Grows, So Do Its Trash Piles
Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110728/wl_csm/400003

Food Security

China to Offer Rewards for Food Safety Informers
Reuters, July 28, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110728/hl_nm/us_china_food_safety

Human Rights Defender – Qi Chonghuai (齐崇怀)

China Extends Journalist's Jail Sentence
Agence France-Presse, July 29, 2011
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/China-extends-journalist-jail-afpsg-178622067.html

Related information:
服刑4年的反腐记者被裁定再服刑8年
Imprisoned Journalist Ordered to Serve Eight More Years
Human Rights in China, July 28, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5504
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5503

Internet

中国将正式实施网络游戏防沉迷系统实名认证 (China to Formally Implement Real-name Registration for Online Games)
Xinhua News Agency, July 29, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-07/29/content_2825539.htm

Protests and Petitions

成都失地农民伤人案开庭 四百民众法庭外声援 (Chengdu: 400 Landless Villagers Express Solidarity before Court as Villager is Tried for Stabbing a Man during Forced Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chd-07282011093018.html

Tibet

Tibetans Gather to Promote Values
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/gather-07272011170536.html

XUAR

Details of Alleged Xinjiang 'Terrorist Attack' Still Sketchy
Voice of America, July 27, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Details-of-Alleged-Xinjiang-Terrorist-Attack-Still-Sketchy-126239388.html

Related information:
中国人权呼吁中国当局对7·18和田事件作出全面透明的调查
HRIC Calls for Full and Transparent Investigation of July 18 Incident in Hotan
Human Rights in China, July 27, 2011
>CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5493
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5492

Civil Society

中国公民社会步履维艰 (Building a Civil Society: Despite Rapid Development, a Difficult Path Ahead)
Voice of America, July 28, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110727-Civil-Society-Yet-to-Take-Shape-in-China-126278553.html

Disasters

斥鐵道部閃閃縮縮‧死者家屬遊行促徹 (Relatives of Victims in Train Crash Protest for Answers)
Sin Chew Daily, July 27, 2011
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/213814

報道：禁律師代理撞列車案 (Report: Lawyers Told Not to Accept Wenzhou Crash Cases)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2393020/1.html

Environment

China's Three Gorges Project: A Huge Dam with Big Troubles
Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110727/wl_csm/399387

Panic Buying of Bottled Water
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=563d08efd7c61310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Government

Reluctant Transparency
Economic Observer, July 26, 2011
http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2011/0726/207236.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

刘萍魏忠平参加婚礼被跟踪 夏商不满时政宣布退选 (Independent People's Congress Candidates Continuous to Be Followed, One Quits in Dissatisfaction)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-07272011111742.html

Land Policy

北京律师代理拆迁案被暴打 (Lawyer Representing Land Requisition Case Battered)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/c-07272011162951.html

中国学者称经适房已成腐败高发区 (Scholar: Affordable Housing a Breeding Ground for Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/f-07272011094158.html

Hong Kong

「釋法對港損害，大過外傭有居留權」 ("PRC Interpretation of Law Does More Harm than Granting Right of Abode to Filipino Maids")
Apple Daily, July 27, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110727&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11867&art_id=15468321

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'Scare Tactics' over Maids' Rights
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0b6355cc6f661310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender -- David Tsui (Xu Zerong, 徐泽荣)

Jailed Scholar to Seek Judicial Review of Case
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e62355cc6f661310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media

Cutting-Edge Editor Moved
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/editor-07252011140423.html

Police

贵州城管被指打死小贩引发冲突 (Guizhou: Clash between People and Police after Purported Beating to Death of Street Peddler by Urban Management)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 27, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110727_guizhou_riot.shtml

Politics

More Light Shed over Choice of Top Cadres
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2011
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/More-light-shed-over-choice-of-top-cadres

Public Health

World Bank Warns on Economy If China Fails to Tackle Diseases
Reuters, July 26, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/us-china-worldbank-health-idUSTRE76Q0IS20110727

Related information:
Toward a Healthy and Harmonious Life in China: Stemming the Rising Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases
The World Bank, July 26, 2011
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2011/07/26/toward-health-harmonious-life-china-stemming-rising-tide-of-non-communicable-diseases