Today's Links: Ex Beijing vice mayor sentenced to death, Olympic media freedoms to be maintained and two nuclear power plants for Pakistan

• Ex-Beijing official gets death sentence, reprieve [AFP]
  "A former Beijing vice mayor in charge of overseeing Olympic construction projects has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, a court said Sunday, in a stern warning to wayward Communist officials."
• China relaxes decades-old restrictions on media [The Times]
  "The new rules remove an item in the regulations requiring foreign reporters to get approval from the Foreign Ministry to visit regions not open and to register with the police. However, Tibet will remain off-limits with permission required from local authorities to visit the restive Himalayan region. "
• China drug firm recalls ginseng injections after deaths [AFP]
  "The Chinese manufacturer of a ginseng injection that killed three people has recalled all its injection products, the country's drug safety watchdog said Saturday. Wandashan Pharmaceutical, based in the northeast province of Heilongjiang, voluntarily recalled all its injection products on Friday, the State Food and Drug Administration said in a statement on its website."
• Wary of Islam, China Tightens a Vise of Rules [New York Times]
  "The imam’s sermon at Friday Prayer must run no longer than a half-hour, the rules say. Prayer in public areas outside the mosque is forbidden. Residents of Khotan are not allowed to worship at mosques outside of town."
• China signs agreement to help Pakistan build nuclear reactors [AP]
  "Pakistan's foreign minister said yesterday China has signed an agreement with Pakistan to help it build two more nuclear power plants."

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