Armed Chinese police fire tear-gas to disperse a crowd of several hundred protesting Tibetan Buddhist monks near the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, on the second of day of protests around a key anniversary. Sources in the area also describe hearing gunshots

Authorities in Beijing have formally charged detained AIDS activist Hu Jia with "incitement to subversion" after he wrote articles online critical of China's hosting of the Olympics, as his wife calls for his release from house arrest at the couple's