News
Religion - Christianity
Angry Beijing Acts Against Zen Approach to Freedom
Financial Times, May 09, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/394157c6-debb-11da-acee-
0000779e2340.html
中国梵蒂冈存在避免冲突的出路? (Is There a Way for China and the Vatican to Avoid Conflict?)
Voice of America, May 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-05-09-voa2.cfm
The Moral Dilemma
The Standard, May 09, 2006
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=5&art_id=18286&sid=7854614&con_type=
1&d_str=20060509
Corruption
一张煤窑主“明码标价”的行贿清单 (A Coal Mine Owner's Bribery Price List)
Xinhuanet, May 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/focus/2006-05/09/content_
4489126.htmc
Economic Development
China's Economic Miracle Comes at Great Cost to Farmers, Environment; Unrest Looms
Radio Free Asia, May 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-05-08-voa17.cfm
Government - Grassroots Elections
Page by Page, Rural Democracy Adds Up to a Book
People's Daily, May 09, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200605/09/eng20060509_
264064.html
'Some Villagers Are Angry, But Most Are Just Afraid'
The Guardian, May 09, 2006
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1765675,00.html
Human Rights Defenders - Journalists
记者阳小青案周三开审 李金华吕爱强准备起诉上司 (Journalist Yang Xiaoqing to Be Tried on Wednesday; Li Jinhua and Lu Aiqiang Prepare to Sue Former Supervisor)
Radio Free Asia, May 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/08/
yangxiaoqing/
Labor - Work Safety
中国煤矿事故依然频发 (China Coal Mine Accidents Still Frequent)
Radio Free Asia, May 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/08/shigu/
Labor - Industrial Accidents
Death Knell for Dangerous Mines
SCMP, May 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTEFDQ3ME.html
Labor - Employment Conditions
没有最低工资国家标准何谈"低于" (With No National Minimum Wage, How Do We Know What Is “Below” Minimum Wage?)
Xinhuanet, May 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/comments/2006-05/09/content_
4522446.htm
“最低工资”问题工会为何“无言” (Why Are the Trade Unions "Speechless" on Minimum Wage?)
Xinhuanet, May 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-05/09/content_
4523756.htm
Labor - Industrial Accidents
贵州官员不顾被困矿工炸毁矿井 (Guizhou Officials Ignored Trapped Workers and Ordered Bombing of Mine Shaft)
Radio Free Asia, May 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/05/08/
guizhou/
Law - Legal Reform
China's Lack of Legal Reform Fuels Unrest
Radio Free Asia, May 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-05-08-voa24.cfm
Multilateral - UN
中国等64国竞选联合国人权理事会的首届成员 (China and 63 Other States Run for First Term Membership in UN Human Rights Council)
Xinhuanet, May 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-05/09/content_
4523703.htm
Poverty - Anti-poverty Policies
Pay Workers Decent Wages
Xinhuanet, May 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/09/content_
4523895.htm
Religion - Falun Gong / Hong Kong
Falun Gong Watch List Disclosure Ordered
SCMP, May 09, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ0KFDQ3ME.html