Corruption
山西一“粮官”涉嫌贪挪私分国资逾2000万被诉 (Shanxi Company Chief Laundered 20 Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, May 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/17/content_11389110.htm
Disasters
中国对中小学校舍安全“问责到底” (Government Will Check School Building Safety)
Xinhuanet, May 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-05/17/content_11390118_1.htm
Freedom of Speech
北京独立作家江棋生再被警方抄家 (Beijing Independent Writer Jiang Searched by Police)
Voice of America, May 18, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-17-voa26.cfm
敏感书籍六四临近被大陆查禁 (Beijing Bans Sensitive Books as June 4th Approaches)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shu-05162009003733.html
湖北关闭89家违规违法网站 (Hubei Authorities Shut Down 89 Websites)
EastDay.com, May 15, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090515/u1a4374210.html
Human Rights Defenders - Zhang Kai, Li Chunfu (张凯、李春富)
北京律師重慶被毆 同行拉橫額抗議 ( Beijing Lawyers Protest Police Abuses)
Ming Pao, May 18, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090518/cae1.htm
Related Information
Beijing Lawyers Beaten for Representing Falun Gong Case
Human Rights in China, May 13, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=164835&item_id=164831
Human Rights Defenders- Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
美国参议员联名致信胡锦涛 呼吁释放高智晟 (American Senators Write Letter to Hu: Release Guo)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gao-05152009164845.html
Related InformationJune 4th
Wife of Abducted Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Requests Urgent Help from U.S. Congress in Open Letter
Human Rights in China, April 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=160075&item_id=160063
中央審查趙紫陽文件首曝光 (Beijing Produces Repor on Zhao)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2009
http://premium.mingpao.com/cfm/Content_News.cfm?Channel=gb&Path=33551163391/gca1.cfm1/gca1.cfm
北京学者举办六四民主运动研讨会 (Bejijng Scholar Holds Seminar About Tiananmen Square)
BBC, May 17, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8050000/newsid_8054400/8054441.stm
王炳章女儿到中国探监被拒入境 (Wang Bingzhang's Daughter Banned from Immigration)
Voice of America, May 16, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa45.cfm
Labor
中煤矿井建设队伍朔州伤亡事故已有11人遇难 (11 Died in a Mining Accident in Shuozhou)
Xinhuanet (available at Eastday.com), May 16, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090516/u1a4376421.html
工商总局:10月底前将安全事故企业责任人纳入黑名单 (Names for Industrial Safety Blacklist to be Compiled by Late October)
Xinhuanet, May 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-05/16/content_11384523.htm
Land Policy
浙江村民网上呼吁 请求调查政府强占土地 (Zhejiang Farmer Complains Online: Requests Investigation on Government Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zha-05162009010424.html
Police
受邀赴美出席听证工人遭公安搜查后失联 (Workers Searched by Police, Whereabouts Unknown after Returning from Hearing in US)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05162009142133.html
Poverty
我国高收入行业30年变迁:行业间收入差距或已达10倍 (After 30 Years Income Disparity in Different Industries Grown Tenfold)
Xinhuanet, May 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/18/content_11393963.htm
Protests and Petitions
北京再次发生上访农民集体自杀事件 (Another Petitioning Farmer Commits Suicide in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-05162009004626.html
广东江门农民进京上访后被拘10天 被要求写保证 (Farmer from Jiangmen, Guangdong Arrested while Petitioning in Beijing)
southcn.com, May 16, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0515/23/59D3C6EB0001124J.html
重庆发生一起大规模群体事件 (Masses Protest in Chongqing)
Voice of America, May 16, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa44.cfm
Public Health
China reports its 6th victim of swine flu
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), May 18, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090518/article_401223.htm
Society
广电总局新规定:6-10月黄金档时段禁播古装剧 (Historical Costume Dramas Banned from Prime Time from June to October)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/10-05162009002141.html