Bilateral Ties
China Slams U.S. Foreign Affairs Bill Proposal, Urges Deletion
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/19/content_11402518.htm
Corruption
China Welcomes Chinese Embezzlers' US Jail Sentences
Voice of America, May 19, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-19-voa12.cfm
Top Guangdong Official Investigated For Bribes
Shanghai Daily, May 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090520/article_401459.htm
受贿副局长卧室藏221万称是“个人爱好” (Corrupt Vice Minister: Storing 2.21 Millions is a "Personal Hobby")
Net Ease, May 20, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0520/01/59NJEGPA0001124J.html
Disasters
Lax Safety Measures Blamed for Bridge Collapse
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e182649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Environment
China Working on Further National Plan to Address Climate Change: Official
Xinhuanet, May 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/20/content_11403657.htm
Related NewsFood Security
China and US Held Secret Talks on Climate Change Deal
The Guardian, May 18, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/18/secret-us-china-emissions-talks
Food Poisoning Kills 4 Kids in SW China
Xinhua (via China Daily), May 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/19/content_7792857.htm
Human Rights Defenders - Zhang Kai and Li Chunfu (张凯、李春富)
北京律师成立援助团调查张凯李春富被殴 (Beijing Lawyers Form Group to Investigate Beating of Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lawyer-05192009115259.html
Related InformationJune 4th
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
China Brushes Aside Zhao's Tiananmen Memoirs
Reuters, May 19, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54I1MY20090519
Last Tiananmen 'Hooligan' Released From Prison
AP available at Yahoo News, May 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen_prisoner
Labor
China's Labor Departments Help 6.98 mln Workers Get Back Wages in 2008
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/19/content_11403244.htm
China to Create 3M Jobs in Light Industry
Xinhua (via China Daily), May 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/18/content_7788713.htm
Media
Bloggers Frustrated as Beijing Blocks Google Service
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2192649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Police
民警滥用职权致人亡 河南周口警方一审赔61万 (Court: Police in Zhoukou, Henan Fined for Beating Citizen to Death)
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/19/content_11401267.htm
Protests and Petitions
Student Demonstrators Clash with Police in Nanjing
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=afa2649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
重庆粮食系统被买断员工请愿 连日拉横幅露宿街头 (Chongqing Food System Privatized, Staff Protest for Social Security)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-05192009164619.html
湖北上千名军转干部到省政府上访 (Over a Thousand Hubei Military Officials Petition)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-05192009093212.html
村民进京上访返乡被拘 警方称其涉嫌破坏生产 (Police Detain Farmers who Petition to Beijing)
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/19/content_11399331.htm
甘肅二百群眾圍堵縣委 (200 Surround Government Office in Gansu)
Ming Pao Immediate News, May 20, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090520/ca31218a.htm
Public Health
AP Reporter Quarantined in China after Cancun Stop
AP available at Yahoo News, May 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_as/as_china_swine_flu_quarantine
Mainland Counts 4th H1N1 Case
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), May 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090520/article_401474.htm
Social Security
两部门发布人力资源和社会保障事业发展统计公报 (Gov't Release Statistics of Human Recourse and Social Security Development)
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/19/content_11400984.htm
Tibet and XUAR
Police Chiefs Replaced in Troubled Regions
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1652649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD