News
Corruption
Ant-breeding Scheme Brings 55 to Court
Shanghai Daily, May 26, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090526/article_402184.htm
Three Officials Jailed for Extorting Quake Victims
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f0e6f40b9a871210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Hainan Official Punished for Taking Bribes
Shanghai Daily, May 26, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090525/article_402064.htm
“中航天”高管挪用千万公款豪赌被判无期徒刑 (Official Gamble Public Money, Sentenced Life)
Xinhuanet, May 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/26/content_11434646.htm
Disasters
Building Style Caused Collapses, Book Says
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6f95f40b9a871210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related News
As Schools Fell, Govt Offices Stood Firm
China Daily, May 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009wenchuan/2009-05/26/content_7941531.htm
Protests and Petitions
China Tea Farmers Attack Police Station
AFP (via YahooNews), May 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090526/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunresttea
US House Speaker Pelosi Visits China; Protesters Seek Help
AP (via Independent.co.uk), May 25, 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-house-speaker-pelosi-visits-china-protesters-seek-help-1690584.html
Related News
Frustration Prompts Wave of China Protests
Financial Times, May 25, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/281cbea6-4883-11de-8870-00144feabdc0.html
忽然聚集 北京千人示威 高院信訪室對開馬路 躺地抗議 (A Thousand Protesters Block Traffic in Beijing)
Ming Pao, May 26, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090526/caa1.htm
周舵尝试前往公安局申请静坐绝食受阻 (Authorities Reject Zhou Duo's Application for Peaceful Sit-in and Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/64_dissident-05252009112914.html
Media
Censored Web Critic Wins Chinese Court Case
Financial Times, May 25, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/820c2050-494b-11de-9e19-00144feabdc0.html
New Internet Law Mere Scrap of Paper
China Daily, May 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/26/content_7941545.htm
Law
Investigative Report: How a Chinese Detention Center Ticks
Xinhuanet, May 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/25/content_11432759.htm
June 4th
The 20-year Anger of a Tiananmen Mother
Independent.co.uk, May 24, 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-20year-anger-of-a-tiananmen-mother-1690146.html
Tiananmen Dissidents 'Denied HK Visas'
AP (via South China Morning Post), May 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ebc5738257671210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Social Security
08年底中国6600万人纳入低保 补助水平将提高 (66 Million People Fell under Basic Welfare Scheme in 2008)
EastDay.com, May 26, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090525/u1a4395142.html
Religion
Pope Seeks Urgent Reconciliation in China Church
AP (via YahooNews), May 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090525/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_china
Police
广东：行政人员粗暴执法或取消执法资格 (New Regulations in Guangdong Punishes Wayward Admin Law Enforcers with Stripped Credentials)
Nanfang Daily (via Xinhuanet), May 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/26/content_11437144.htm
广东英德英红镇发生大规模骚乱 (Large Scale Riot in Yingde, Guangdong)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/clash_guangdong-05252009102302.html
Tibet
Chinese Report on Tibet Reveals the Roots of Unrest
Telegraph.co.uk, May 22, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5368440/Chinese-report-on-Tibet-reveals-the-roots-of-unrest.html