Society
Think-tank Urges Beijing to End Frantic Urbanisation
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc80b12efc4e1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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China's Urban Population Exceeds 600 Million
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), June 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11547831.htm
中科院《城市藍皮書》出爐：城鄉收入差距擴大 (CASS Urban Blue Book: Income Disparity between City and Rural Area Increases)
Ming Pao, June 16, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090616/cca1.htm
China's Top Legislature to Review Draft Laws on Islands, State Secrets
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11546308.htm
Disasters
China Storm Leaves Many Homeless
BBC News, June 15, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8100593.stm
Protests and Petitions
Tax on Furniture Trade Sparks Riot
South China Morning News, June 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dbdfb12efc4e1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
五千西宁出租车司机罢驶进入第三天 (5000 Xining Cabbies Strike for Third Day)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taxi-06152009095213.html
福州十多访民中南海门前跪地喊冤被殴打关押 (More than 10 Fujianese Petitioners Beaten and Detained outside Beijing's Zhongnanhai)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06152009100554.html
富锦修路强征农地 农民维权遭受暴打 (Fujin Farmers Beaten in Dispute over Road Construction)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fujin-06152009154938.html
Population
China's One-Child Policy Undermined by the Rich
Telegraph (via Telegraph.co.uk), June 15, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5540739/Chinas-one-child-policy-undermined-by-the-rich.html
计生协：到2015年流动人口聚集地要普遍建立计生协组织 (Family Planning Organization to be Established in Floating Population Areas by 2015)
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/15/content_11546240.htm
Police
廣西一富豪公安局內墜樓亡 數百親友堵門討說法 (Man Died in Guangxi Police Station, Hundreds Protest for Truth)
China News Agency, June 16, 2009
http://www.hkcna.hk/content/2009/0616/14694.shtml
Human Rights Defenders — Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) and Jiang Qisheng(江棋生)
零八宪章相关者再遭监控 当局将对刘晓波案给说法？ (People Related to Charter 08 under Surveillance Again)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu_xiaobo-06152009101508.html
Education
Teacher, School Officials Jailed over Students' Gas Poisoning Deaths
Xinhua News Agency, June 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/16/content_11550554.htm
Environment
China Halts £18bn Hydropower Dam Project Over Environmental Concerns
Guardian, June 15, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/15/china-hydropower-dam
Tibet
四川色达外地劳工与藏人斗殴 九藏人被捕 (Workers Fight with Tibetans, 9 Tibetans Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-06152009170203.html
Death Penalty
Beijing to Phase out Firing Squads in Favour of Lethal Injection
The Times (via Times Online), June 16, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6504980.ece
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Beijing Ready for Lethal Injections
China Daily, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/16/content_8286965.htm
China Orders Patches to Planned Web Filter
New York Times, June 15, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/business/global/16censor.html
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Porn-filtering Software: It's Up to Users
China Daily, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/16/content_8286946.htm
网友揭露“绿坝”软件军方背景 (Netizens: "Green Dam" Has Military Background)
Radio France Internationale, June 15, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14297.asp