Economic Development
With 'Buy Chinese' Edict, Another Nation Tiptoes toward Protectionism
Christian Science Monitor, June 17, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0617/p06s04-woap.html
Environment
Climate Change Root Cause for Poverty, Says Report
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8296959.htm
Related information:
气候变化与贫困—中国案例研究 (Climate Change and Poverty: a Case Study of China)
Greenpeace China and Oxfam, June 17, 2009
http://www.greenpeace.org/china/zh/news/poverty-report
Hong Kong
US Says HK Slipping in Exploitation Fight
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1b53fc90bee1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Hukou
Shanghai Unveils Liberalised Rules for New Residents
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e9aa5b2d92fe1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎闯关在上海机场受阻 (Scholar and Activist Feng Zhenghu Prohibited from Re-entering China after Speaking in Tokyo on 20th Anniversary of June Fourth)
Radio France Internationale, June 17, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14335.asp
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟律师失踪4月余 大哥赴京寻弟无果警方不准进家门 (After Four Months of Gao Zhisheng's Disappearance, His Brother Goes to Beijing for Answers, Prohibited by Police from Entering Gao Family Home)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaozhisheng-06172009155436.html
Human Rights Defenders
北京司法当局被质疑打压维权律师 (Beijing Judicial Authorities Called Out for Pressuring Rights Defense Lawyers)
Voice of America, June 17, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-06-17-voa42.cfm
Internet Censorship
Beijing Eases Back on Harsh Plan for Online Censorship
Globe and Mail, June 17, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/beijing-eases-back-on-harsh-plan-for-online-censorship/article1186367/
Beijing to Hire Army of Internet Censors
Financial Times, June 17, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9bae870-5b5f-11de-be3f-00144feabdc0.html
Law
中国首部动物保护法建议稿完成 (China Completes Draft of the First Law on the Protection of Animals)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dongwubaohufa-06172009112447.html
Related news:
Dog Killings in China Spur Outrage
Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124526320117324119.html
Protests and Petitions
数千河南民师堵路抗议 郑州部分路段一度瘫痪 (Several Thousand Private Teachers Protest in Henan, Demanding Equal Benefits)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dongwubaohufa-06172009112447.html
失屋失地 民眾抗爭 (Homeless, Landless Citizens Protest in Guangzhou and Changchun)
Ming Pao, June 18, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090618/ccc1.htm
Tibet
西藏数百藏人与警冲突 防暴队以催泪弹驱散人群 (Several Hundred Protestors Clash with Police in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-06172009125116.html
XUAR
End of the Silk Road for Historic Trading Hub of Kashgar
Times Online, June 18, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6525325.ece