Tuesday, May 05, 2009

May 5, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Mexico Decries China's Quarantine of Its Citizens
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090505/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mexico_swine_flu

Children
Child Kidnap Gang under Arrest
Shanghai Daily, May 04, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090504/article_399751.htm

Disasters
In China, Quake Survivors Must Swallow Grief and Anger
Washington Post, May 03, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/02/AR2009050202124.html

Environment
China Triples Wind Power Capacity Goal: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), May 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090504/sc_afp/chinaenergywindpower

Labor
Death Toll Rises to 13 in Shandong Fireworks Explosion
Shanghai Daily, May 03, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090503/article_399640.htm

Land Policy
Couple Appeal over 'Illegal' Land Grab and Demolition
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d250ff332c01210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Beijing Lashes Back at US Jab on Media Freedoms
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_media_freedom

China Bans Foreign Financial News Operations
Financial Times, May 01, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1cd7f01e-358d-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html

Protests and Petitions
48户南昌业主集体网上发出控告信 (48 Proprietors in Nanchang Issue Online Letter of Complaint against Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yezhu-05042009144134.html

奥运期间申请示威维权人士纪斯尊二审维持原判 (Sentencing of Would-be Olympic Demonstrator Upheld on Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jisizun-05042009152045.html

Public Health
Hong Kong Tests Ten More Suspected Cases of Swine Flu
Agence France-Presse (via Google), May 04, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=938237

Society
Survey Reveals Student Apathy about Movement
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=56a50ff332c01210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
Store Blast a 'Criminal' Act
Shanghai Daily, May 04, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090504/article_399760.htm