Bilateral Ties
US House Speaker Pelosi to Visit China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090521/pl_afp/chinauspoliticsdiplomacy
Corruption
河北铲除一以派出所长为首的黑社会团伙 (Gang Led by Police Chief Uncovered in Hebei)
Xinhuanet, May 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/21/content_11414287.htm
June 4th
China’s Students Put Jobs over Democracy
Financial Times, May 22, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e4cfc86-4660-11de-803f-00144feabdc0.html
Related News六四廿周年 方政追述坦克碾断双腿 (Fang Zheng Recalls Being Smashed by Tanks on June Fourth)
Tiananmen Now Seems Distant to China’s Students
New York Times, May 22, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/world/asia/22tiananmen.html
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liusi-05212009092443.html
Former China Official Says He Helped Zhao on Memoir
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090521/wl_asia_afp/chinarightstiananmenpoliticshistory
Tiananmen Dissident Calls for 'White China' Day
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090521/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsprotesttiananmen
Labor
Anhui Cops Free Slave Laborers
Shanghai Daily, May 22, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090522/article_401724.htm
Factory Fire Kills 13, Injures 4
Shanghai Daily, May 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090521/article_401634.htm
Law
北京律协明年削减会费成定局 (Beijing Lawyers' Association Will Cut Member Dues)
Xinhuanet, May 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/21/content_11412375.htm
湖南出现全国首例申请公开罚款信息案例 (Invoking Open Government Regulations, Villagers Demand Information on Fines for Illegal Construction)
Net Ease, May 21, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0521/11/59R7A8HK0001124J.html
Media
杭州网络实名制引发网民“围剿” (Outrage in Hangzhou over "Real Name" Registration for Web Users)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-05212009111449.html
Population
国务院法制办《流动人口计划生育工作条例》答问 (Q and A on New Family Planning Regulations for "Floating Population")
Xinhuanet, May 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/21/content_11411353.htm
Protests and Petitions
江西4800退休员工发公开信揭露贪腐 投诉上访维权遭到打压 (4800 Retired Workers Send Open Letter Exposing Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-05212009182650.html
Hundreds Rally in China over Police Beating
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), May 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090521/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrest
Public Health
北京超过10万大学生患抑郁症 精神病成辍学主因 (Over 100,000 Students in Beijing Suffering from Depression, Major Cause for Discontinuing Studies)
Net Ease, May 22, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0522/03/59SUOUM00001124J.html
Society
Evidence May Show Stabbed Hubei Official Tried to Rape Accused
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=2ee16cd3d2461210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
State Security
Online Attack Locks Up Net in Several Provinces
Shanghai Daily, May 22, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090522/article_401711.htm