Wednesday, June 03, 2009

June 3, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
US Congress Calls on China to Free Tiananmen Prisoners
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090602/pl_afp/chinapoliticsrightsuscongress

Pelosi Says Human Rights Stressed During China Visit
Voice of America, June 02, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-02-voa77.cfm

Disasters
China Book on Sichuan Quake Counters Gov't Stance
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 02, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_re_as/as_china_quake_book

Government
Public Will Get Bigger Say on Who Is Promoted
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=80307992fd1a1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Dane's Sculpture too Hot to Handle for Legco
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2d1a7992fd1a1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders – Ding Zilin (丁子霖)
Tiananmen Mother: Still Grieves for Her Lost Son
Voice of America, June 02, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-02-voa33.cfm

June 4th
'Reform Uncertainties' at Root of Tiananmen Movement: State Daily Says Intellectuals Chose Western Ideas at Random
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c96a7992fd1a1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Related news:
Evolution of Chinese Intellectuals' thought over Two Decades
Global Times, May 31, 2009
http://www.globaltimes.cn/www/english/top-news/2009-05/433565.html

China Girds for Anniversary of Beijing Killings
Cybercast News Service, June 03, 2009
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49022

Former Protester Held, Others under House Arrest or Watched
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), June 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=605a7992fd1a1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tiananmen Killings: Was the Media Right?
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 02, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8057762.stm


Related news:
Survivors Confront Unsettled Legacy of Tiananmen
Wall Street Journal, June 03, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124397266329878327.html
美解密文件描述六四屠殺 (Sankei Shimbun: U.S. Releases Confidential Document on June Fourth)
Ming Pao, June 03, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090603/gca1.htm

Law
China Law Society Report: China's Construction of the Rule of Law Was Eminent in 2008
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/03/content_11478996.htm

Related information:
中国法治建设年度报告(2008年) (2008 Report on the Construction of the Rule of Law)
Xinhua News Agency, June 02, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/02/content_11476146.htm

Public Health
Electroshock Therapy Given to Young Net Addicts
China Daily, June 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/03/content_7965367.htm

State Security
China Ups Security ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary
Reuters, June 03, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5520HD20090603

China Says It Found 7 Terrorist Cells This Year
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 03, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

XUAR
Media Drive Praises Xinjiang Crackdown
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bc507992fd1a1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD