Daily News Brief for June 05, 2009
News
GovernmentResidents Loan Money but Government Skips Repayments
China Youth Daily (via Shanghai Daily), June 04, 2009 http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200906/20090604/article_403067.htm
June 4th
Thousands Gather in Hong Kong for Tiananmen Vigil
New York Times, June 05, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/world/asia/05hong.html
Exiled Tiananmen Dissident back in Taiwan
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews (China)), June 05, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090604/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsrightstiananmentaiwanmacau
Clinton's Call to Look into the Past Draws Flak from Beijing
Agence France Presse (via South China Morning Post), June 05, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d7c90381c2ca1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
日本举行纪念六四天安门事件二十周年集会 (June 4 Anniversary Gathering Held in Japan) Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/JAPAN-06042009191252.html
洛杉矶台侨社团联合追悼六四 (Taiwanese Groups Commemorate June 4th in Los Angeles) Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06042009085255.html
大纽约地区多个团体纪念六四烛光晚会 (Candlelight Vigil in Greater New York)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06042009121127.html
巴黎纪念"六四"20周年大型晚会暨流亡诗人马德升纪念"六四"新诗朗诵 (Paris Commemorates June 4 Anniversary, Stages Poetry Reading)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14119.asp
德国朝野呼吁中国重新评价六四 (Germany Calls for Reevaluation of June 4th in China)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 05, 2009 http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14125.asp
伦敦举行一系列“六四”纪念活动 (London Organises Series of June 4th Commemorations)
BBC.com (Chinese) (via BBC.com (Chinese)), June 04, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8080000/newsid_8083600/8083693.stm
六四死難者家屬不准拜祭 (June 4 Victims' Families Forbidden from Visiting Graves)
Ming Pao (via Ming Pao), June 05, 2009 http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090604/ca41510a.htm
贵州、长春等地民运人士祭奠六四 多人被带走 (People Taken Away for Commemorating June 4th in Guizhou and Changchun)
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minyun-06042009130129.html
Law
浙江：对公民罚款超五千元等执法行为要上报备案 (In Zhejiang, License Revocations, RTL, Large Fines, Confiscations Must Be Reported to Upper Levels Each Month )
Xinhua, June 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/04/content_11487038.htm
大学生任村官成为“重大战略举措” (University Graduates as Village Officials Has Become A "Major Strategic Measure")
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 04, 2009 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cunguan-06042009100538.html
Bilateral Ties
Human Rights Group Condemns how China Gives Aid
AP (via Boston Globe), June 04, 2009 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/06/04/human_rights_group_condemns_how_china_gives_aid/
Canada Calls for Public Accounting of Tiananmen Victims
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews (China)), June 04, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090604/wl_canada_afp/chinapoliticsrightstiananmencanada
Police
700+ Prison Officers under Training
China Daily, June 05, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/05/content_8251631.htm
Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Fastens Self to Bridge in Protest
China Daily, June 05, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/04/content_8248528.htm
Displaced Residents Vow to Sue Organiser of Expo in Shanghai
South China Morning Post, June 05, 2009 http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9d8d0381c2ca1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Tibet
Dalai Lama Honours Tiananmen Dead
Agence France Presse (via YahooNews (China)), June 04, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090604/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsrightstiananmentibetdalai
Media
English-Language Chinese Newspaper Breaks Silence on Tiananmen Crackdown
New York Times, June 05, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/world/asia/05globaltimes.html
Chinese websites mark Tiananmen Square anniversary with veiled protest
Guardian, June 04, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/04/chinese-websites-tiananmen-square-anniversary
全国扫黄打非办公布3起制售非法出版物大案要案 (Anti-Pornography Office Reports 3 Major Cases of Illegal Publishing)
Xinhua, June 05, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/04/content_11487810.htm
