News
Human Rights Defender -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波China Extends Detention of Top Dissident
Agence France Presse (via Taiwan News), June 11, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=972284
Human Rights Defender -- Fang Zheng, 方政
方政：无怨无悔 (Fang Zheng: No Blame and No Regrets)
BBC.com (Chinese), June 10, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8070000/newsid_8074400/8074430.stm
Environment
Beijing Headed For 'Garbage Crisis'
China Daily (via China Daily), June 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/11/content_8270865.htm
Anti-flood Forest Chopped Down for Government Building
Shanghai Daily (via Shanghai Daily), June 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200906/20090608/article_403440.htm
June 4th
日本纪念六四事件二十周年集会 (Japan Holds June 4th Commemorative Event)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14221.asp
Human Rights Defenders -- Gao Zhisheng , 高智晟
何俊仁绝食13周高智晟失踪4个月 (He Junren Goes on Hunger Strike to Protest Gao Zhisheng's 4 Month Disappearance)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14219.asp
Tibet
Impasse with China Erodes Dalai Lama's Patience
Christian Science Monitor (via Christian Science Monitor), June 11, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0610/p06s11-woeu.html
Protests and Petitions
广东：城乡基层干部“八要八反对” (Guangdong: Grassroots Efforts by Urbanites and Villagers Create "8 Demands & 8 Oppositions")
Xinhua, June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/11/content_11523315.htm
Corruption
China's Central Gov't has Fired Shenzhen Mayor Xu Zongheng for Serious Disciplinary Offences
Shanghai Daily (via Shanghai Daily), June 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200906/20090611/article_403797.htm
Officials' Bonuses Prompt Concern over Abuse
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), June 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa07c7038dac1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Freedom of Speech
Twitterers Defy China's Firewall
BBC News (via BBC News), June 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8091411.stm
China Faces Criticism Over New Software Censor
New York Times (via New York Times), June 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/world/asia/11censor.html
Gender
China Bans Parts of Gay Festival
BBC News (via BBC News), June 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8093695.stm
Related News
State Media Praises Shanghai Gays
BBC News (via BBC News), June 11, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8092516.stm
Military
中国组建国庆阅兵方队全面展示武力 (China Reviews Troops in Prep for National Day, to Show Military Strength)
Radio France Internationale, June 01, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14222.asp
State Security
公安部"打拐"行动打掉177个犯罪团伙 解救千余人 (Ministry of Public Security Eliminates 177 Human Traffickers & Saves 1 Thousand Others)
Xinhua, June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/11/content_11525234.htm
XUAR
七名大学伊斯兰教团契同工遭拘留罚款 (7 Members of Islamic Fellowship Fined and Detained in Urumqi)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yisilan-06102009155054.html
Society
全国整治互联网低俗之风行动共核查8万多家网站 (Nationwide, Government Examines 80 Thousand "Vulgar" Websites)
Xinhua, June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/11/content_11524298.htm
Bilateral Ties
China, U.S. Hold 10th Meeting between NPC, House
Xinhua (via Xinhua), June 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/11/content_11522953.htm
Palau Cites Human Rights in Resettling Detainees
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), June 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=53e60b9858dc1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD