June 19, 2009

News
Corruption
14 Officials Fired in Jobs-For-Money Scandal
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8298004.htm

Environment
Yellow River Dams Verge on Collapse
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/19/content_8301942.htm

Gender
Chinese Gays Step Quietly toward Progress
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 18, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_as/as_china_coming_out_quietly

Green Dam
Outrage over Bid to Tame Web
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8295955.htm

Green Dam Filter Software Continues Causing Controversy
China Daily, June 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/19/content_8300620.htm

“绿坝”不行安探针 网控不严不罢休 ("Green Dam" Censorware Doesn't Pass Security Inspection)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvba-06182009103359.html

Hukou
Shanghai Residency Rules 'Discriminate'
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8295942.htm

Human Rights Defenders
维权人士接力起诉各地警察的违法监控和软禁 (Rights Defenders Take Legal Action against Illegal Monitoring and House Arrests across the Country)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qisujingcha-hc-06182009101229.html

June Fourth
播六四晚會畫面 穗電視台5人停職 (Five Guangzhou Cable TV Station Employees Suspended for Broadcasting Footage of HK June Fourth Vigil)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090619/cac1.htm

Labor
15 Trapped in SW China Coal Mine Flooding
China Daily, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/18/content_8299443.htm

Watchdog Issues Guidelines, Penalties for Work Accidents
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9ddf220c744f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Related information: 生产安全事故信息报告和处置办法 (Measures for the Reporting and Disposal of Manufacturing Safety Accident Information)
State Administration of Work Safety, June 16, 2009
http://www.chinasafety.gov.cn/newpage/Contents/Channel_5330/2009/0617/63435/content_63435.htm

Land Policy
江苏无锡强拆七户居民屋顶 (Seven Rooftops Forcibly Demolished in Wuxi, Jiangsu Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuxi-06182009141916.html

华山脚下的暴力征地事件 (Violent Land Requisition at the Foot of Huashan)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengdi-06182009144634.html

Media
Beijing Singles out Google in Attack on Pornography
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fcef220c744f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information: 强烈谴责谷歌传播淫秽色情和低俗信息 (Vehemently Condemning Google's Dissemination of Obscene, Sexual, and Vulgar Information) China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre, June 18, 2009 http://net.china.cn/qzl/txt/2009-06/18/content_2971360.htm

中国网站、手机“实名制”引发争议 (Real Name Registration for Web Sites and Cell Phones Sparks Controversy)
Radio Free Asia, June 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shouji-jz-06182009103019.html

Related information: Beijing Will Adopt Real Name Registration for Online Media China Tech News, June 18, 2009
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2009/06/18/9988-beijing-will-adopt-real-name-registration-for-online-media/

Taiwan

No Discussion of Unification with China Before 2016: Taiwan President
Taiwan News, June 17, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=979137&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN