Thursday, June 25, 2009

June 25, 2009

News
Corruption
China Corruption Website Crashes
BBC News, June 24, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8117297.stm

26.7b Yuan in Embezzled Public Funds Recovered
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=871b303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Green Dam
Maker of Website Filter Reports Harassing Calls And Death Threats
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=57a9303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Urges China to Scrap Internet Filter Plan
Reuters (available at YahooNews), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/wl_nm/us_china_internet

Hukou
Shanghai's New Residency Policy Draws Complaints
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=72515aacd6112210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Charter 08 Signatories Rally to Support Arrested Dissident
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=85d9303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Related information
HRIC Press Release: HRIC Strongly Condemns the Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo by Chinese Authorities
Human Rights in China, June 24, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170108

US Calls for Release of China Dissident
AFP( via YahooNews), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentus

US House Speaker Slams China Arrest of Democracy Advocate
AFP (via YahooNews), June 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090624/pl_afp/chinarightsdissidentuscongress

Internet Censorship
China Blocks Google Website
Financial Times, June 24, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59d9611c-60dc-11de-aa12-00144feabdc0.html

Web Sex Purge Hits Health Information Sites
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6e13d59f6d212210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
北京警察驱散举行示威的访民(视像) (Police Disperse Petitioners' Protest in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-06242009105738.html?encoding=simplified

上海当局周三出动大量警察软禁访民 (Shanghai Petitioners Put under House Arrest on Wednesday)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-06242009120953.html?encoding=simplified

Social Security
Pension Scheme Extended to Countryside
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c0a303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD