June 30, 2009

News

Religion

四川成都一家庭教会强遭当局取缔 (Authorities Shut Down Chengdu House Church)
Voice of America (via Voice of America), June 30, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-06-28-voa25.cfm

Media
新華社英語電視明日開播 (Xinhua News Agency's English News Channel Begins Airing in EU on July 1)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1184090/1.html

Supermarkets Spread News as China Advances on English Language Broadcasts
Times, June 30, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6605449.ece

State Security
国家秘密须审慎界定 ("State Secrets" Must Be Cautiously Defined)
China Youth Daily, June 27, 2009
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2009-06/27/content_2730861.htm

Politics
全國人大首次明確表態 同命不同價現象有望終結 (NPC for the First Time Clearly States that Urban and Rural Residents Should Receive Same Death Compensation)
The Beijing News (via Sina.com), June 30, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1184334/1.html

Green Dam
“绿坝”克星“绿色海啸”问世 ("Green Tsunami" Released to Combat "Green Dam")
Radio Free Asia (via Radio Free Asia), June 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lvba-06292009160803.html

Corruption
12 China Officials Jailed for Landslide
Taiwan News, June 29, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=989002

Disasters
Shanghai Home Owners Demand Refunds after Apartment Building Collapse
China Daily, June 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/28/content_11616206.htm

Hong Kong
Beijing 'Afraid' of Big Turnout for March
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e4cfdd531bc22210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京对香港民主派弃怀柔政策改强硬立场 (Beijing Alters Policy toward Hong Kong's Pan-Democrats)
Radio France Internationale (via Radio France Internationale), June 29, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/114/article_14560.asp

North Korea
Traffickers Prey on North Korean Women Fleeing to China
Voice of America, June 29, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-29-voa25.cfm

Gender
China Launches Anti-Prostitution Drive
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_asia_afp/chinasexcrimeprostitution