July 28, 2009

News

Government
中宣部禁令 保密反成泄密 (Over-reaction of the Central Propaganda Department )
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhongxuanbu-07242009135758.html

Civil Society
网友寄明信片呼唤严晓玲案被拘者回家吃饭 (Netizens Send Postcards to Call for Activists Detained due to Reporting on the Yan Xiaoling Case to "Return Home for Dinner")
www.stnn.cc, July 28, 2009
http://www.stnn.cc/society_focus/200907/t20090728_1070711.html

XUAR
Short Message Service Coming Back in Xinjiang
China Daily, July 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/28/content_8479195.htm

乌鲁木齐“7•5”事件受损商户可获减税照顾 (Businesses Suffering from XUAR Riots to Be Compensated with Tax Reductions)
Xinhua News Agency, July 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/27/content_11782066.htm

Gender
Lesbians in China Petition to Donate Blood
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 28, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090728/ap_on_re_as/as_china_lesbian_donors

Corruption
Former Mayor, Wife Face Corruption Trial
Shanghai Daily, July 28, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090728/article_408831.htm

深圳制定行政追责办法 借鉴香港廉署制度防贪 (Shenzhen Drafts Administrative Accountability Policy with Reference to Hong Kong's ICAC)
Eastday, July 28, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090728/u1a4538127.html

Media
国家工作人员接受媒体监督如何变被动为主动 (Kunming Municipal Government Seeks Public Opinion on Prevention of Interference with Media Reporting)
China Daily (via Xinhua), July 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/28/content_11783442.htm

Human Rights Defender -- Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
歌手黄伟因纪念六四被劳教 严正学病重提前三月出狱 (Zhejiang Singer Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor after Planning to Commemorate Tiananmen Anniversary; Yan Zhengxue Released Early from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huangwei-07272009095332.html

Protests and Petitions

湖北信访悲剧：访民杀信访局长女儿后自杀 (Petitioner Commits Suicide After Killing Daughter of Director of Bureau for Letters And Visits in Hubei)

Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-07242009234718.html

德州棉纺工数千人抗议　游行静坐促落实劳动法 (Shandong Province Workers Demostrated for Labor Law to Put into Effect)

Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2009

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dezhou-07272009100201.html