April 30, 2010

Top News of the Day

State Security
China Includes Internet in Secrets Law Revision
Financial Times, April 30, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d7944740-537d-11df-bfdf-00144feab49a.html

Related information:

China Sharpens Legal Weapons for Information Control

Human Rights in China, April 29, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174305

State Secrets Transparently Clear
Shanghai Daily, April 30, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100430/article_435742.htm

China Passes Tighter Information Law
New York Times, April 30, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/world/asia/30leaks.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Human Rights Lawyer Disappears, Again
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08f6a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

News

Environment
China's New Threat - a Mountain of Waste
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fff4a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
'Speak Out and You Will Disappear', Activist Told
The Independent, April 30, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/speak-out-and-you-will-disappear-activist-told-1958699.html

Law
国家赔偿法修改获通过 取消刑事赔偿确认程序 (Amendments to the State Compensation Law Adopted)
Legal Daily (via Eastday), April 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100430/u1a5178747.html

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Controversial Compensation Law on Detainees Approved
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5057a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

解读国家赔偿法修改四大亮点 (Four Key Points to Understand Amendments to the State Compensation Law)
Procuratorial Daily (via Law.com), April 29, 2010
http://www.chinalawinfo.com/fzdt/NewsContent.aspx?ID=26449

Migrant Workers
Foreign Workers (and Wives) Pour into China
Asia Times Online, April 30, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD30Ad01.html

深圳公安局长建议立法清除无业流动人员 (Shenzhen PSB's Director: Unemployed Migrants Should Return Home)
Southern Daily (via Eastday), April 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100430/u1a5179082.html

Protests and Petitions
广州村民遭强拆 冲突中枪击拆迁人员 (One Shot in Clash between Security Personnel and Villagers in Guangzhou over Forced Eviction)
Southern Daily (via Net Ease), April 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0430/08/65GLDL8000011229.html

Shanghai World Expo
On Eve of Shanghai Expo 2010, China Finds 'Soft Power' an Elusive Goal
Christian Science Monitor, April 30, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0429/On-eve-of-Shanghai-Expo-2010-China-finds-soft-power-an-elusive-goal

Society
China's Alarming Spate of School Knifings
Time, April 30, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1985834,00.html

April 29, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Most Famous Shanghai Activist Kept Quiet for Expo
Associated Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGlI66t_-GaZT9xSgwXHbqXT13aQD9FC858O1

Related information:

Shanghai Petitioner Mounts “Expo of Judicial Injustice” (世博会前夕冯正虎遭当局严密监控)

Human Rights in China, April 27, 2010

EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174291

CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18695

News

Labor
Black Lung Remains Lethal
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788408.htm

Law
《刑法》伪证罪针对律师 高院被要求作出解释 (组图) (Lawyer Collecting Signatures to Call for SPC's Interpretation on "Lawyer Perjury" Cases under Article 306 of the Criminal Law)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-04282010142430.html

保密法获通过 国家秘密保密期已满的将自行解密 (State Secret Law Revision Passes)
China News Service, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/04-29/2254856.shtml

Media
Hong Kong Newspaper Says China Banning Its Journalists from Shanghai World Expo
The Canadian Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jnoN2SqTKvCvuY9mQZiCZPneQjCQ.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2010/04/29/254370/Apple-Daily.htm

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世博封殺《蘋果》記協促特首跟進　美聯社法新社關注　世博宣傳部：沒有資料 (HK Journalists Association Urges Chief Executive Tsang to Follow Up on the Banning of Apple Daily from Expo)
Apple Daily, April 29, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100429&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=13977932

Beijing to Impose Encryption Disclosure Rules
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704423504575211842948430882.html

Migrant Workers
China to Improve Social Services for Migrant Workers
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788378.htm

Protests and Petitions
Controversial SW China Dam Sparks New Showdown
Reuters (via China Post), April 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63R08S

Public Health
4 Officials Sacked for Locking Up Petitioner in Mental Hospitals
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6d98bcba65548210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sex Liberation Stymied by Law
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788404.htm

揭陽化工廠泄毒二百人中招 (Toxic Gas Leak Sends 200 Villagers to Hospital in Guangdong)
Southern Daily (via Ming Pao), April 29, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100429/ca41256a.htm

Three Gorges
粵一個三峽移民村成「紅燈區」 (A Village of Three Gorges Migrants in Guangdong Turns into a "Red-light District")
Ta Kung Pao, April 28, 2010
http://www.takungpao.com/news/10/04/28/images_0702-1250029.htm

April 28, 2010

News
Human Rights Defenders
Don't Argue: A Move to Disbar Two Rights Lawyers Is the Latest Threat to Mainland Criminal Defence Counsel
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=27d92ac237f38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law
当局打压维权律师 危害中国法制建设
Human Rights in China, April 22, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174246
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18685

前高校教师被以涉嫌煽动颠覆罪再次拘留 (Sichuan Dissident and Former Professor Zuo Xiaohuan Criminally Detained again on Charges of Inciting Subversion of State Power)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaoshi-04272010142908.html

张林行动受限屡受传唤 狱中杨天水健康堪虞望保外 (Dissident Writer Zhang Lin Twice Summoned by Authorities Due to Plans to Travel to Shanghai for Medical Treatment )
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhanglin-04272010160556.html

Law
China Tells State Companies to Strengthen Protection of Secrets
Bloomberg, April 27, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-27/china-tells-state-companies-to-strengthen-protection-of-secrets.html

Related information:
中央企业商业秘密保护暂行规定 (Provisional Regulations on the Protection of Commercial Secrets of Central State-owned Enterprises)
Stated-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, March 25, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2010-04/26/content_1592746.htm

中国政府拟定保密法要求互联网公司报告泄密者 (State Secrets Law Draft: Government Can Tell Internet Companies to Report Divulgers of Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baomi-04272010161137.html

Related news:
China Set to Tighten State-secrets Law Forcing Internet Firms to Inform on Users
Associated Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042704503.html

国家赔偿法修改进入四审 聚焦审议：遭超期刑拘后撤案的，有望获赔 (State Compensation Law Revised Draft under Sixth Deliberation)
People's Daily, April 27, 2010
http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/64387/11460883.html

Related news:
Compensation Only after 37 Days Detained, Draft Law Says
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f88b2f68cf38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

分析：从赔偿法看罪犯和嫌疑人的区别 (State Compensation Law: Finding the Difference between "Criminals" and "Suspects")
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 27, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/04/100427_china_law.shtml

Protests and Petitions
Beating of Teacher Leads to Strike
China Daily, April 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/28/content_9782188.htm

Public Health
广西全州手足口病调查:当地医疗设施医护条件差 (Survey on Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Guangxi: Local Medical Treatment Deficient)
China Youth Daily, April 28, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100428/u1a5175036.html

中国不再限制外国艾滋病患者入境 (China Ends Ban on Foreign Visitors with HIV/AIDS)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 28, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/28/content_1066844.htm

Related news:
China Ends Entry Ban for Foreigners with HIV/AIDS
Reuters, April 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R09X20100428

Related information:
中华人民共和国国境卫生检疫法实施细则 (Rules for the Implementation of Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China)
State Council, April 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-04/27/c_1259975.htm

中华人民共和国外国人入境出境管理法实施细则 (Rules for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens)
State Council, April 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-04/27/c_1259982.htm

Shanghai World Expo
Border Security Clamp for Expo
Shanghai Daily, April 28, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=435518&type=National

Society
Beijing Hears Dissenting Voice on Unrest
Asia Times Online, April 28, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD28Ad01.html

Related information:
Tsinghua Sociologist: Why China Is "More Instable as It Increases Its Attempt to Maintain Social Stability" (清华大学社会学专家提出新稳定思路： 将利益表达与社会稳定一致起来)
China Youth Daily, April 19, 2010
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2010-04/19/content_3188971.htm

Tsinghua Report:
以利益表达制度化实现社会的长治久安
http://www.cul-studies.com/Article/fenxi/201004/7048.html

郑渊洁声明退出中国作协: 炮轰作家曹文轩到小学推销自己的书，中国作协表示尚未收到正式通知 (King of Fairy Tales's Writer and Editor Zheng Yuanjie Announces Withdrawal from Chinese Writers Association)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 26, 2010
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/635/350366.html

Taiwan
New Clashes Erupt over Regulations on Chinese Students
China Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2010/04/28/254212/New-clashes.htm

April 27, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Japan Firm to Pay Chinese Wartime Laborers
China Daily, April 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/27/content_9777980.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Mongolian Activist Missing, Group Says

Reuters (via South China Morning Post), April 27, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d90f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
拘留程序合法 超期羁押也可获赔 (Overdue Custody Is Compensable Regardless of Whether Detention Procedures Are Lawful)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 27, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/27/content_1065926.htm

Migrant Workers
Few China Workers with Lung Disease Get Redress - Rights Group
Reuters, April 27, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63P10620100426

Protests and Petitions
上访人员被关押当地党校 副镇长亲自看守 (Petitioner Detained in Central Party School in Guangdong, Guarded by Local Deputy Mayor of Township Gov't)
Southern Daily, April 27, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0427/04/658GVTBK00011229.html

川震死難學童家長 中紀委請願遭回絕 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Rebuffs Petitioning Parents of Sichuan Quake Victims)
Ming Pao, April 27, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100427/cac1.htm

防城港公安开枪发催泪弹 维权四农民中枪数十人受伤 (Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi over Forced Eviction; 4 Shot, Dozens Injured)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangcheng-04262010092336.html

Police Detain Two for Death in Land Protest
China Daily, April 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/27/content_9780432.htm

Public Health
Imbalance Grows at Chinese Hospitals
New York Times, April 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/business/global/27iht-riedmedchin.html

State Security
保密法修订草案拟规定网站应配合泄密案调查 (Internet Operators Must Cooperate with Authorities in Probe of State Secret Leak: State Secrets Law Amendment Bill)
Beijing News, April 27, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0427/01/6587PE0600014AED.html

China Defines Commercial Secrets, Tells Firms to Protect Them
The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703465204575207760568382020.html

Taiwan
Lawmakers Wage New Battle over Students From China the KMT Says First Reading of Amendments Was Approved but the DPP Disagrees
Taiwan News, April 27, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1238057

Tibet
Top Tibetan Writer Held Over Book on Riots
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3800f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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Tibetan Writer Detained after Quake Critique
Associated Press, April 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100426/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Officials Promise to Repair Monasteries
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d60f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Favours and Billions to Ease Tension in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d930f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

April 24-26, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Web, Religious Freedom on Agenda as US-China Rights Dialogue Resumes
Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0423/Web-religious-freedom-on-agenda-as-US-China-rights-dialogue-resumes

Corruption
Beijing Demands Senior Officials Report New Spouses
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e178c1ad1a28210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Sandstorm, Snow Close Air Link to China Quake Zone
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100425/wl_nm/us_china_quake_weather

Environment
China Debates Whether Human Activity or Nature is to Blame for Drought
The Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-drought-20100426,0,7022817.story

Land Policy
Forced Demolition Death 'Not Deliberate'
China Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/26/content_9772450.htm

Law
严打黑恶势力介入拆 北京为重点拆迁改造村组建律师团 (Measures against Forced Evictions: Beijing to Set up Lawyer Groups for 50 Villages Involved in Demolition Projects)
Legal Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2010-04/26/content_2124783.htm?node=20908

Multilateral
Further Security Cooperation with SCO Partners
Xinhua News Agency, April 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/24/content_9771496.htm

Politics
"Butcher of Beijing's" Son to Get Promotion: Sources
Reuters, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100425/wl_nm/us_china_politics

China Replaces Party Chief of Riot-hit Xinjiang
Associated Press, April 24, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63N010

Zhou Qiang Appointed Party Chief of Hunan
China Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/25/content_9771812.htm

Population
Long-hated One-Child Rule May be Eased in China
Associated Press, April 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_more_than_one

Protests and Petitions
China Mayor Told to Resign after Villagers Kneel
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_villagers_kneel

Protest over Dam Project Ends after 20-Hour Stand-Off
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0498aa7cf7538210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

農民上訪被送精神病院續:已回到家中 (Petitioner Who Was Sent to Mental Hospital for over 6 Years Returns Home)
Sina, April 26, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1499495/1.html

Public Health
Education Holds Key to Organ Transplants
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3fa65ea1b4538210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Shanghai World Expo Showcases China's Soft Power
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_expo_ambitions

Tibet
China Says Monks Advised to Leave Earthquake Area
Associated Press, April 24, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdspdDB0WaMv_An4A-NvHB_DwmCwD9F8LU901

XUAR
18岁维族青年因参与去年新疆骚乱被判无期徒刑 (Life Sentence to an 18-year-old Uyghur Youth for Xinjiang Unrest)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-04232010154050.html

April 23, 2010

Top News of the Day

Law
Human Rights Lawyers on Defense in China
Time, April 23, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983765,00.html

Related Information:

Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law

Human Rights in China, April 22, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174246

律师“吊照门”听证 场内外同演公权枉法 (Supporters of the Lawyers Facing License Revocation Taken away by Police; Supporting Lawyers, Rights Defenders Put under Tight Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/law-04222010134014.html

News

Bilateral Ties
US, China to Hold Human Rights Dialogue
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9766174.htm

Children
綁廠內十小時 民工子女如坐監 (Migrant Workers Tie Their Children to Factory Gate for 10 Hours Every Day)
Oriental Daily, April 23, 2010
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20100423/00178_004.html

Corruption
黄光裕案本周四开庭审理 (No Verdict Yet in China Tycoon's Bribery Case)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huang-04222010154024.html

Disasters
Two Dead, 8,870 Evacuated in S China Flood
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764444.htm

China: Snow Snarls Recovery
New York Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/asia/23briefs-China.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人二审 律师申请李鹏作证 (Lawyers Want Then-Premier Li Peng, Other Former Chinese Leaders to Testify at Second Trial for Tan Zuoren)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-04222010160408.html

Law
Microsoft Wins Chinacourt Battleover Piracy of Software
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2da92122-4e70-11df-b48d-00144feab49a.html

Media
China Goes into Quake Coverage Overdrive
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d14e3d2c-4d3e-11df-baf3-00144feab49a.html

Military
China Military Paper Spells out Nuclear Arms Stance
Reuters, April 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100422/wl_nm/us_china_military_nuclear

Protests and Petitions
云南宣传官员演讲遭抗议 被扔五毛纸币 (Man Throws 50-cent Banknotes to Protest a Speech by Yunnan's Propaganda Official at People’s University in Beijing)
Net Ease, April 22, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0422/19/64TACNJ70001124J.html

Public Health
Regulations Issued to Tighten Supervision of Food Additives
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764453.htm

Taiwan
Lawmakers Clash over PRC Students
Taipei Times, April 22, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/04/22/2003471186

April 22, 2010

Top News of the Day
Law
2 Chinese Lawyers Are Facing Disbarment for Defending Falun Gong
New York Times, April 22, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/world/asia/22beijing.html

Related information:
Lawyers Facing License Revocation Detail Irregular Courtroom Activities Permitted by Judge
Human Rights in China, April 20, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174065

2 China Lawyers who Defended Falun Gong Face Ban
Associated Press (via The Washington Post), April 22, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042101689.html

News

Civil Society
Beijing Public Election Catches People's Eyes
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/22/content_9762253.htm

Corporate Social Accountability
Two Jailed for Life over Shanghai Building Failure
Associated Press, April 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100421/wl_asia_afp/chinashanghaibuildingcollapsecourt

Corruption
Official Sacked after Scenic Lake Filled for Luxury Villas
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/22/content_9759212.htm

Forced Demolition Leads to 11 Years in Jail
Shanghai Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100421/article_434872.htm

Freedom of Speech
马尾法院新闻发布会通报三网民诽谤案 (Fujian Court Holds News Conference on 3 Netizens' Libel Trial)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangmin-04212010110746.html

青年天安門喊口號被帶走 (Man Taken away After Shouting in Tiananmen Square "Go China, Go Yushu!")
Ming Pao, April 22, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100422/caa4.htm

Hukou
7硕士辞职引发“北京户口”价值之争 (Seven Graduates Quitting Their Company "Earlier Than Expected" Sparks Legal Dispute over Price of Beijing's Hukou)
Legal Daily, April 21, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-04/21/content_2121174.htm

Human Rights Defenders
谢福林狱中病情加重 家人公众呼吁保外就医 (Pan-blue Alliance Member Xie Fulin's Health Worsens; His Members, Family Call for Xie's Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xiefulin-04212010111302.html

Multilateral
中央统战部长杜青林率团出访亚欧三国 (Director of United Front Work Department Visits Israel, Palestine, Hungary)
Eastday, April 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100422/u1a5163896.html

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Kneel to Petition against Corruption
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/21/content_9757790.htm

Bulldozer Crushes Woman: Official Suspended
Shanghai Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100421/article_434871.htm

Public Health
Guangdong Launches Organ Donation Scheme
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a1c82f8c54128210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Around China: Anti-HIV Network Launched
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/22/content_9759402.htm

Taiwan
First Hearing on Capital Punishment Held
China Post, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/04/22/253494/First-hearing.htm

April 21, 2010

News
Corruption
中国移动进入“多事之秋” 人力资源部总经理施万中被调查 (High-ranking Official Comes under Investigation for Accepting Bribes)
China Business News, April 21, 2010
http://dycj.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=65026972

Death Penalty
Child Killer Death Sentence Backed
The Press Association, April 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hDEi1pKIV_Hw2jLxIBrDUgL7SWBA

Disasters
Monk Volunteers Ordered Away from Quake Relief Efforts
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0bae75725eb18210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎遭当局传唤及抄家 (Shanghainese Activist Feng Zhenghu Summoned by Authorities, Who Also Search His Home)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_fengzhenghu-04202010113057.html

Labor
陕西铜川工厂职工到省政府上访维权 (Shanxi Workers Petition Provincial Government en Masse)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tongchuan-04202010150947.html

Public Health
China Puts Healthcare Cart before the Horse
Asia Times Online, April 21, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD21Ad01.html

China Ready to End HIV/AIDS Entry Ban
China Daily, April 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/21/content_9755162.htm

New Guidelines for Medical Reform Issued
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e80375725eb18210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
Two Cult Leaders Jailed in South China
Xinhua News Agency, April 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/20/content_9754640.htm

XUAR
维族学者被拒出国参加学术研讨会议 (Authorities Deny Uyghur Student Permission to Go Abroad for Academic Conference)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-04202010152411.html

April 20, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Human Rights Talks with US Set to Resume
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0dced101fb618210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Civil Society
Green NGO Drives Change at Grass Roots
China Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/20/content_9749784.htm

清华大学报告:为何"越维稳越不稳" (Tsinghua Report: Why China Is "More Instable as It Increases Its Attempt to Maintain Social Stability")
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100419-清华大学报告为何越维稳越不稳

Disasters
国防部：中国在灾难救援国际合作上持开放态度 (Ministry of Defense: China Holds Open Attitude towards Cooperation with International Community in Quake Relief Work)
China News Service (via Eastday), April 20, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100420/u1a5159828.html

国新办官员称玉树地震不可能隐瞒死亡数字 (State Council Information Office: Impossible to Hide Quake's Death Toll)
Eastday, April 20, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100420/u1a5159807.html

Environment
Villagers Worry as Toxic Plant Assets Are Sold
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c584859a46618210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

New Road Ruins Historic Pass, Villagers Lament
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434722&type=National

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎拟办冤案博览会遭沪警方“抄家”(Police Summon Feng, Raid His Home)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/04/100420_china_activist_expo.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
In China, One Man Crusades to Help Disabled People
USA Today, April 18, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-04-18-china-disabled_N.htm

Labor
China Factories Break Labor Rules
Associated Press, April 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_bi_ge/as_microsoft_china_labor

Land Policy
上海闵行区一村民被强拆 成都村民睡眠中被强拆砸伤 (Houses in Shanghai and Chengdu Demolished while People Sleeping in Them)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-04192010150058.html

Media
中国官媒对胡锦涛灾区之行歌功颂德引发关注 (Official Media's Praise of Hu's Visit to Quake Zone Leads to Criticism)
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100419-中国官媒对胡锦涛灾区之行歌功颂德引发关注

Report: China Hackers Stole Key Google Program
Associated Press, April 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jXtSWyl3OUA_IMMHzzyv6TwPrJyAD9F6IEHG1

Protests and Petitions
上访维权遭打压 访民再提起控诉 (Jilin Worker Petitioning against Corruption Retaliated by Authorities; Jiangsu Petitioner Lodges Complaint to Provincial High Court over Police Abuse of Power)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-04192010152351.html

Ex-bankers Seek Help
Shanghai Daily, April 19, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434721&type=National

Public Health
Students Shower in Waste Water
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434642&type=National

新规：残疾人可考驾照 驾校：他们还不能报名 (New Regulations Allow More Handicapped Obtain Driving Licenses)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 20, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/20/content_1059809.htm

Shanghai World Expo
6,000 Detained in Shanghai Expo Crime Sweep: Media
Agence France-Presse, April 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gSupLJf0kEUQkRP_es-5cvcZ0HrQ