News
Bilateral Ties
China, US to Renew Human Rights Talks
Associated Press, May 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_human_rights
Corruption
Villagers Celebrate as Riot-torn Region's Top Cop is Sacked
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b1fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Disasters
New Homes Mean Fresh Start for Many Desperate Villagers
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=12064ae394788210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders – Wu Lihong (吴立红)
环保人士吴立红刑满获释 公开要求当局恢复名誉 (Released Environmentalist Wu Lihong Publicly Requests Authorities Restore His Reputation)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanbao-05112010165950.html
Human Rights Defenders – Liu Wei (刘巍), Tang Jitian (唐吉田)
China's Human Rights Lawyers Face Uphill Struggle
Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2010
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100511/tls-china-rights-law-aeafa1b_1.html
Human Rights Defenders
中国展开律师整风运动 (China Launches Lawyers Rectification Campaign)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ls-05112010164734.html
Labor
Nine Trapped Miners Found Dead in Coal Gas Leak
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836843.htm
廣州天河工地坍塌4死4傷續:工頭趕工期釀慘案 (Four Dead Four Wounded on Guangzhou Work Site after Foreman's Haste Leads to Site Collapse)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514890/1.html
Land Policy
无锡维权人士北京上访 老家房屋遭强拆 (Wuxi Human Rights Activist Petitions Beijing Regarding Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wx-05112010133436.html
Law
China Targets Online Commentator Anonymity
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8671856.stm
Provincial Officials to Censor Some Films
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5c5fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Media
中国对外封锁去年喀什骚乱消息 (China Kept Silent News of Last Year's Kashgar Riots)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_clash-05112010104311.html
Police
河南坐11年冤獄村民講述遭刑訊逼供細節 (Details on the Torture Used in Henan Villager's Interrogation Resulting in 11 Years of Unjust Imprisonment)
The Beijing News, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514646/1.html
Protests and Petitions
China Trains Officials How to Handle Complaints
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836803.htm
Public Health
Infectious Diseases Kill 1,269 in China in April
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9835980.htm
Society
Country's Wealth Divide Past Warning Level
China Daily, May 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/12/content_9837073.htm
Peking U Accused of Using Street Cats for Lab Tests
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5446e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD