News
Death Penalty
Chinese Court Backs Death Sentence for Gang Boss
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9888998.htm
Environment
Clean Energy a Major Area of Co-op With US
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sinousdialogue/2010-05/25/content_9889374.htm
Food Security
毒奶粉案周四香港开庭 四受害者家庭均往作证 (Four Victims' Families Testify Thursday in HK Tainted Milk Trial)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/naifen-05242010100758.html
Hong Kong
Beijing Breaks Ice With Hong Kong Opposition
Reuters, May 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64N1ZQ20100524
Minister Pledges Racial Sensitivity in Hiring
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6db4e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
支联会放飞民主风筝 六四廿一纪念活动陆续出台 (HK Alliance Flies "Democracy" Kites to Begin Commemoration of June Fourth's 21st Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05242010101901.html
Human Rights Defenders
‘Butcher’ Takes Web Fight to Beijing
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c21b50e-6290-11df-991f-00144feab49a.html
歐美高官會維權律師 (European and American Officials Meet with Rights Defense Lawyers)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100525/cac1.htm
Land Policy
近两年中国“未报即用”60万亩土地 44%为耕地 (Gov't Notice: Use of 600K Mu of Land in Last 2 Years Undisclosed, 44% of which Was Arable)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/di-05242010144846.html
Law
中国高院禁止地方拒绝民告官案件 (Supreme People's Court Prohibits Rejection of Citizen Charges against the Government)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-05242010164829.html
Media
中央媒体安排百名青年记者到西柏坡接受传统教育 (Official Media Arranges for 100 Young Journalists to Go to CPC's Xibaipo Memorial in Hubei for Traditional Education)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05242010162149.html
Politics
'Soft Power' Receives Funding Injection
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ca7e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
上访潮再现北京 访民被打事件不断 (Petitioners in Beijing Continue to Be Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-05242010095613.html
肇庆怀集村民被催泪弹致残 六村民面临判刑 (Teargas Leaves Guangdong Villagers Seriously Injured, Six Villagers Awaiting Sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaoqing-05242010095236.html
Public Health
After a Spate of Brutal Murders, Mental Health Gets a Closer Look
China Daily, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9887411.htm
State Security
China Cracks Down on Online Maps
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9569b59e-64f3-11df-aa4d-00144feab49a.html