Thursday, May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Human Rights No Longer a Key Issue in US-China Exchanges
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2b2f2b06bc4d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
Death for Politician Who Killed Mining Millionaire
Shanghai Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=438203

Education
廣西小學塌牆24學生死傷 (3 Dead, 21 Injured in Guangxi Elementary School Collapse)
Ming Pao, May 27, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100527/ca40828i.htm

Food Security
港拒受理內地毒奶粉苦主索償案 (HK Tribunal Dismisses Mainland Poisoned Milk Claims)
Sing Tao Daily, May 27, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1529579/1.html

Hong Kong
Beijing Official Invokes Basic Law in Rejecting 2012 Voting Proposal
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e3137a1a125d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
郭台铭废除“不自杀协议” (Foxconn Head Withdraws the No-Suicide Pledge)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 27, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-05/27/content_1089827.htm
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Foxconn Shows Off China Plant after Suicides
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_foxconn_deaths

Official Blames Shenzhen Authorities
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=90957a1a125d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Media
专家建议广州亚运会对外媒全面开放 (Expert: Guangzhou Asia Games Should Be Fully Open to Foreign Media)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yayun-05262010101928.html

Multilateral
Internet Claims Too Testy for China
Asia Times Online, May 27, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LE27Ad01.html

Police
河南漯河男子关押期间死亡 家属拍尸体照片被打 (Family Beaten for Taking Photos of Man Who Died whilst in Detention)
The Beijing Times, May 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100527/u1a5227414.html
Related news:
Family Questions Detainee's Death
Shanghai Daily, May 27, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=438271
湖南永州2名警察刑讯逼供致人死亡被免刑责 (Two Hunan Cops Avoid Punishment for Torturing Suspect to Death)
Democracy & Law Times, May 26, 2010
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-05/828581.html
Related news:
2 Cops Guilty in Deadly Torture, But Walk Free
Shanghai Daily, May 27, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=438269
Protests and Petitions
数百访民在北京南站示威请愿 (Hundreds of Petitioners Protest at Beijing South Railway Station)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-05262010113942.html

信訪局外5訪民集體服毒 (5 Petitioners Attempt Suicide outside National Petitioning Bureau)
Ming Pao, May 27, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100527/cac1.htm

State Security
Secret Agenda: Reforms to China's Secrecy Law Do Little to Soften Its Draconian Powers
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9addff0bb6fc8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetan Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Riots
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet