May 31, 2010

News
Children
"80后"匿名志愿者3年解救50余名被拐儿童 (Anonymous 20-something Volunteer Saves 50+ Children From Human Trafficking in 3 Years)
Beijing Youth Daily, May 31, 2010
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=66116505

Corruption
Corrupt Local Official Gets Suspended Death Penalty
China Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/28/content_9905812.htm

山西煤焦反腐逾千貪官落馬 (1000+ Officials Caught for Shanxi Coal Corruption)
China News Service, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1532469/1.html

Death Penalty
China Executes Man Who Attacked 29 Children
Associated Press, May 30, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100530/ap_on_re_as/as_china_students_attacked

Food Security
China Pins Food-security Hopes on Humble Potato
The Washington Post, May 30, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003751.html

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人获颁”捍卫言论自由奖” 王丹等人吁无罪释放 (Tan Zuoren Receives Visual Artist Guild's Freedom of Speech Award)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-05302010161132.html

Human Rights Defenders
Uygur Professor Battles for His People
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1ae5dca3e9e8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
支聯僅餘女神像被警檢走 (Police Confiscates HK Alliance's Goddess Statute)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/1532874/1.html

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Dozens Demand Release of Detained June 4 Activists: New Clashes Erupt as Protesters Rally at Police Station
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=58dc5dca3e9e8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

學校封殺六四討論 會考生上街探真相 (Discussion on June Fourth Banned in School, Students Flock to Streets for Truth)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/1532871/1.html

Labor
Police Free Forced Labourers at China Brick Kiln
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100530/wl_asia_afp/chinalabourrights

Strikes, Suicides Sign of Growing Labor Tensions in China
Voice of America, May 28, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Strikes-Suicides-Sign-of-Growing-Labor-Tensions-in-China-95101819.html

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河南五千工人阻塞廠房半月 (5000 Workers in Henan Block Factory Entrance for Half a Month)
United Daily News, May 31, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100528/ca52215a.htm

湖南郴州17名矿工在煤矿爆炸中遇难 (17 Killed in a Hunan Mine Explosion)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/17-05302010170249.html

Law
New China Rules Rule Out Torture in Confessions
Reuters, May 30, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64T0WW20100530

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中央政法机关负责人就两个“证据规定”答记者问 (Central Spokesman Responses to Questions on the Two New Regulations on Evidence and Testimonies)
Xinhua News Agency, May 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-05/30/c_12157696_2.htm

安徽阜阳一农民遭遇“被原告” (Anhui Farmer Loses Home in Court without His Knowledge )
China Youth Daily, May 31, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-05/31/content_3255556.htm

Population
Chinese Hiding Three Million Babies a Year
The Daily Telegraph, May 30, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7787661/Chinese-hiding-three-million-babies-a-year.html

Public Health
Plea to Hospitals on Mental Patients
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=752932562dfd8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

內地精神病患超過1億 (100mil+ Mentally Ill in Chinese Mainland)
China News Agency, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1531632/1.html

Taiwan
Petition Against Executions Rejected by Court
China Post, May 29, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/05/29/258611/Petition-against.htm

XUAR
北京对维族人放宽钳制？ (Is Beijing Relaxing Its Suppressive Policy toward Uyghurs?)
Radio France Internationale, May 30, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100530-北京对维族人放宽钳制？