Tuesday, June 01, 2010

June 01, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China and Japan 'Back North Korea Financial Sanctions'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 01, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10201876.stm

Children
311 Kids Rescued in Child Abduction Crack Down in S. China
China Daily, June 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/01/content_9915691.htm

Corruption
宁夏自治区团委原书记曹刚贪污受贿被判16年 (Official in Ningxia Autonomous Region Given 16 Years for Corruption)
People's Daily, June 01, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100601/u1a5237836.htm

Disasters
China Says Final Toll from April Quake near 2,700
China Post, June 01, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/06/01/258874/China-says.htm

Final China Quake Toll Near 3,000 Dead and Missing
Reuters, May 31, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64U1RA20100531

Hong Kong
Unionist Says Police Have Agreed to Return Statues
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=65da215e442f8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

六四雕塑歸還 即日豎維園 (Police Agreed to Return Statues of "Goddess of Democracy")
Ming Pao, June 01, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100601/gb21604i.htm

Hukou
国务院提出将在全国逐步实行居住证制度 (State Council Proposes Progressive Implementation of Residence Permit System)
Xinhua News Agency, June 01, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/01/c_12164046.htm

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
The Silencing of Gao Zhisheng
The Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703703704575277690222941252.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波被转移监狱 各方抗议当局为难 (Liu Xiaobo Secretly Moved to Prison in Jinzhou)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-05312010112448.html

Labor
China's Shift away from Cheap Labor Hard on All
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100601/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_labor_woes

代表资方的本田工会威胁解雇罢工工人 (Honda Rep Threatens to Fire Striking Workers)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_strike-05312010111802.html

Land Policy
强拆致人自杀安徽阜阳官员获刑11年开问罪先河 (Anhui Official Sentenced to 11 Years for Causing Forcefully-evicted Landowner's Suicide)
Xinhua News Agency (via Legal Daily), June 01, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-06/01/content_2160456.htm

Law
Man Kills 3 Judges, Himself in China Court
Associated Press, June 01, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h7rQw-0lh5S5tnHUagovoeZKUwogD9G2D20O0

国务院:逐步推进房产税改革 研究开征环境税方案 (State Council Proposes Economic Reform on Property Tax and Environment Tax)
Xinhua News Agency, May 31, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2010-05/31/c_12162835.htm

警察纪律条令今起施行 76种违法违纪处分从严治警 (Regulation on Police Discipline Effective Today)
China News Service (via Eastday), June 01, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100601/u1a5236567.html

Police
150 Residents to Monitor Police in Chongqing
China Daily, June 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/01/content_9914184.htm