June 04, 2010

Top news
June Fourth
China Police Muted at Tiananmen Square
Agence France-Presse, June 04, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-police-muted-at-tiananmen-square-20100604-xj9o.html

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「翻牆」尋真相 滬生來港悼念 (Shanghai Student Searches for Truth By Circumventing Internet Censorship, Comes to HK Venerating June 4)
Ming Pao, June 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100604/gal3.htm

海外民运人士纪念六四事件21周年 (Overseas Activists Commemorate 21st Anniversary of June Fourth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 04, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/06/100603_china_64.shtml

Ex-China Leader Was 'Ready to Die' over Tiananmen: Report
Agence France-Presse, June 04, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/39972

Related news:
Li Peng's June 4 Crackdown Diary Revelations
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a53d7eeffeef8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Taiwan Leader Urges China to Tolerate Dissidents
Agence France-Presse, June 04, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/39970

Related information:
總統發表「六四」感言 (President Ma Ying-jeou Issues a Statement on His Thoughts on June Fourth)
Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan), June 04, 2010
http://www.president.gov.tw/php-bin/prez/shownews.php4?_section=3&_recNo=0

Unofficial English translation:
Ma Ying-jeou's "Thoughts on June Fourth"
Siweiluozi, June 04, 2010
http://www.siweiluozi.net/2010/06/ma-ying-jeous-thoughts-on-june-fourth.html

News
Bilateral Ties
China Drills Deeper into Latin America
Asia Times Online, June 04, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/LF04Cb05.html

Corruption
Senior Guangdong Judge Gets Life Sentence for Corruption
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dbd7c96b519f8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
国务院提户籍改革新思路 户口承载福利分步获得 (State Council Proposes New Thinking on Household Registration Reforms: Granting Social Benefits Gradually)
China Youth Daily, June 04, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100604/u1a5242764.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
维权人士刘正有抗议迫害绝食多日 (Rights Activist Liu Zhengyou Stages Hunger Strike for Several Days)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lzy-06032010104113.html

Human Rights Defenders
Beijing Controls Activists ahead of Anniversary of 1989 Crackdown
Deutsche Presse Agentur, June 03, 2010
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1560490.php/Beijing-controls-activists-ahead-of-anniversary-of-1989-crackdown

Land Policy
唐家岭装监控增加安保 或防村民"讨说法" (New Surveillance System in Beijing Village in Process of Resettlement, Villagers Seek Explanation)
Beijing News, June 04, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0604/02/68A5MQBT00014AED.html

Media
In Leaked Lecture, Details of China’s News Cleanups
New York Times, June 03, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/asia/04china.html

Suddenly, Porn Surfing on Mainland Is Free for All
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60092eb8abef8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Porn Is Back Online in China -- for Now
CNN GO, June 2, 2010
http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/porn-back-online-china-101930

Military
China Issues Revised Regulations on PLA Discipline
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/03/content_9931948.htm

Related news:
军委主席胡锦涛签署命令 解放军三大条令修订发布 (Central Military Commission Chairman Hu Jintao Signs Three Revised Directives on PLA)
People's Daily, June 04, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/11779676.html

Protests and Petitions
异见人士和访民备受打压 两百访民聚南站声援 (200 Petitioners Gather at Beijing South Station Showing Support for Beaten Elderly Petitioner)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-06032010094829.html

Taiwan
Lawyers Call on Taiwan to Push China
Taipei Times, June 04, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/06/04/2003474631