May 20, 2010

News
Corruption
China Official Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Graft
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100520/wl_afp/chinacorruptioncrimestockscompanygome

Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
被劳教的毛恒凤家人呼吁国际社会关注其安危 (Mao Hengfeng's Family Appeals to International Community for Attention after Mao Is Transferred to Anhui Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/maohengfeng-05192010095938.html

Labor
Nine Arrested for the Fatal Flooding of N China Coal Mine
Xinhua News Agency, May 19, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/19/c_13303556.htm

Law
Judge Suspended in Coerced Confession Case
Associated Press (via Google News), May 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdvu0IxNJhwSINMmt2N3yN0oq_NwD9FPPPKO0

Respect Those Who Fight for Rights, Says American Law Don
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3bfda357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Who Don't Want to Leave
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc7ea357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
鄂残疾人为生存 连日在政府门前抗议 (Disabled Residents of Guangshui, Hubei Gather before Government Offices Protesting Their Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canji-05192010141139.html

Public Health
Organ Trafficking Trial Exposes Grisly Trade
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100519/hl_nm/us_china_organs

Taiwan
Ma Wants to Meet Hu ... Sometime
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3beda357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
复印实名针对藏文 数百藏歌校内严禁 (Tibetans Must ID Themselves before Making Copies and Hundreds of Tibetan Songs Banned from Schools)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05192010154101.html

Related news:
打字复印拉萨将实行实名登记制 (Lhasa Implements Real-Name Registration System for Typing and Photocopy Services)
Lhasa Evening News, May 11, 2010
http://www.lasa-eveningnews.com.cn/epaper/uniflows/html/2010/05/11/10/10_31.htm

New Photocopy Rules Introduced in Tibet
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 20, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8692558.stm

国际声援西藏运动报道北京对西藏知识分子的打压 (International Campaign for Tibet Report: Beijing's Suppression of Tibetan Intellectuals)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xi-05192010095336.html

Related information:
A 'Raging Storm': The Crackdown on Tibetan Writers and Artists after Tibet's Spring 2008 Protests
International Campaign for Tibet, May 18, 2010
http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/raging-storm-crackdown-tibetan-writers-and-artists-after-tibets-spring-2008-protests

XUAR
维吾尔族学者伊力哈木·土赫提被禁出国 (Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Barred from Leaving China)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-05192010163249.html