Wednesday, May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
中美对话签八项协议坦陈分歧争取双赢 (Sino-American Dialogue: 8 Agreements Signed, with Benefits for Both Side)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05252010155724.html
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Summit Shows Superpowers' Shifting Dynamic
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703341904575266291812173592.html
Disasters
Floods Kill 115 in Southern China
Associated Press, May 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100525/ap_on_re_as/as_china_floods

Education
Town Offers 25-year Free Education
China Daily, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9891447.htm

Hukou
北京要求平等对待外地户口中小学生 (Beijing Demands Equal Treatment for Primary and Secondary Schoolers without Beijing Hukou)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuesheng-05252010114105.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Chinese Dissident Optimistic about China's Future Despite His Plight
Voice of America, May 25, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Dissident-Optimistic-about-Chinas-Future-Despite-His-Plight-94845509.html
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冯正虎欲参观世博会再遭“度假”三天 发公开信质问俞正声 (Feng Zhenghu Issues Open Letter to Municipal Party Secretary after Being Taken on a 3-Day "Vacation" for Wanting to Go to Expo)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/f-05252010122932.html
Labor
Suicides Expose Stresses of China Factory Life
Reuters, May 25, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64O2EY20100525
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Protesters Demand Answers Over Deaths from Company's HK Office
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=272e6f1c320d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Land Policy
New Demolition Payment Rules Are Coming
China Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/26/content_9892392.htm

One Beaten to Death in N China Land Dispute
Xinhua News Agency, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9889624.htm

Protests and Petitions
村民阻止施工被碾死 3嫌犯被捕 (Three Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Farmers Protesting Road Project)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 26, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-05/26/content_1088819.htm

福州近百失地农民请愿 毛恒凤狱中绝食王岛面临起诉 (Around 100 Fujianese Farmers Petition Government for Lost Land)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-05252010120724.html

Public Health
17 Babies Sickened by Expired Measles Injections
China Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-05/26/content_9894322.htm

Watchdog in Bid to End Collusion on Drug Prices
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=059e6f1c320d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

广东清远全市仅10%精神病人就医 (Qingyuan, Guangdong: Only 1:10 Mental Patients Get Medical Treatment)
Southern Daily, May 26, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100526/u1a5226116.html