Friday, May 28, 2010

May 28, 2010

News
Civil Society
NGOs Fight Uphill Battle as Beijing Tightens the Screws
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c3d60a013c9d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
HRIC Briefing Note: Tighter Regulation of Foreign Funding Support of Chinese Civil Society Groups
Human Rights in China, May 27, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174774
Corruption
Official Disciplined for Mine Accident Cover Ups
Xinhua News Agency, May 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/27/content_9901295.htm

Death Penalty
2 Get Death Sentences in China Mine Murder Scam
Associated Press, May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mine_murder

Food Security
Tainted-milk Parents Lose Claim Against HK Shareholder of Sanlu
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e548a743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
Law Lists Specifics of Sexual Harassment
China Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/28/content_9901810.htm

Hong Kong
Chinese Official Meets with 2nd Group of Hong Kong Democracy Activists
The Canadian Press, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/05/27/258295/China-official.htm

Human Rights Defenders
几名中国维权人士被判劳教或遭威胁 (Rights Activists Harassed and Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Voice of America, May 27, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20100527-CHINA-DISSIDENTS-95019329.html
Related information:
Shanghai Rights Activist Mao Hengfeng Starts Hunger Strike in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp
上海维权人士毛恒凤绝食抗议劳教迫害
Human Rights in China, May 26, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174725
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18996
Labor
Strike Stalls Production at Honda's China Plants
Associated Press, May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_honda_china

重庆綦江工人累死 引发数百人连日罢工 (Hundreds Strike following Worker's Death from Exhaustion in Chongqing )
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-05272010150351.html

Land Policy
In China's Land Rush, Rights Are Often Trampled
New York Times, May 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/world/asia/27china.html

Law
福建将民事调解刑事拘留均列入监督范围 (Fujian Adds Civil Mediation, Criminal Detention to Procuratorate's Scope of Supervision)
Legal Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-05/28/content_2157297.htm

Media
Mainland Media Told to Tone Down Reports
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa0ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Misery of the Out-of-towners Pushed to the Margins of Society
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=155ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
艾滋病致孤儿童有望每月领600元补助 (Orphans, Including Those Suffering from HIV/AIDS, to Receive RMB 600/Month Welfare Subsidy)
Legal Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2010-05/28/content_2157635.htm

Tibet
Different Priorities for Hot Spots
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=156ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
世界维吾尔代表大会: 新疆禁止干部入清真寺 (World Uyghur Congress: Xinjiang Cadres Forbidden from Entering Mosques)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-05272010161210.html

北京要在新疆大力推行普通话教育 (Beijing Demands Mandarin-only Education in Xinjiang)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100528_xinjiang_putonghua.shtml
Related news:
Plan to Teach Putonghua to Young Uygurs
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=154ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD