Friday, June 11, 2010

June 11, 2010

News
Death Penalty

China Sentences Man to Death for School Attack
Associated Press, June 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_re_as/as_china_students_attacked

Farmer Gets Death Sentence After Killing 8
Shanghai Daily, June 11, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=439873&type=National

Education
北京放开外地生学籍动摇教育特权 家长憎恶 (Admittance of Migrant Workers’ Children to Beijing Schools Leads to Ire of Beijing Parents)
Xinhua News Agency, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5256425.html

Environment
Global Warming Spells Doom for Asia's Rivers
Agence France-Presse, June 11, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1284006

Freedom of Speech
Mocking Mao Good for Business But Not Career
Financial Times, June 11, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9777780-6305-11df-8b4a-00144feab49a.html

Food Security
质检总局:7成食品加工企业无许可证 (70% of Food Processing Enterprises Do Not Have Permit)
China Economic Net, June 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0611/12/68T9QDTO000146BD.html

Human Rights Defender – Mo Shaoping (莫少平)
莫少平律师事务所被迫搬迁 (Mo Shaoping Law Firm Forced to Move)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-06102010103435.html

Human Rights Defenders
谢福林案秘密裁决 福建网民案不乐观 (Ruling in Xie Fulin Case Pronounced in Secret Trial)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie-06102010095454.html

Labor
外資廠罷工潮蔓延多省 要求仿效富士康加薪 (Strikes of Foreign-funded Plants Spread to Other Provinces)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100611/cab1.htm
Related news:
Workers at Chinese Honda Plant March in Protest
New York Times, June 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/business/global/11strike.html
各省最低工资纷纷上调 机制不健全侵蚀职工利益 (Raising Minimum Wage Within Unsound System May Hurt Employees' Welfare)
China News Service, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5257153.html

Law
男子无罪被关211天失劳动能力 申国家赔偿遭拒 (Compensation Rejected for Innocent Man Who Lost Ability to Work after Detention)
Guangzhou Daily, June 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0611/03/68SAJQJD00014AEF.html

Multilateral
SCO Leaders May Make Crucial Afghan Decisions
China Daily, June 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sco/2010-06/11/content_9963918.htm

Protests and Petitions
Frustrated Petitioner Stabs Official to Death and Then Takes Poison
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cece4e32c229210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

陕西法制培训饥饿治访民 九个月关死伤残军人 (Shanxi Government Uses Hunger to Torture Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0610dx1-06102010171502.html

Public Health
农村儿童大病医保将全国试点 报销比例将达7成 (Health Insurance to Be Launched for Seriously Ill Children in Rural Areas)
The Beijing Times, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5256280.html

State Security
Bomber Badly Injured in Blast; 26 on Bus Unhurt
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3e3ce4e32c229210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Police in China's Xinjiang Hold Anti-Riot Exercise
Agence France-Presse, June 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100611/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestpoliticsxinjiang