June 17, 2010

News
Education
北京超千所幼儿园未注册 规模超正规幼儿园 (Beijing's Unregistered Kindergartens Outnumber Registered Ones)
China Radio International, June 17, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0617/03/69BNV0GU000146BD.html

Food Security
China Eyes Milk Test after Melamine Deaths Scandal
Reuters, June 15, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65E1IG20100615

Government
Provincial Govts 'Not Transparent'
China Daily, June 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/17/content_9981761.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京“严打”开始 端午节先对维权人士下手 (“Strike Hard” Campaign Commences in Beijing as Rights Activists Are Beaten, Harassed before Dragon Boat Festival)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanda-06162010141528.html

Related news:
House Arrest for Lawyers, Dissidents: Activists Monitored over Plan to Meet
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d5b0a34297149210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
「在港亦不可能註冊」 京維權律師會遭打壓 (Mainland Rights Lawyers Told They Cannot Register an Association, Even in Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, June 17, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1549875/1.html

Labor
Suicide or Strike? A Tale of Two Work Cultures
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c1ca34297149210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Toyota Is Latest Car Maker Hit by Strike in China
Associated Press, June 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_labor_toyota

Media
IT Disclosure Regulations Raise Foreign Eyebrows
China Daily, June 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/17/content_9981790.htm

Related news:
Multinationals 'Should Respect Laws in China'
China Daily, June 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/16/content_9982688.htm

Migrant Workers
China's Shifting Jobs Keep Migrants Closer to Home
The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703513604575310364275165900.html

Police
China Orders Police to Resolve Conflicts Early
Associated Press, June 16, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_RPad3SeO1DeC-xUKN0HNSzXmigD9GBI9MG0

Poverty
重庆300万困难民众每人领到20元粽子费 (Chongqing: 3mil Given Subsidies to Buy Rice Dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival)
China News Service, June 16, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100616/u1a5267766.html

Protests and Petitions
玉树灾民连日请愿 藏人反对政府征地 (Tibetans in Yushu Petition against Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-06162010101844.html

Public Health
Warning on Growing Cost of Lifestyle Diseases
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fe45e1cde3c39210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
乌鲁木齐规定毕业生签订劳动合同即可落户 (New Regulations: Graduates without Urumqi Hukou Can Settle in Urumqi upon Signing Employment Contract)
Workers Daily, June 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100617/u1a5268881.html