Monday, May 30, 2011

May 30, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Envoy-to-be Gary Locke Aims to Rebalance U.S.-China Trade
Reuters, May 28, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/us-usa-china-locke-idUSTRE74P7O020110527

Food Security
China Orders Death Penalty for Food Safety Crimes
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110528/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodhealthsafetycrime

Government
上訪女工劉萍參選遭打壓 (Petitioner Kept from Election Race for People's Congress)
Ming Pao, May 28, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2341272/1.html
Related news:
Grass-roots Candidates Rally Online
Global Times, May 30, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/chinanews/2011-05/660023.html

独立参选人应从微博回归现实
New Faces Should Go Back to Reality
Global Times, May 30, 2011
CH: http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2011-05/1723694.html
EN: http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/editorial/2011-05/660012.html
Hong Kong
香港纪念六四游行关注内地打压维权 (Hong Kong June 4 Memorial March also Calls for Attention to
Mainland Rights Defenders)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 29, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/05/110529_hongkong_june_fourth.shtml
Related news:
Marchers Hit Streets as June 4 Vigil Nears
The Standard, May 30, 2011
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=111540&sid=32550536&con_type=1&d_str=20110530
IMAR
Chinese Regional Chief Attempts to Mitigate Anger
Reuters, May 30, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/05/30/2003504541

More Demos Planned in China's Inner Mongolia
Agence France-Presse, May 29, 2011
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110529-281311.html

Population
专家称北京人口承载仍有空间 不应限制流动人口 (Experts: No Need to Put Limits on Migrant Worker Population,
Beijing Can Hold More People)
The Beijing Times, May 30, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0530/01/75903P8D00014AED.html

Protests and Petitions
China Bomber Seen as Champion of Disenfranchised
Associated Press, May 27, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110527/ap_on_re_as/as_china_anti_hero

抗議焚化爐投產 無錫警民混戰 (Protest against Wuxi Incinerator Leads to Scuffle with Police)
Ming Pao, May 29, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2341954/1.html

网曝甘肃徽县妇女进京反映5.12灾后重建问题被殴 (Gansu Women Petitioning in Beijing against Official
Corruption following 2008 Quake Beaten)
People's Daily, May 29, 2011
http://gs.people.com.cn/GB/183283/14766049.html

Public Health
“慢性疾病是中国头号杀手” (Ministry of Health: Chronic Disease No. 1 Killer)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/science/2011/05/110530_china_chronic_diseases.shtml

Society
Legislators Inspect Rights Protection of Elderly
Xinhua News Agency, May 27, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/27/content_12594884.htm

Three Gorges
China 'Prioritizes Aid for Relocated People'
Xinhua News Agency, May 30, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/29/content_12599945.htm

XUAR
China Vows to Improve People's Lives in Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency, May 29, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/29/content_12600002.htm