May 17, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
China Criticised Yet Again
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ac09f37279ff210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Drought Worsens China Power Supply Crunch
Associated Press, May 17, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110517/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_energy_crisis

Food Security
What Happened to Compensation Fund, Milk Victims Wonder
Global Times, May 17, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-05/655811.html

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2億毒奶粉賠償基金 「國家機密」管理成謎 (Management of Tainted Milk Powder Compensation Fund an Enigma)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2331469/1.html

Human Rights Defenders
涉煽动颠覆案移交检方 残疾人胡军面临起诉 (Handicapped Activist Hu Jun Facing Indictment on Charges of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hj-05162011142833.html

Multilateral
China Seeks Outside Help against Uighur Separatists
Voice of America, May 16, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/121940854.html

Land Policy
北京非居住用途地下室禁止出租 (Draft Measures: Lease of Non-residential Cellars Banned)
The Beijing Times, May 17, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-05-17/031022475723.shtml

Illegal Farmland Confiscation on the Rise
China Daily, May 17, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/17/content_12521101.htm

Law
New Procedures for Handling of Petitions Issued
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ece09f37279ff210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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最高人民法院就涉诉信访工作下发系列文件 贯彻“四个必须” 推行“五项制度” (SPC Issues New Document on Petitions)
People's Court Daily, May 16, 2011
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2011-05/16/content_27313.htm

Politics
Party Has to Retain Control, Cadre Says
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=62c60d427d9ff210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
走中国特色社会管理创新之路 (Taking the New Path to Social Management with Chinese Characteristics)
Qiushi, May 16, 2011
http://www.qstheory.cn/zxdk/2011/2011010/201105/t20110513_80501.htm

Public Health
卫生部修订性病防治管理办法 拟规定不得故意传播 (Draft Amendment to Venereal Disease Measures: Don't Spread Them Intentionally)
China News Service, May 17, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/jk/2011/05-17/3045588.shtml

Tibet
Tibetan Man, Family Detained
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detained-05162011144131.html

XUAR
Urumqi's Sweeping Slum Makeover Gathers Steam
Xinhua News Agency, May 17, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/chinanews/2011-05/655953.html

新疆恢复手机彩信但维语网站仍被封 (XUAR: MMS Services Restored, But Uyghur-language Sites Remain Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_internet-05162011110454.html