Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Death Penalty

SOE Boss Sentenced to Death for Graft
China Daily, May 23, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/23/content_15361275.htm

Economic Development

New Plan to Reduce Income Inequality
China Daily, May 23, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/23/content_15360815.htm

Government

信息公开难解拆迁困局 (Information Disclosure Doesn't Help Solve Demolition Dilemma)
Legal Weekend, May 23, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2012-05/23/content_3590350.htm

Human Rights Defenders

陳光誠護衛嚴 收禮受限 (Chen Family under Close Guard, Gifts Also Restricted)
Ming Pao, May 23, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120523/cca1.htm

武汉异议人士秦永敏结婚,警方说非法同居 (Dissident Qin Yongmin and Wife Told They Are "Illegally Cohabiting" after Marriage)
Voice of America, May 21, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20120521-qin-yongmin-marriage-152304105.html

Multilateral

上合组织北京峰会将审议阿富汗申请观察员地位 (SCO to Consider Afghanistan for Observation Status at Beijing Summit)
EastDay, May 23, 2012
http://news.eastday.com/c/20120523/u1a6576165.html

Police

China's 'Thuggish' Chengguang Security Condemned
Reuters, May 23, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/23/china-chengguan-human-rights-watch

Related:
“Beat Him, Take Everything Away”: Abuses by China’s Chengguan Para-Police
Human Rights Watch, May 23, 2012
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/05/23/beat-him-take-everything-away-0