May 20, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Slams U.S. Foreign Affairs Bill Proposal, Urges Deletion
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/19/content_11402518.htm

Corruption
China Welcomes Chinese Embezzlers' US Jail Sentences
Voice of America, May 19, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-19-voa12.cfm

Top Guangdong Official Investigated For Bribes
Shanghai Daily, May 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090520/article_401459.htm

受贿副局长卧室藏221万称是“个人爱好” (Corrupt Vice Minister: Storing 2.21 Millions is a "Personal Hobby")
Net Ease, May 20, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0520/01/59NJEGPA0001124J.html

Disasters
Lax Safety Measures Blamed for Bridge Collapse
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e182649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China Working on Further National Plan to Address Climate Change: Official
Xinhuanet, May 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/20/content_11403657.htm

Related News
China and US Held Secret Talks on Climate Change Deal
The Guardian, May 18, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/18/secret-us-china-emissions-talks

Food Security
Food Poisoning Kills 4 Kids in SW China
Xinhua (via China Daily), May 19, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/19/content_7792857.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Zhang Kai and Li Chunfu (张凯、李春富)
北京律师成立援助团调查张凯李春富被殴 (Beijing Lawyers Form Group to Investigate Beating of Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lawyer-05192009115259.html

Related Information
Beijing Lawyers Beaten for Representing Falun Gong Case
Human Rights in China, May 13, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=164835&item_id=164831

June 4th
China Brushes Aside Zhao's Tiananmen Memoirs
Reuters, May 19, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54I1MY20090519

Last Tiananmen 'Hooligan' Released From Prison
AP available at Yahoo News, May 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen_prisoner

Labor
China's Labor Departments Help 6.98 mln Workers Get Back Wages in 2008
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/19/content_11403244.htm

China to Create 3M Jobs in Light Industry
Xinhua (via China Daily), May 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/18/content_7788713.htm

Media
Bloggers Frustrated as Beijing Blocks Google Service
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2192649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
民警滥用职权致人亡 河南周口警方一审赔61万 (Court: Police in Zhoukou, Henan Fined for Beating Citizen to Death)
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/19/content_11401267.htm

Protests and Petitions
Student Demonstrators Clash with Police in Nanjing
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=afa2649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

重庆粮食系统被买断员工请愿 连日拉横幅露宿街头 (Chongqing Food System Privatized, Staff Protest for Social Security)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-05192009164619.html

湖北上千名军转干部到省政府上访 (Over a Thousand Hubei Military Officials Petition)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-05192009093212.html

村民进京上访返乡被拘 警方称其涉嫌破坏生产 (Police Detain Farmers who Petition to Beijing)
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-05/19/content_11399331.htm

甘肅二百群眾圍堵縣委 (200 Surround Government Office in Gansu)
Ming Pao Immediate News, May 20, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090520/ca31218a.htm

Public Health
AP Reporter Quarantined in China after Cancun Stop
AP available at Yahoo News, May 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090519/ap_on_re_as/as_china_swine_flu_quarantine

Mainland Counts 4th H1N1 Case
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), May 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090520/article_401474.htm

Social Security
两部门发布人力资源和社会保障事业发展统计公报 (Gov't Release Statistics of Human Recourse and Social Security Development)
Xinhuanet, May 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/19/content_11400984.htm

Tibet and XUAR
Police Chiefs Replaced in Troubled Regions
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1652649c1c951210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

May 18, 2009

News
Corruption
山西一“粮官”涉嫌贪挪私分国资逾2000万被诉 (Shanxi Company Chief Laundered 20 Million Yuan)
Xinhuanet, May 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/17/content_11389110.htm

Disasters
中国对中小学校舍安全“问责到底” (Government Will Check School Building Safety)
Xinhuanet, May 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-05/17/content_11390118_1.htm

Freedom of Speech
北京独立作家江棋生再被警方抄家 (Beijing Independent Writer Jiang Searched by Police)
Voice of America, May 18, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-17-voa26.cfm

敏感书籍六四临近被大陆查禁 (Beijing Bans Sensitive Books as June 4th Approaches)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shu-05162009003733.html

湖北关闭89家违规违法网站 (Hubei Authorities Shut Down 89 Websites)
EastDay.com, May 15, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090515/u1a4374210.html

Human Rights Defenders - Zhang Kai, Li Chunfu (张凯、李春富)
北京律師重慶被毆 同行拉橫額抗議 ( Beijing Lawyers Protest Police Abuses)
Ming Pao, May 18, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20090518/cae1.htm

Related Information
Beijing Lawyers Beaten for Representing Falun Gong Case
Human Rights in China, May 13, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=164835&item_id=164831

Human Rights Defenders- Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
美国参议员联名致信胡锦涛 呼吁释放高智晟 (American Senators Write Letter to Hu: Release Guo)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gao-05152009164845.html

Related Information
Wife of Abducted Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Requests Urgent Help from U.S. Congress in Open Letter
Human Rights in China, April 23, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=160075&item_id=160063

June 4th
中央審查趙紫陽文件首曝光 (Beijing Produces Repor on Zhao)
Ming Pao, May 17, 2009
http://premium.mingpao.com/cfm/Content_News.cfm?Channel=gb&Path=33551163391/gca1.cfm1/gca1.cfm

北京学者举办六四民主运动研讨会 (Bejijng Scholar Holds Seminar About Tiananmen Square)
BBC, May 17, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8050000/newsid_8054400/8054441.stm

王炳章女儿到中国探监被拒入境 (Wang Bingzhang's Daughter Banned from Immigration)
Voice of America, May 16, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa45.cfm

Labor
中煤矿井建设队伍朔州伤亡事故已有11人遇难 (11 Died in a Mining Accident in Shuozhou)
Xinhuanet (available at Eastday.com), May 16, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090516/u1a4376421.html

工商总局:10月底前将安全事故企业责任人纳入黑名单 (Names for Industrial Safety Blacklist to be Compiled by Late October)
Xinhuanet, May 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-05/16/content_11384523.htm

Land Policy
浙江村民网上呼吁 请求调查政府强占土地 (Zhejiang Farmer Complains Online: Requests Investigation on Government Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zha-05162009010424.html

Police
受邀赴美出席听证工人遭公安搜查后失联 (Workers Searched by Police, Whereabouts Unknown after Returning from Hearing in US)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05162009142133.html

Poverty
我国高收入行业30年变迁:行业间收入差距或已达10倍 (After 30 Years Income Disparity in Different Industries Grown Tenfold)
Xinhuanet, May 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-05/18/content_11393963.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京再次发生上访农民集体自杀事件 (Another Petitioning Farmer Commits Suicide in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-05162009004626.html

广东江门农民进京上访后被拘10天 被要求写保证 (Farmer from Jiangmen, Guangdong Arrested while Petitioning in Beijing)
southcn.com, May 16, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0515/23/59D3C6EB0001124J.html

重庆发生一起大规模群体事件 (Masses Protest in Chongqing)
Voice of America, May 16, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-05-16-voa44.cfm

Public Health
China reports its 6th victim of swine flu
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), May 18, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200905/20090518/article_401223.htm

Society
广电总局新规定:6-10月黄金档时段禁播古装剧 (Historical Costume Dramas Banned from Prime Time from June to October)
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/10-05162009002141.html

May 14, 2009

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Zhang Kai, Li Chunfu (张凯、李春富)
北京律师代理重庆“躲猫猫” 遭公安暴力下落不明 (Beijing Lawyers Beaten, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-05132009145918.html

Beijing Lawyers Zhang Kai (张凯) and Li Chunfu (李春富) were violently beaten by police at the home of a client in Chongqing. They were meeting to discuss the death of Jiang Xiqing while serving a Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL) sentence center for practicing Falun Gong.

Related Information:
HRIC Press Release: Beijing Lawyers Beaten for Representing Falun Gong Case
Human Rights in China, May 13, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision_id=164835&item_id=164831

News
Bilateral Ties
Cannon Seeks New Start in Canada-China Relations
The Globe and Mail, May 13, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090513.CHINA13ART2203/TPStory/TPInternational

Corruption
Top Graft-Fighter Vows Action to Soothe Protesters
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db3755f3a8a31210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
災區爆衝突 多名家長被拘 官員人盯人 禁赴學校祭孩子 (Clash in Quake Area, Parents Detained and Banned from Memorializing Children)
Ming Pao, May 14, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20090514/caa1.htm

Environment
Experts Puzzled by How to Cut Emissions, Mainland Not Ready to Set Climate Targets
South China Morning Post, May 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=50486c0f9ea31210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
维权人士发起“公民行” 活动 倡导公民维权 (Human Rights Defenders Start "Citizen-Led" Campiagn)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-05132009101304.html

June 4th
Thirty Remain in Jail over Tiananmen Clashes
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), May 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce500efb45831210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Exiled Tiananmen-era Dissident Detained in China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), May 13, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen

Related News
前学运领袖周勇军被中国控告诈骗 (Former June 4th Leader Accused of Fraud)
BBC, May 14, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8040000/newsid_8047700/8047768.stm

「六四」未列入課程 孫明揚指未達共識 ("Tiananmen Incident" Not Included in Syllabus, HK Government Says Lacks Consensus)
Ming Pao, May 14, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20090514/goj1.htm

Protests and Petitions
温州村民阻止征地施工遭冲击 多人受伤十村民被捕 (Police and Villagers Clash over Land Dispute in Wenzhou, Many Injured and 10 Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wenzhou-05132009170046.html

不畏强暴集体抗打压 上海访民因寄发督察简报被传唤 (Shanghai Petitioners Protest, Some Detained for Sending Report)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-05132009091559.html