May 6, 2010

News

Disasters
23 Dead, More than 160 Injured in China Tornado
Associated Press, May 06, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100506/wl_afp/chinaweathertornado

Hong Kong
Beijing Warns against Another Reform Veto
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=82f2e61a4b368210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

'One Country, Two Systems' at Heart of Appeal
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8b7154945e868210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
報道指重慶將啟動戶籍改革 (Chongqing to Start Household Registration System Reform)
Ming Pao, May 06, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100506/ca40934i.htm

June Fourth
柏林国际文学节举办“六四”死难者大型诗歌朗诵活动 (International Literature Festival Berlin to Organize Large-scale Poetry Reading Activities to Commemorate Tiananmen Massacre)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/berlin-05052010122041.html

Media
China Addresses 'Severe Cyber Security Threats'
China Daily, May 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/06/content_9814131.htm

North Korea
North Korean Can’t Avoid Sunshine in China Trip
New York Times, May 06, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/world/asia/06beijing.html

Police
Extortion Charge Rocks Police
Shanghai Daily, May 06, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=436117&type=National

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Scam Centered on Bail Money
Global Times, May 06, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-05/528989.html

Public Health
1 Chinese Baby Born with Syphilis Every Hour
Associated Press, May 06, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100506/ap_on_he_me/as_med_china_syphilis_scourge

Shanghai World Expo
Cutting Out Crime, One Street at a Time
China Daily, May 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010expo/2010-05/06/content_9814697.htm

Taiwan
Executions May Not Affect EU Visa Program: Hou
China Post, May 06, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign-affairs/2010/05/06/255287/Executions-may.htm

May 05, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Zhou Li (周莉)
周莉陳鳳強等開庭宣判訪民稱不公 (Zhou Li and Other Three Rights Activists Sentenced to Prison)
Sound of Hope, May 04, 2010
http://big5.soundofhope.org/programs/162/158266-1.asp

Related Information:

Protester of "99% of Petitioners Are Mentally Ill" Statement Gets One Year in Prison

Human Rights in China, May 4, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174387

News

Bilateral Ties
China Leery of Sarkozy's Outstretched Hand
Asia Times Online, May 05, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LE05Ad01.html

Corruption
高校已成腐败犯罪新高发区 官僚机构急剧膨胀 (Corrupt Practices Rampant in High Schools: Institutional Failure)
Legal Daily (via Eastday), May 05, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100505/u1a5186694.html

Food Security
結石寶寶索償案開審　三鹿大股東抗辯：不應在港審 (Parents of Children Sickened by Tainted Milk Powder File Suit for Compensation against Sanlu Shareholder Fonterra in HK Tribunal )
Apple Daily, May 05, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100505&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11867&art_id=13997569

Related News:

Chinese Parents Seek Damages over Milk Scandal
Associated Press, May 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100504/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchildhongkongjustice

Freedom of Speech
中国当局加强限制网络言论自由 (Chinese Authorities Strengthen Control on Freedom of Speech in Internet )
BBC Chinese, May 04, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100504_internet_freedom.shtml

Internet Censorship
Deleting Internet Postings Not Best Way, Advisers Say
South China Morning Post, May 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4e67e61a4b368210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Urges Tough Internet Laws
Agence France-Presse, May 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100504/tc_afp/chinapoliticsinternetlaw

Human Rights Defender - Li Jianhong / Xiao Qiao (李剑虹)
上海作家李剑虹滞留瑞典 抗议回国权被剥夺 (Shanghai Writer Still Stuck in Sweden; China Denies Her Right to Return Home)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ljh-05042010162937.html

Protests and Petitions
河南法院开放日男子当众下跪投诉 (Petitioner Kneels during Court Open Day to Complain about Beating Cases by Court Officials)
Henan Business Daily (via Net Ease), May 05, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0505/07/65TEHVMC00011229.html

Shanghai World Expo
《纽约时报》记者著书 揭露上海世博阴暗面 (New York Times Journalist's Book Reveals the Dark Sides of Shanghai World Expo)
Radio Free Asia, May 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ny-05042010141342.html

Society
In China's Primary School Stabbings, Some See Social Injustice as Culprit
Christian Science Monitor, May 05, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0504/In-China-s-primary-school-stabbings-some-see-social-injustice-as-culprit

May 04, 2010

News

Education
最牛歷史教師 袁 Sir遭中共封殺 (Authorities Ban Online Teaching Videos of Recent Famous Outspoken History Teacher)
Apple Daily, May 04, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20100504&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13994172

Hukou
广州户籍改革迈出历史性的一步 (Residence Booklet Replacement Exercise Begins in Guangzhou: Tryout for Unified Urban and Rural Household Registration System)
Legal Daily, May 04, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-05/04/content_2131994.htm?node=5955

Human Rights Defenders
Beijing Art District Faces Threat of Wrecking Ball
Voice of America, May 04, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Beijing-Art-District-Faces-Threat-of-Wrecking-Ball-92672129.html

Internet Censorship

China to End Anonymous Online Comments
China Daily, May 04, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/04/content_9806084.htm

China Guards against "Overseas Hostile Forces" on Web
Reuters, May 03, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6422VK20100503

The Web Doesn't Spread Freedom
Newsweek, May 04, 2010
http://www.newsweek.com/id/237261

Media
世界新闻自由日促信息自由 中国强调防境外网络渗透 (International Day for Press Freedom Urges Freedom of Information)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/press-05032010134508.html

Reporters without Borders Names Press 'Predators'
Associated Press, May 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100503/ap_on_re_eu/eu_press_predators

North Korea
North Korea's Kim Seeks Lifeline in China
Reuters, May 03, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6413DN20100503

Protests and Petitions
合法住房被强拆 上访却受到迫害 (Petitioners against Forced Eviction in Wuhan City Face Continued Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/he-05032010134242.html

Shanghai World Expo
Don't Believe the Shanghype
Foreign Policy, May 03, 2010
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/03/dont_believe_the_shanghype

Officials Used Fair to Push Property Prices up, Blogger Says
South China Morning Post, May 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6123e33f0ce58210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
部委公务接待仍属"国家机密" 无统一标准 (Ministries' Budget for Exercising Public Duties, Entertainment Costs Still Classified as "State Secrets")
Outlook (via Net Ease), May 04, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0504/10/65R5EBPG00014AEE.html

May 01-03, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Houston Police Beat Chinese Diplomat
The Washington Times, April 30, 2010
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/30/chinese-diplomat-beaten-houston-police/

Civil Society
NGO辦講座前夕 會場稱遭砸封閉 (Venue Sealed off by Police a Day Before the Beijing's NGO Seminar)
Ming Pao, May 01, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1503549/1.html

Disasters
Wen Says Government Will Carry Quake Load
Shanghai Daily (via Eastday), May 03, 2010
http://english.eastday.com/e/100503/u1a5182941.html

Human Rights Defenders
周莉友人和律师对法院判决不乐观 (Zhou Li's Lawyer, Friends Not Optimistic about the Upcoming Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-dissident-04302010111721.html?encoding=simplified

Human Rights Defender - Li Hong (力虹)
浙江作家力虹狱中病危 家属屡提保外就医无回应 (Imprisoned Writer Li Hong's Health Worsening; Requests for Medical Parole Repeatedly Denied)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lihong-04302010122211.html

Internet Censorship
“翻墙”已经成为中国网民生活常态 (Chinese Netizens Accustomed to Using Anonymous Browsing Softwares and Proxies to Bypass Chinese Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanqiang-04302010110338.html

Macao
Macau Activists Hit out at Arrest of Protest Leader
South China Morning Post, May 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cf54720568958210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
Chinese Leaders Revive Marxist Orthodoxy
Asia Times Online, May 01, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LE01Ad01.html

Shanghai World Expo
Costly Way to Showcase Nation's Achievements
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db3566502c458210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Informal and Catchy Greeting for Hu Sparks Reaction from Bloggers
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d6b9c4b39c458210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Six Sent back to HK as Petition Bid Fails
South China Morning Post, May 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=454702b7eb958210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

冤盟对世博发出声明 吁国际正视强迁争议 (Group Formed among Shanghai Petitioners Releases Statement against Shanghai Expo, Calls for International Attention to Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuan-05012010144204.html

Society
China School Attack Triggered by Home Demolition Threat: Family
Reuters, May 01, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6400L320100501

April 30, 2010

Top News of the Day

State Security
China Includes Internet in Secrets Law Revision
Financial Times, April 30, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d7944740-537d-11df-bfdf-00144feab49a.html

Related information:

China Sharpens Legal Weapons for Information Control

Human Rights in China, April 29, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174305

State Secrets Transparently Clear
Shanghai Daily, April 30, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100430/article_435742.htm

China Passes Tighter Information Law
New York Times, April 30, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/world/asia/30leaks.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Human Rights Lawyer Disappears, Again
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08f6a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

News

Environment
China's New Threat - a Mountain of Waste
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fff4a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
'Speak Out and You Will Disappear', Activist Told
The Independent, April 30, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/speak-out-and-you-will-disappear-activist-told-1958699.html

Law
国家赔偿法修改获通过 取消刑事赔偿确认程序 (Amendments to the State Compensation Law Adopted)
Legal Daily (via Eastday), April 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100430/u1a5178747.html

Related News:

Controversial Compensation Law on Detainees Approved
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5057a4cc91a48210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

解读国家赔偿法修改四大亮点 (Four Key Points to Understand Amendments to the State Compensation Law)
Procuratorial Daily (via Law.com), April 29, 2010
http://www.chinalawinfo.com/fzdt/NewsContent.aspx?ID=26449

Migrant Workers
Foreign Workers (and Wives) Pour into China
Asia Times Online, April 30, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD30Ad01.html

深圳公安局长建议立法清除无业流动人员 (Shenzhen PSB's Director: Unemployed Migrants Should Return Home)
Southern Daily (via Eastday), April 30, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100430/u1a5179082.html

Protests and Petitions
广州村民遭强拆 冲突中枪击拆迁人员 (One Shot in Clash between Security Personnel and Villagers in Guangzhou over Forced Eviction)
Southern Daily (via Net Ease), April 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0430/08/65GLDL8000011229.html

Shanghai World Expo
On Eve of Shanghai Expo 2010, China Finds 'Soft Power' an Elusive Goal
Christian Science Monitor, April 30, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0429/On-eve-of-Shanghai-Expo-2010-China-finds-soft-power-an-elusive-goal

Society
China's Alarming Spate of School Knifings
Time, April 30, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1985834,00.html

April 29, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Most Famous Shanghai Activist Kept Quiet for Expo
Associated Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gGlI66t_-GaZT9xSgwXHbqXT13aQD9FC858O1

Related information:

Shanghai Petitioner Mounts “Expo of Judicial Injustice” (世博会前夕冯正虎遭当局严密监控)

Human Rights in China, April 27, 2010

EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174291

CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18695

News

Labor
Black Lung Remains Lethal
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788408.htm

Law
《刑法》伪证罪针对律师 高院被要求作出解释 (组图) (Lawyer Collecting Signatures to Call for SPC's Interpretation on "Lawyer Perjury" Cases under Article 306 of the Criminal Law)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-04282010142430.html

保密法获通过 国家秘密保密期已满的将自行解密 (State Secret Law Revision Passes)
China News Service, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/04-29/2254856.shtml

Media
Hong Kong Newspaper Says China Banning Its Journalists from Shanghai World Expo
The Canadian Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jnoN2SqTKvCvuY9mQZiCZPneQjCQ.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2010/04/29/254370/Apple-Daily.htm

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世博封殺《蘋果》記協促特首跟進　美聯社法新社關注　世博宣傳部：沒有資料 (HK Journalists Association Urges Chief Executive Tsang to Follow Up on the Banning of Apple Daily from Expo)
Apple Daily, April 29, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100429&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=12731&art_id=13977932

Beijing to Impose Encryption Disclosure Rules
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704423504575211842948430882.html

Migrant Workers
China to Improve Social Services for Migrant Workers
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788378.htm

Protests and Petitions
Controversial SW China Dam Sparks New Showdown
Reuters (via China Post), April 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63R08S

Public Health
4 Officials Sacked for Locking Up Petitioner in Mental Hospitals
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6d98bcba65548210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Sex Liberation Stymied by Law
China Daily, April 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/29/content_9788404.htm

揭陽化工廠泄毒二百人中招 (Toxic Gas Leak Sends 200 Villagers to Hospital in Guangdong)
Southern Daily (via Ming Pao), April 29, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100429/ca41256a.htm

Three Gorges
粵一個三峽移民村成「紅燈區」 (A Village of Three Gorges Migrants in Guangdong Turns into a "Red-light District")
Ta Kung Pao, April 28, 2010
http://www.takungpao.com/news/10/04/28/images_0702-1250029.htm

April 28, 2010

News
Human Rights Defenders
Don't Argue: A Move to Disbar Two Rights Lawyers Is the Latest Threat to Mainland Criminal Defence Counsel
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=27d92ac237f38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law
当局打压维权律师 危害中国法制建设
Human Rights in China, April 22, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174246
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18685

前高校教师被以涉嫌煽动颠覆罪再次拘留 (Sichuan Dissident and Former Professor Zuo Xiaohuan Criminally Detained again on Charges of Inciting Subversion of State Power)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaoshi-04272010142908.html

张林行动受限屡受传唤 狱中杨天水健康堪虞望保外 (Dissident Writer Zhang Lin Twice Summoned by Authorities Due to Plans to Travel to Shanghai for Medical Treatment )
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhanglin-04272010160556.html

Law
China Tells State Companies to Strengthen Protection of Secrets
Bloomberg, April 27, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-27/china-tells-state-companies-to-strengthen-protection-of-secrets.html

Related information:
中央企业商业秘密保护暂行规定 (Provisional Regulations on the Protection of Commercial Secrets of Central State-owned Enterprises)
Stated-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, March 25, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2010-04/26/content_1592746.htm

中国政府拟定保密法要求互联网公司报告泄密者 (State Secrets Law Draft: Government Can Tell Internet Companies to Report Divulgers of Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baomi-04272010161137.html

Related news:
China Set to Tighten State-secrets Law Forcing Internet Firms to Inform on Users
Associated Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042704503.html

国家赔偿法修改进入四审 聚焦审议：遭超期刑拘后撤案的，有望获赔 (State Compensation Law Revised Draft under Sixth Deliberation)
People's Daily, April 27, 2010
http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/64387/11460883.html

Related news:
Compensation Only after 37 Days Detained, Draft Law Says
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f88b2f68cf38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

分析：从赔偿法看罪犯和嫌疑人的区别 (State Compensation Law: Finding the Difference between "Criminals" and "Suspects")
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 27, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/04/100427_china_law.shtml

Protests and Petitions
Beating of Teacher Leads to Strike
China Daily, April 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/28/content_9782188.htm

Public Health
广西全州手足口病调查:当地医疗设施医护条件差 (Survey on Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Guangxi: Local Medical Treatment Deficient)
China Youth Daily, April 28, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100428/u1a5175036.html

中国不再限制外国艾滋病患者入境 (China Ends Ban on Foreign Visitors with HIV/AIDS)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 28, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/28/content_1066844.htm

Related news:
China Ends Entry Ban for Foreigners with HIV/AIDS
Reuters, April 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R09X20100428

Related information:
中华人民共和国国境卫生检疫法实施细则 (Rules for the Implementation of Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China)
State Council, April 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-04/27/c_1259975.htm

中华人民共和国外国人入境出境管理法实施细则 (Rules for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens)
State Council, April 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-04/27/c_1259982.htm

Shanghai World Expo
Border Security Clamp for Expo
Shanghai Daily, April 28, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=435518&type=National

Society
Beijing Hears Dissenting Voice on Unrest
Asia Times Online, April 28, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD28Ad01.html

Related information:
Tsinghua Sociologist: Why China Is "More Instable as It Increases Its Attempt to Maintain Social Stability" (清华大学社会学专家提出新稳定思路： 将利益表达与社会稳定一致起来)
China Youth Daily, April 19, 2010
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2010-04/19/content_3188971.htm

Tsinghua Report:
以利益表达制度化实现社会的长治久安
http://www.cul-studies.com/Article/fenxi/201004/7048.html

郑渊洁声明退出中国作协: 炮轰作家曹文轩到小学推销自己的书，中国作协表示尚未收到正式通知 (King of Fairy Tales's Writer and Editor Zheng Yuanjie Announces Withdrawal from Chinese Writers Association)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 26, 2010
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/635/350366.html

Taiwan
New Clashes Erupt over Regulations on Chinese Students
China Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2010/04/28/254212/New-clashes.htm

April 27, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Japan Firm to Pay Chinese Wartime Laborers
China Daily, April 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/27/content_9777980.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Mongolian Activist Missing, Group Says

Reuters (via South China Morning Post), April 27, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d90f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
拘留程序合法 超期羁押也可获赔 (Overdue Custody Is Compensable Regardless of Whether Detention Procedures Are Lawful)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 27, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/27/content_1065926.htm

Migrant Workers
Few China Workers with Lung Disease Get Redress - Rights Group
Reuters, April 27, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63P10620100426

Protests and Petitions
上访人员被关押当地党校 副镇长亲自看守 (Petitioner Detained in Central Party School in Guangdong, Guarded by Local Deputy Mayor of Township Gov't)
Southern Daily, April 27, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0427/04/658GVTBK00011229.html

川震死難學童家長 中紀委請願遭回絕 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Rebuffs Petitioning Parents of Sichuan Quake Victims)
Ming Pao, April 27, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100427/cac1.htm

防城港公安开枪发催泪弹 维权四农民中枪数十人受伤 (Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi over Forced Eviction; 4 Shot, Dozens Injured)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangcheng-04262010092336.html

Police Detain Two for Death in Land Protest
China Daily, April 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/27/content_9780432.htm

Public Health
Imbalance Grows at Chinese Hospitals
New York Times, April 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/business/global/27iht-riedmedchin.html

State Security
保密法修订草案拟规定网站应配合泄密案调查 (Internet Operators Must Cooperate with Authorities in Probe of State Secret Leak: State Secrets Law Amendment Bill)
Beijing News, April 27, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0427/01/6587PE0600014AED.html

China Defines Commercial Secrets, Tells Firms to Protect Them
The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703465204575207760568382020.html

Taiwan
Lawmakers Wage New Battle over Students From China the KMT Says First Reading of Amendments Was Approved but the DPP Disagrees
Taiwan News, April 27, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1238057

Tibet
Top Tibetan Writer Held Over Book on Riots
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3800f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:

Tibetan Writer Detained after Quake Critique
Associated Press, April 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100426/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Officials Promise to Repair Monasteries
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d60f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Favours and Billions to Ease Tension in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d930f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

April 24-26, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Web, Religious Freedom on Agenda as US-China Rights Dialogue Resumes
Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0423/Web-religious-freedom-on-agenda-as-US-China-rights-dialogue-resumes

Corruption
Beijing Demands Senior Officials Report New Spouses
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e178c1ad1a28210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Sandstorm, Snow Close Air Link to China Quake Zone
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100425/wl_nm/us_china_quake_weather

Environment
China Debates Whether Human Activity or Nature is to Blame for Drought
The Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-drought-20100426,0,7022817.story

Land Policy
Forced Demolition Death 'Not Deliberate'
China Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/26/content_9772450.htm

Law
严打黑恶势力介入拆 北京为重点拆迁改造村组建律师团 (Measures against Forced Evictions: Beijing to Set up Lawyer Groups for 50 Villages Involved in Demolition Projects)
Legal Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2010-04/26/content_2124783.htm?node=20908

Multilateral
Further Security Cooperation with SCO Partners
Xinhua News Agency, April 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/24/content_9771496.htm

Politics
"Butcher of Beijing's" Son to Get Promotion: Sources
Reuters, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100425/wl_nm/us_china_politics

China Replaces Party Chief of Riot-hit Xinjiang
Associated Press, April 24, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63N010

Zhou Qiang Appointed Party Chief of Hunan
China Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/25/content_9771812.htm

Population
Long-hated One-Child Rule May be Eased in China
Associated Press, April 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_more_than_one

Protests and Petitions
China Mayor Told to Resign after Villagers Kneel
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_villagers_kneel

Protest over Dam Project Ends after 20-Hour Stand-Off
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0498aa7cf7538210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

農民上訪被送精神病院續:已回到家中 (Petitioner Who Was Sent to Mental Hospital for over 6 Years Returns Home)
Sina, April 26, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1499495/1.html

Public Health
Education Holds Key to Organ Transplants
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3fa65ea1b4538210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Shanghai World Expo Showcases China's Soft Power
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_expo_ambitions

Tibet
China Says Monks Advised to Leave Earthquake Area
Associated Press, April 24, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdspdDB0WaMv_An4A-NvHB_DwmCwD9F8LU901

XUAR
18岁维族青年因参与去年新疆骚乱被判无期徒刑 (Life Sentence to an 18-year-old Uyghur Youth for Xinjiang Unrest)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-04232010154050.html