May 11, 2010

News
Civil Society
非政府组织益仁平中心宣布成立消除残疾歧视工作组 (Beijing NGO Yirenping Announces Founding of Working Group to Eliminate Bias against the Handicapped)
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canji-05102010160933.html

Corruption
Official Calls for Better Supervision in State Firms
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9833774.htm

Official Gets Life for Taking Bribes
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f7d6e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Heavy Rains Kill 70, Losses Mounting in S China
Global Times (via China Daily), May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9834801.htm

Related news:
廣東暴雨成災19死亡 (Heavy Rains in Guangdong Kill 19)
Xinhua News Agency (via Ming Pao), May 11, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100510/ca11726c.htm

Environment
China Likely to Levy Carbon Tax around 2012
China Daily, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9834525.htm

官员称北京已无地填垃圾 焚烧厂建设规划不会改变 (Official: No Place Left in Beijing for Garbage, So Incinerator Plan Cannot Be Changed)
The Beijing Times, May 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100511/u1a5197426.html

Human Rights Defender – Wan Yanhai (万延海)
万延海携家属离开中国抵达美国 (Renown HIV/AIDS Activist Wan Yanhai and Family Leave China for the US)
Radio France Internationale, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100511-万延海携家属离开中国抵达美国

Land
Villagers on Front Line of Eviction Battles
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0e76e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
非遗维权第一案开庭 张艺谋当被告自觉莫名其妙 (Famed Director Zhang Yimou Sued for Misrepresenting Cultural Heritage)
Beijing Evening News, May 11, 2010
http://culture.china.com.cn/yichan/2010-05/11/content_20018250.htm

農民坐冤獄11年索賠百萬 (Farmer Unjustly Imprisoned for 11 Years Claims 10K CNY in Damages)
Ming Pao, May 11, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100511/ca21350i.htm

Media
China Pushing for News Websites to List
Agence France-Presse, May 10, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/china-pushing-for-news-websites-to-list-20100510-uohc.html

Related information:
Government Push for News Media Company IPOs
Danwei, May 11, 2010
http://www.danwei.org/media_business/government_push_for_news_media.php

Migrant Workers
深圳公安局长:不清除无业人员 深圳没有太平(Shenzhen PSB Head: We're Not Getting Hid of the Unemployed)
Southern Daily (via Net Ease), April 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0430/11/65GVN2UH0001124J.html

Related information:
China: Expelling the Unemployed from Shenzhen
Global Voices Online, May 10, 2010
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/05/10/china-expelling-the-unemployed-from-shenzhen/

Police
Murderer Freed after 'Victim' Found Alive in China
Associated Press, May 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100510/ap_on_re_as/as_china_torture

Protests and Petitions
鄂失地农民堵政府门抗议 (Hubei: 100 Peasant Block Local Government Offices during Protest)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/di-05102010142110.html

湖北一男子出门谈拆迁补偿 6小时后坠楼身亡 (Hubei: a Young Man Commits Suicide after Negotiating for Compensation for Forced Eviction )
Chutian Metropolis Daily (via Net Ease), May 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0511/10/66D9465F00011229.html

Public Health
Black Organ Market Rakes on Poverty and Hope
China Daily, May 10, 2010
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-05/07/content_19988763.htm

Society
Experts Worry Developers Won't Start New Projects
China Daily, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9831967.htm

Taiwan
Slippery Slope: Taiwan Has Resumed Executions, and the Process Suggests Legal Reforms Are Needed
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=404a646b33288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Xinjiang's Dovish Leader Shows His Claws
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b4a6e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

May 8-10, 2010

News

Freedom of Movement
More Mainland Regions to Gain Travel Access to Taiwan
China Daily, May 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/08/content_9824844.htm

Freedom of Speech
A History Lesson that is on the Right Lines
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9e9f82da2ed78210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Down and out in China
Asia Times Online, May 10, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LE08Ad01.html

China Disbars Two Rights Defense Lawyers
Associated Press, May 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100509/wl_nm/us_china_lawyers

Related Information:

Beijing Judicial Bureau Revokes Licenses of Two Rights Defense Lawyers

Human Rights in China, May 7, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174568

Human Rights Defender - Wan Yanhai (万延海)
Despite Pressures, Activist Perseveres
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=04e082da2ed78210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
旅日华人导演翰光到港推广六四记录片「长城外」 (Japan-based Chinese Director Han Guang Visits Hong Kong to Promote His June Fourth Documentary)
Radio Free Asia, May 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05092010161419.html

Labor
Lax Laws, Lack of Funds Make China's Mines Deadliest
China Daily, May 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/10/content_9826652.htm

Media
广州工地坍塌致4死4伤 保安手拉手排人墙堵记者 (Security Guards Kick Reporters out the Site of Industrial Accident in Guangzhou)
The Beijing Times, May 10, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100510/u1a5194233.html

Politics
Chinese City Opens its Books in a Step for Reform
Associated Press, May 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100509/ap_on_re_as/as_china_power_of_the_purse

原中宣部长朱厚泽去世 80年代力主"思想自由" (Former Propaganda Department Chief Zhu Houze Passes away)
Oriental Morning Post (via Eastday), May 10, 2010
http://www.dfdaily.com/node2/node31/node262/userobject1ai221465.shtml

Protests and Petitions
上海访民胡燕在联合国总部前抗议 (Shanghainese Petitioner Hu Yan Protests outside UN New York Headquarters)
Radio Free Asia, May 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-05082010133213.html

Religion
China Ordains Bishops Backed by Vatican
Financial Times, May 10, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e4e4eba-5b7c-11df-85a3-00144feab49a.html

Society
我国贫富差距正在逼近社会容忍“红线” (China Rich-Poor Polarization Provoking Alarm: Experts)
Economic Information Daily (via Eastday), May 10, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100510/u1a5195049.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama tells AP: Exiles must press China talks‎
Associated Press, May 08, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jrF8wS5osaCIqGmXLjWp_5-5jgMAD9FHU8OG0

May 7, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
EU to China: 'Splendid Isolation No Longer an Option'
EU Observer, May 06, 2010
http://euobserver.com/9/30024

Corruption
Nine-year Scam under Nose of Justice Ministry
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7393c345ddd68210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
暴风雨突袭南方多省 至少40人遇难12人失踪 (Rainstorm in Southern China Kills at least 40, 12 Missing)
Beijing News (via Eastday), May 07, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100507/u1a5190308.html

Freedom of Speech
Teacher Sparks Outcry with Mao Comments
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1026c345ddd68210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
辽宁省流动人口《居住证》将取代《暂住证》 (Temporary Residence Permit Holders in Dalian City, Liaoning Will Get Permanent Residency)
Eastday, May 07, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100507/u1a5190828.html

Human Rights Defender - Li Hong (力虹), Yang Tianshui (杨天水)
人权组织呼吁给力虹、杨天水保外就医 (HRIC Calls for Release of Li Hong and Yang Tianshui on Bail for Medical Treatment)
Radio France Internationale, May 07, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100506-人权组织呼吁给力虹、杨天水保外就医

Internet Censorship
China: Government Considers New Rule for Online ID
New York Times, May 07, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/world/asia/webbriefs-chinainternet.html

网络审查：中国网民中谁在翻墙？ (Survey on Background of Chinese Netizens Who Tend to Bypass the Great Firewall)
Radio France Internationale, May 07, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100506-网络审查：中国网民中谁在翻墙？

Survey Report:
中国翻墙网民状况调查
Kenengba, April 30, 2010
http://www.kenengba.com/post/2920.html

China: Over the GFW
Global Voices Advocacy, April 30, 2010
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2010/04/30/china-over-the-gfw/

Law
Police Torture a Sackable Offence, New Law Says
South China Morning Post, May 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7eb5c345ddd68210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

取消“律师伪证罪”签名征集活动被湖南律协叫停 (Hunan Lawyers Association Asks to Stop Online Signature Collection to Call for SPC's Interpretation on "Lawyer Perjury" Cases)
Radio France Internationale, May 07, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100506-取消“律师伪证罪”签名征集活动被湖南律协叫停

Protests and Petitions
Petitioner Jailed for 'Blackmailing Govt'
China Daily, May 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/06/content_9819060.htm

Related News:
山西上访村民被判敲诈罪续：法院称将公正判决 (Shanxi Petitioner Appeals for His Blackmail Sentence)
China News Service (via Eastday), May 07, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100507/u1a5190950.html

Public Health
How I Sold My Liver -- and Got Cheated
Shanghai Daily, May 06, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201005/20100506/article_436198.htm

Taiwan
Lawmakers Lock Horns over Amendment on Chinese Students
Taiwan News, May 07, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1248404

XUAR
China: Aid Program Focuses on Xinjiang Region
New York Times, May 07, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/world/asia/webbriefs-xinjiang.html

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

Related News:

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

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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

Related News:

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