May 15-18, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
中美人权对话中国敏感 使馆网站人权报告受关注 (China Sensitive during US-China Human Rights Dialogue: Concerns over Human Rights Report on Embassy Website)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-05172010161204.html

Related Information:

U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue Resumes: Foundation for Action?

Human Rights in China, May 14, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174623

US, China Set 2011 Rights Meeting in "Candid" Talks
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100514/pl_nm/us_usa_china_rights

Corruption
China Court Upholds Verdicts on Former Rio Staff
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100517/bs_afp/chinaaustraliaminingriotintoappeal

吉林乾安一名副县长参与高考舞弊被免职 (Jilin County Magistrate Removed from Office Following Participation in Examination Fraud)
Xinhua News Agency (via Eastday), May 18, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100518/u1a5210101.html

Teachers' Bribes Scandal
Shanghai Daily, May 17, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=437179&type=National

Disasters
86 Dead as Storms Lash Southern Provinces Torrential Downpours Leave Trail of Destruction - and More Bad Weather Forecast
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e3850d44f71a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
Most Gay Men in Asia-Pacific Region 'Denied HIV Care'
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 18, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8687845.stm

Hong Kong
Hong Kong By-Election Thwarted by Beijing
Financial Times, May 18, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c482044-6113-11df-9bf0-00144feab49a.html

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
中国民间发起争取胡佳保外就医活动 (Chinese Community Begins Activities Advocating for Hu Jia's Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hujia-05172010163416.html

Human Rights Defender - Tang Jitian (唐吉田)
北京维权律师唐吉田被拒出境 (Beijing Rights Defense Lawyer Tang Jitian Barred from Leaving China)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lushi-05172010113516.html

Land Policy
Chinese People and Government Struggle over Land Rights
Voice of America, May 18, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-People-and-Government-Struggle-Over-Land-Rights-93903619.html

Multilateral
EU's Kroes Says China 'Great Firewall' a WTO Issue
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100517/bs_afp/chinaeuinternetcensorshipcompetition

Protests and Petitions
东莞600村民“集体散步”抗议垃圾焚烧厂选址 (600 Villagers in Dongguan Protests against Incineration Plant )
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dong-05172010164333.html

Public Health
Indoor Air Pollution Kills 2.2m Youths 'Annually'
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e46e6c3c5b4a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Health Care Reform in a Shaanxi County Draws Nation's Attention
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=59230d44f71a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

卫生专家认为河南艾滋病例发现报告奖励制度坏处多 (Health Expert Says Plenty of Disadvantages in Henan AIDS Reporting Incentive Program)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-05152010004347.html

Society
河南开发商将住户拖出房强拆 事后称拆错 (Henan Developer Forcefully Evicts and Dismantles Wrong Household)
Henan Business Daily (via Net Ease), May 18, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0514/09/66KSJ1DN00011229.html#

State Security
警惕互联网地图泄密 (Stay Alert, National Security Data Leak on Online Map Search Engine)
China Central Television, May 17, 2010
http://news.cntv.cn/china/20100517/102927.shtml

Tibet

Crackdown Fails to Silence Tibet's Dissenting Voices
South China Morning Post, May 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f1c5064cb66a8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
海外维吾尔人指控中共不尊重民族自治 (Overseas Uyghurs Accuse China of Not Respecting Autonomous Region)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Uigur-05172010144826.html

May 14, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
美中人权对话恢复 (US-China Human Rights Dialogue Resumes)
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/rq-05132010165700.html

Civil Society
Activists Demand Release of Mainland Dissidents
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55a05e2b10198210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Judge in Trouble for Extorting Litigant
China Daily, May 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/14/content_9847317.htm

Convicted Ex-top Cop Asks for Leniency
China Daily, May 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/14/content_9847293.htm

Labor
At Least 21 Miners Killed in China Colliery Blast
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 14, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8681855.stm

Law
US Engineer Held in China Released without Charge
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_re_as/as_china_detained_american

Media
China's Global Media Push Includes Broadcasts to Suburban Washington
Voice of America (via Voice of America), May 12, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinas-Global-Media-Push-Includes-Broadcasts-to-Suburban-Washington-93592609.html

Google Situation in China 'Seems to Be Stable'
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), May 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0232da5e19498210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
安置房七年又拆 西安村民请愿要公投 (More Than 300 Villagers in Xi'an Petition Authorities against Evicting Them Again)
Radio Free Asia, May 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xian-05132010141849.html

Public Health
Beijing Issues First Residents' Health Report
China Daily (via China Daily), May 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/14/content_9850704.htm

Society
Social Problems at Root of School Attacks: China PM
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100514/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimeschool

China Kindergarten Massacre Seen as Symptom of Progress
Agence France-Presse (via The Sydney Morning Herald), May 14, 2010
http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-kindergarten-massacre-seen-as-symptom-of-progress-20100513-v1up.html

广西行凶者被村民打死续:律师称村民正当防卫 (Guangxi Villagers Kill Murder Suspect, Lawyer Says It Is Legitimate Defense)
Xinhua News Agency (via Net Ease), May 13, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0513/19/66JCGTG9000146BC.html

XUAR

China Says Internet Fully Restored in Xinjiang
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 14, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/05/13/china_says_internet_fully_restored_in_xinjiang

News

Bilateral Ties
US 'to Give $1.5m to Falun Gong Internet Freedom Group'
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8678760.stm

Related News:

中国反对美国给法轮功团体提供经费 (China Opposes US Funding Falungong-related Organization)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 13, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100513_china_us_falungong.shtml

US, China Begin Human Rights Talks
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 13, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_china_human_rights

Disasters
China Quake Rebuilding Rush Shows Power and Pitfalls
Reuters, May 12, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64B1CE20100512

Rainstorms in Southern China Kill 86
China Daily (via China Daily), May 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/12/content_9841679.htm

Environment
Polluting Plant Shuts down Operation Following Complaints
China Daily, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/13/content_9842497.htm

Government
Not Much Will Change under China's Next Leaders: Scholar
China Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2010/05/13/256273/p2/Not-much.htm

Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
China Environmentalist Released After Prison Term
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 12, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100512/ap_on_re_as/as_china_environmentalist

Law
河南农民赵作海被错判杀人罪入狱11年获赔65万 (Henan Farmer Zhao Zuohai Receives Compensation after 11 Years Wrongly Imprisoned)
Dahe Daily (via Eastday), May 13, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100513/u1a5201606.html

Media
Editor Fired after Reports on Vaccine Cover-up
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0623a74e8bc88210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Censors Attack News to Calm Panic after Ninth Child Stabbing in Weeks
The Daily Telegraph, May 12, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7715249/China-censors-attack-news-to-calm-panic-after-ninth-child-stabbing-in-weeks.html

Multilateral
专家驳中国傲慢论 称自信比傲慢更准确 (China's Experts: China Is Assertive, Not Arrogant)
Southern Daily (via Sina), May 13, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-05-13/101420263886.shtml

Police
Arrest Warrants for Three Cops over Torture Case
China Daily, May 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/13/content_9842402.htm

Society
School Attacks Reflect Badly on Beijing
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e60cdfb886d88210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Millions 'Left Behind' in Rural China
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8668086.stm

May 12, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China, US to Renew Human Rights Talks
Associated Press, May 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_human_rights

Corruption
Villagers Celebrate as Riot-torn Region's Top Cop is Sacked
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b1fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
New Homes Mean Fresh Start for Many Desperate Villagers
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=12064ae394788210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders – Wu Lihong (吴立红)
环保人士吴立红刑满获释 公开要求当局恢复名誉 (Released Environmentalist Wu Lihong Publicly Requests Authorities Restore His Reputation)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanbao-05112010165950.html

Human Rights Defenders – Liu Wei (刘巍), Tang Jitian (唐吉田)
China's Human Rights Lawyers Face Uphill Struggle
Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2010
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100511/tls-china-rights-law-aeafa1b_1.html

Human Rights Defenders
中国展开律师整风运动 (China Launches Lawyers Rectification Campaign)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ls-05112010164734.html

Labor
Nine Trapped Miners Found Dead in Coal Gas Leak
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836843.htm

廣州天河工地坍塌4死4傷續:工頭趕工期釀慘案 (Four Dead Four Wounded on Guangzhou Work Site after Foreman's Haste Leads to Site Collapse)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514890/1.html

Land Policy
无锡维权人士北京上访 老家房屋遭强拆 (Wuxi Human Rights Activist Petitions Beijing Regarding Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wx-05112010133436.html

Law
China Targets Online Commentator Anonymity
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8671856.stm

Provincial Officials to Censor Some Films
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5c5fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
中国对外封锁去年喀什骚乱消息 (China Kept Silent News of Last Year's Kashgar Riots)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_clash-05112010104311.html

Police
河南坐11年冤獄村民講述遭刑訊逼供細節 (Details on the Torture Used in Henan Villager's Interrogation Resulting in 11 Years of Unjust Imprisonment)
The Beijing News, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514646/1.html

Protests and Petitions
China Trains Officials How to Handle Complaints
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836803.htm

Public Health
Infectious Diseases Kill 1,269 in China in April
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9835980.htm

Society
Country's Wealth Divide Past Warning Level
China Daily, May 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/12/content_9837073.htm

Peking U Accused of Using Street Cats for Lab Tests
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5446e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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