June 02, 2010

News
Children
Orphans Get Lift with Higher Allowances
China Daily, June 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/02/content_9919770.htm

Environment
Government Tightens Controls on Rare Earths
China Daily, June 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/02/content_9919736.htm

June Fourth
'Tiananmen Mothers' Demand China Address Crackdown
Agence France-Presse, June 02, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iPuXpvrj1rARy8B8RFQLuOh9zAAg

At the request of the Tiananmen Mothers, HRIC released their statement:
“An Offering to the Spirits of the Victims”: Essay by the Tiananmen Mothers
天安门母亲：献给“六四”大屠杀的死难亡灵——“六四”惨案二十一周年祭
June 1, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174790
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/19093

Related news:
天安门母亲祭文慰亡灵 斥集权专政为祸至今 (Tiananmen Mothers' Elegy Mourns Loss)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tam-06012010153744.html

China Cartoon Brings Reminder of Tiananmen, Erased
Associated Press, June 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tiananmen

Labor
富士康一员工疲劳死 厂方封锁消息 (Foxconn Factory Fatigue Death Sealed Off from News)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/foxconn-06012010103053.html

Land Policy
广东佛山法院判定镇政府强拆违法不需赔偿 (Foshan Court Rules City Government Can Demolish Buildings without Compensation)
Guangzhou Daily, June 02, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100602/u1a5238626.html

Protests and Petitions
Honda Says China Factory Back to Work after Strike
Associated Press, June 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_honda_motor

平顶山数千警察震慑罢工 平棉部分复产仍有工人对峙 (Henan Police Harass and Threaten Striking Cotton Workers)
Radio Free Asia, June 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pds-06012010164748.html

Public Health
Crimes Committed by Mental Patients
China Daily, June 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/02/content_9919893.htm

Tibet
Old Charge Resurfaces against Prominent Tibetan
Reuters, June 01, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65035620100601

June 01, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China and Japan 'Back North Korea Financial Sanctions'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 01, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10201876.stm

Children
311 Kids Rescued in Child Abduction Crack Down in S. China
China Daily, June 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/01/content_9915691.htm

Corruption
宁夏自治区团委原书记曹刚贪污受贿被判16年 (Official in Ningxia Autonomous Region Given 16 Years for Corruption)
People's Daily, June 01, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100601/u1a5237836.htm

Disasters
China Says Final Toll from April Quake near 2,700
China Post, June 01, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/06/01/258874/China-says.htm

Final China Quake Toll Near 3,000 Dead and Missing
Reuters, May 31, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64U1RA20100531

Hong Kong
Unionist Says Police Have Agreed to Return Statues
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=65da215e442f8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

六四雕塑歸還 即日豎維園 (Police Agreed to Return Statues of "Goddess of Democracy")
Ming Pao, June 01, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100601/gb21604i.htm

Hukou
国务院提出将在全国逐步实行居住证制度 (State Council Proposes Progressive Implementation of Residence Permit System)
Xinhua News Agency, June 01, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/01/c_12164046.htm

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
The Silencing of Gao Zhisheng
The Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703703704575277690222941252.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波被转移监狱 各方抗议当局为难 (Liu Xiaobo Secretly Moved to Prison in Jinzhou)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-05312010112448.html

Labor
China's Shift away from Cheap Labor Hard on All
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100601/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_labor_woes

代表资方的本田工会威胁解雇罢工工人 (Honda Rep Threatens to Fire Striking Workers)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_strike-05312010111802.html

Land Policy
强拆致人自杀安徽阜阳官员获刑11年开问罪先河 (Anhui Official Sentenced to 11 Years for Causing Forcefully-evicted Landowner's Suicide)
Xinhua News Agency (via Legal Daily), June 01, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-06/01/content_2160456.htm

Law
Man Kills 3 Judges, Himself in China Court
Associated Press, June 01, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h7rQw-0lh5S5tnHUagovoeZKUwogD9G2D20O0

国务院:逐步推进房产税改革 研究开征环境税方案 (State Council Proposes Economic Reform on Property Tax and Environment Tax)
Xinhua News Agency, May 31, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2010-05/31/c_12162835.htm

警察纪律条令今起施行 76种违法违纪处分从严治警 (Regulation on Police Discipline Effective Today)
China News Service (via Eastday), June 01, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100601/u1a5236567.html

Police
150 Residents to Monitor Police in Chongqing
China Daily, June 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/01/content_9914184.htm

May 31, 2010

News
Children
"80后"匿名志愿者3年解救50余名被拐儿童 (Anonymous 20-something Volunteer Saves 50+ Children From Human Trafficking in 3 Years)
Beijing Youth Daily, May 31, 2010
http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=66116505

Corruption
Corrupt Local Official Gets Suspended Death Penalty
China Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/28/content_9905812.htm

山西煤焦反腐逾千貪官落馬 (1000+ Officials Caught for Shanxi Coal Corruption)
China News Service, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1532469/1.html

Death Penalty
China Executes Man Who Attacked 29 Children
Associated Press, May 30, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100530/ap_on_re_as/as_china_students_attacked

Food Security
China Pins Food-security Hopes on Humble Potato
The Washington Post, May 30, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003751.html

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人获颁”捍卫言论自由奖” 王丹等人吁无罪释放 (Tan Zuoren Receives Visual Artist Guild's Freedom of Speech Award)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-05302010161132.html

Human Rights Defenders
Uygur Professor Battles for His People
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1ae5dca3e9e8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
支聯僅餘女神像被警檢走 (Police Confiscates HK Alliance's Goddess Statute)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/1532874/1.html

Related news:
Dozens Demand Release of Detained June 4 Activists: New Clashes Erupt as Protesters Rally at Police Station
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=58dc5dca3e9e8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

學校封殺六四討論 會考生上街探真相 (Discussion on June Fourth Banned in School, Students Flock to Streets for Truth)
Ming Pao, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/1532871/1.html

Labor
Police Free Forced Labourers at China Brick Kiln
Agence France-Presse, May 30, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100530/wl_asia_afp/chinalabourrights

Strikes, Suicides Sign of Growing Labor Tensions in China
Voice of America, May 28, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Strikes-Suicides-Sign-of-Growing-Labor-Tensions-in-China-95101819.html

Related news:
河南五千工人阻塞廠房半月 (5000 Workers in Henan Block Factory Entrance for Half a Month)
United Daily News, May 31, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100528/ca52215a.htm

湖南郴州17名矿工在煤矿爆炸中遇难 (17 Killed in a Hunan Mine Explosion)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/17-05302010170249.html

Law
New China Rules Rule Out Torture in Confessions
Reuters, May 30, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64T0WW20100530

Related news:
中央政法机关负责人就两个“证据规定”答记者问 (Central Spokesman Responses to Questions on the Two New Regulations on Evidence and Testimonies)
Xinhua News Agency, May 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-05/30/c_12157696_2.htm

安徽阜阳一农民遭遇“被原告” (Anhui Farmer Loses Home in Court without His Knowledge )
China Youth Daily, May 31, 2010
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2010-05/31/content_3255556.htm

Population
Chinese Hiding Three Million Babies a Year
The Daily Telegraph, May 30, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7787661/Chinese-hiding-three-million-babies-a-year.html

Public Health
Plea to Hospitals on Mental Patients
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=752932562dfd8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

內地精神病患超過1億 (100mil+ Mentally Ill in Chinese Mainland)
China News Agency, May 31, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1531632/1.html

Taiwan
Petition Against Executions Rejected by Court
China Post, May 29, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/05/29/258611/Petition-against.htm

XUAR
北京对维族人放宽钳制？ (Is Beijing Relaxing Its Suppressive Policy toward Uyghurs?)
Radio France Internationale, May 30, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100530-北京对维族人放宽钳制？

May 28, 2010

News
Civil Society
NGOs Fight Uphill Battle as Beijing Tightens the Screws
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c3d60a013c9d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
HRIC Briefing Note: Tighter Regulation of Foreign Funding Support of Chinese Civil Society Groups
Human Rights in China, May 27, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174774

Corruption
Official Disciplined for Mine Accident Cover Ups
Xinhua News Agency, May 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/27/content_9901295.htm

Death Penalty
2 Get Death Sentences in China Mine Murder Scam
Associated Press, May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mine_murder

Food Security
Tainted-milk Parents Lose Claim Against HK Shareholder of Sanlu
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e548a743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
Law Lists Specifics of Sexual Harassment
China Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/28/content_9901810.htm

Hong Kong
Chinese Official Meets with 2nd Group of Hong Kong Democracy Activists
The Canadian Press, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/05/27/258295/China-official.htm

Human Rights Defenders
几名中国维权人士被判劳教或遭威胁 (Rights Activists Harassed and Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Voice of America, May 27, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20100527-CHINA-DISSIDENTS-95019329.html

Related information:
Shanghai Rights Activist Mao Hengfeng Starts Hunger Strike in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp
上海维权人士毛恒凤绝食抗议劳教迫害
Human Rights in China, May 26, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174725
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18996

Labor
Strike Stalls Production at Honda's China Plants
Associated Press, May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_honda_china

重庆綦江工人累死 引发数百人连日罢工 (Hundreds Strike following Worker's Death from Exhaustion in Chongqing )
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-05272010150351.html

Land Policy
In China's Land Rush, Rights Are Often Trampled
New York Times, May 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/world/asia/27china.html

Law
福建将民事调解刑事拘留均列入监督范围 (Fujian Adds Civil Mediation, Criminal Detention to Procuratorate's Scope of Supervision)
Legal Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-05/28/content_2157297.htm

Media
Mainland Media Told to Tone Down Reports
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa0ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Misery of the Out-of-towners Pushed to the Margins of Society
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=155ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
艾滋病致孤儿童有望每月领600元补助 (Orphans, Including Those Suffering from HIV/AIDS, to Receive RMB 600/Month Welfare Subsidy)
Legal Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2010-05/28/content_2157635.htm

Tibet
Different Priorities for Hot Spots
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=156ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
世界维吾尔代表大会： 新疆禁止干部入清真寺 (World Uyghur Congress: Xinjiang Cadres Forbidden from Entering Mosques)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-05272010161210.html

北京要在新疆大力推行普通话教育 (Beijing Demands Mandarin-only Education in Xinjiang)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100528_xinjiang_putonghua.shtml

Related news:
Plan to Teach Putonghua to Young Uygurs
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=154ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

May 27, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Human Rights No Longer a Key Issue in US-China Exchanges
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2b2f2b06bc4d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
Death for Politician Who Killed Mining Millionaire
Shanghai Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=438203

Education
廣西小學塌牆24學生死傷 (3 Dead, 21 Injured in Guangxi Elementary School Collapse)
Ming Pao, May 27, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100527/ca40828i.htm

Food Security
港拒受理內地毒奶粉苦主索償案 (HK Tribunal Dismisses Mainland Poisoned Milk Claims)
Sing Tao Daily, May 27, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1529579/1.html

Hong Kong
Beijing Official Invokes Basic Law in Rejecting 2012 Voting Proposal
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e3137a1a125d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
郭台铭废除“不自杀协议” (Foxconn Head Withdraws the No-Suicide Pledge)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 27, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-05/27/content_1089827.htm

Related news:
Foxconn Shows Off China Plant after Suicides
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100526/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_foxconn_deaths

Official Blames Shenzhen Authorities
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=90957a1a125d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
专家建议广州亚运会对外媒全面开放 (Expert: Guangzhou Asia Games Should Be Fully Open to Foreign Media)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yayun-05262010101928.html

Multilateral
Internet Claims Too Testy for China
Asia Times Online, May 27, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LE27Ad01.html

Police
河南漯河男子关押期间死亡 家属拍尸体照片被打 (Family Beaten for Taking Photos of Man Who Died whilst in Detention)
The Beijing Times, May 27, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100527/u1a5227414.html

Related news:
Family Questions Detainee's Death
Shanghai Daily, May 27, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=438271

湖南永州2名警察刑讯逼供致人死亡被免刑责 (Two Hunan Cops Avoid Punishment for Torturing Suspect to Death)
Democracy & Law Times, May 26, 2010
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-05/828581.html

Related news:
2 Cops Guilty in Deadly Torture, But Walk Free
Shanghai Daily, May 27, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=438269

Protests and Petitions
数百访民在北京南站示威请愿 (Hundreds of Petitioners Protest at Beijing South Railway Station)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-05262010113942.html

信訪局外5訪民集體服毒 (5 Petitioners Attempt Suicide outside National Petitioning Bureau)
Ming Pao, May 27, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100527/cac1.htm

State Security
Secret Agenda: Reforms to China's Secrecy Law Do Little to Soften Its Draconian Powers
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9addff0bb6fc8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetan Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Riots
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

May 26, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
中美对话签八项协议坦陈分歧争取双赢 (Sino-American Dialogue: 8 Agreements Signed, with Benefits for Both Side)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05252010155724.html

Related news:
Summit Shows Superpowers' Shifting Dynamic
The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703341904575266291812173592.html

Disasters
Floods Kill 115 in Southern China
Associated Press, May 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100525/ap_on_re_as/as_china_floods

Education
Town Offers 25-year Free Education
China Daily, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9891447.htm

Hukou
北京要求平等对待外地户口中小学生 (Beijing Demands Equal Treatment for Primary and Secondary Schoolers without Beijing Hukou)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xuesheng-05252010114105.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Chinese Dissident Optimistic about China's Future Despite His Plight
Voice of America, May 25, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Dissident-Optimistic-about-Chinas-Future-Despite-His-Plight-94845509.html

Related news:
冯正虎欲参观世博会再遭“度假”三天 发公开信质问俞正声 (Feng Zhenghu Issues Open Letter to Municipal Party Secretary after Being Taken on a 3-Day "Vacation" for Wanting to Go to Expo)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/f-05252010122932.html

Labor
Suicides Expose Stresses of China Factory Life
Reuters, May 25, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64O2EY20100525

Related news:
Protesters Demand Answers Over Deaths from Company's HK Office
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=272e6f1c320d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
New Demolition Payment Rules Are Coming
China Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/26/content_9892392.htm

One Beaten to Death in N China Land Dispute
Xinhua News Agency, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9889624.htm

Protests and Petitions
村民阻止施工被碾死 3嫌犯被捕 (Three Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Farmers Protesting Road Project)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 26, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-05/26/content_1088819.htm

福州近百失地农民请愿 毛恒凤狱中绝食王岛面临起诉 (Around 100 Fujianese Farmers Petition Government for Lost Land)
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-05252010120724.html

Public Health
17 Babies Sickened by Expired Measles Injections
China Daily, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-05/26/content_9894322.htm

Watchdog in Bid to End Collusion on Drug Prices
South China Morning Post, May 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=059e6f1c320d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

广东清远全市仅10%精神病人就医 (Qingyuan, Guangdong: Only 1:10 Mental Patients Get Medical Treatment)
Southern Daily, May 26, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100526/u1a5226116.html

May 25, 2010

News
Death Penalty
Chinese Court Backs Death Sentence for Gang Boss
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9888998.htm

Environment
Clean Energy a Major Area of Co-op With US
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sinousdialogue/2010-05/25/content_9889374.htm

Food Security
毒奶粉案周四香港开庭 四受害者家庭均往作证 (Four Victims' Families Testify Thursday in HK Tainted Milk Trial)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/naifen-05242010100758.html

Hong Kong
Beijing Breaks Ice With Hong Kong Opposition
Reuters, May 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64N1ZQ20100524

Minister Pledges Racial Sensitivity in Hiring
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6db4e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

支联会放飞民主风筝 六四廿一纪念活动陆续出台 (HK Alliance Flies "Democracy" Kites to Begin Commemoration of June Fourth's 21st Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-05242010101901.html

Human Rights Defenders
‘Butcher’ Takes Web Fight to Beijing
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c21b50e-6290-11df-991f-00144feab49a.html

歐美高官會維權律師 (European and American Officials Meet with Rights Defense Lawyers)
Ming Pao, May 25, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100525/cac1.htm

Land Policy
近两年中国“未报即用”60万亩土地 44%为耕地 (Gov't Notice: Use of 600K Mu of Land in Last 2 Years Undisclosed, 44% of which Was Arable)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/di-05242010144846.html

Law
中国高院禁止地方拒绝民告官案件 (Supreme People's Court Prohibits Rejection of Citizen Charges against the Government)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fa-05242010164829.html

Media
中央媒体安排百名青年记者到西柏坡接受传统教育 (Official Media Arranges for 100 Young Journalists to Go to CPC's Xibaipo Memorial in Hubei for Traditional Education)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mei-05242010162149.html

Politics
'Soft Power' Receives Funding Injection
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ca7e825faac8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
上访潮再现北京 访民被打事件不断 (Petitioners in Beijing Continue to Be Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-05242010095613.html

肇庆怀集村民被催泪弹致残 六村民面临判刑 (Teargas Leaves Guangdong Villagers Seriously Injured, Six Villagers Awaiting Sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhaoqing-05242010095236.html

Public Health
After a Spate of Brutal Murders, Mental Health Gets a Closer Look
China Daily, May 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/25/content_9887411.htm

State Security
China Cracks Down on Online Maps
Financial Times, May 25, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9569b59e-64f3-11df-aa4d-00144feab49a.html

May 24, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
胡錦濤促中美4新領域合作 (Hu Urges Sino-American Cooperation in Four New Fields)
Ming Pao, May 24, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100524/ca11131a.htm

Corruption
'Severe Graft' Hits Building Industry
China Daily, May 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/21/content_9875043.htm

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
Activist's Plan to Visit Expo Park Blocked
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8d1b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Stifling Voices of Those Who Question Authority
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2f4b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Nation Rapt by Detained Petitioner's Story
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c06b819ca2bb8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表 (Rights Activists Yang Jianchang Reelected as Delegate to Shenzhen People's Congress by a High Margin of Votes)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-维权人士杨剑昌高票连任深圳人大代表

Labor
China to Improve Coal Mine Safety Facilities
Xinhua News Agency, May 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/20/content_9874478.htm

Law
'Get Rid of Interference in Local Courts'
China Daily, May 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/24/content_9883086.htm

Beijing Plans Curbs on Number of Foreigners Working in China
The Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7756638/Beijing-plans-curbs-on-number-of-foreigners-working-in-China.html

Law Chokes Chinese NGOs' Foreign Funding
Christian Science Monitor, May 20, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0520/Law-chokes-Chinese-NGOs-foreign-funding

中央要求严格征地拆迁管理工作 修法进程正提速 (Central Authorities Demand Strict Management of Evictions; Revision of the Law Proposed)
Outlook, May 24, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100524/u1a5221530.html

Media
中央人民广播电台大幅增加维语广播 (Report: China National Radio to Increase Broadcasts in Non-Sinitic Language)
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-05212010220954.html

Protests and Petitions
Tibetan Victims in Yushu Quake Protest for Funds
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d26c74034e0c8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
富士康聘两千专家阻员工自杀 (FOXCONN Recruits 2000 Specialists to Curb Suicides among Staff)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 24, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100524_foxconn_help.shtml

Society
Lack of Rain Results in Poverty for Many
China Daily, May 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/22/content_9880833.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Tweets to Chinese Citizens about Tibet
Associated Press, May 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dalai_lama_twitter

Related information:
直播：达赖喇嘛与中文推特网友首次对话
Free More News
http://docs.google.com/View?id=df2gh45v_15cjqqdcgb

汉藏推特对话显功效 官媒记者叫封杀 (Journalists and Officials Say They Were Kept Out of Sino-Tibetan Dialogue on Twitter)
Radio Free Asia, May 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/han-05232010162352.html

XUAR
China Hopes Development Solves Region's Tensions
Associated Press, May 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

新疆全面通网后25人因传播"有害信息"被查 (XUAR: 25 Investigated and Prosecuted for Disseminating Harmful Information)
Tianshannet, May 23, 2010
http://www.tianshannet.com/news/content/2010-05/23/content_4991576.htm

新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波 (Xinhua Deputy Editor Cases Stir with Lecture on the Sensitive Topics, Particularly 2008 XUAR Unrest)
Radio France Internationale, May 23, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100523-新华社副总编谈新疆事件报道引风波

May 20, 2010

News
Corruption
China Official Gets Suspended Death Sentence for Graft
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100520/wl_afp/chinacorruptioncrimestockscompanygome

Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
被劳教的毛恒凤家人呼吁国际社会关注其安危 (Mao Hengfeng's Family Appeals to International Community for Attention after Mao Is Transferred to Anhui Reeducation-Through-Labor Facility)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/maohengfeng-05192010095938.html

Labor
Nine Arrested for the Fatal Flooding of N China Coal Mine
Xinhua News Agency, May 19, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/19/c_13303556.htm

Law
Judge Suspended in Coerced Confession Case
Associated Press (via Google News), May 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdvu0IxNJhwSINMmt2N3yN0oq_NwD9FPPPKO0

Respect Those Who Fight for Rights, Says American Law Don
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3bfda357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers Who Don't Want to Leave
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc7ea357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
鄂残疾人为生存 连日在政府门前抗议 (Disabled Residents of Guangshui, Hubei Gather before Government Offices Protesting Their Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/canji-05192010141139.html

Public Health
Organ Trafficking Trial Exposes Grisly Trade
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100519/hl_nm/us_china_organs

Taiwan
Ma Wants to Meet Hu ... Sometime
South China Morning Post, May 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3beda357671b8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
复印实名针对藏文 数百藏歌校内严禁 (Tibetans Must ID Themselves before Making Copies and Hundreds of Tibetan Songs Banned from Schools)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05192010154101.html

Related news:
打字复印拉萨将实行实名登记制 (Lhasa Implements Real-Name Registration System for Typing and Photocopy Services)
Lhasa Evening News, May 11, 2010
http://www.lasa-eveningnews.com.cn/epaper/uniflows/html/2010/05/11/10/10_31.htm

New Photocopy Rules Introduced in Tibet
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 20, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8692558.stm

国际声援西藏运动报道北京对西藏知识分子的打压 (International Campaign for Tibet Report: Beijing's Suppression of Tibetan Intellectuals)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xi-05192010095336.html

Related information:
A 'Raging Storm': The Crackdown on Tibetan Writers and Artists after Tibet's Spring 2008 Protests
International Campaign for Tibet, May 18, 2010
http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-news-reports/raging-storm-crackdown-tibetan-writers-and-artists-after-tibets-spring-2008-protests

XUAR
维吾尔族学者伊力哈木·土赫提被禁出国 (Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Barred from Leaving China)
Radio Free Asia, May 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-05192010163249.html

May 19, 2010

News

Corruption
China Warns Officials over Property Corruption
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100518/wl_asia_afp/chinapropertycorruption

Officials Named, Shamed for Illegal Constructions
China Daily, May 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/18/content_9865075.htm

Environment
Polluting Firms Pose Big Threat to Wetlands
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865988.htm

Government
Party Offers Glimpse of its Internal Apparatus
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a2164112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Mo Shaoping (莫少平)
Rights Lawyer Squeezed Off Tsinghua Panel
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5642f36bc5ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:

清华大学法学研讨会冷待维权律师 (Tsinghua University Revokes Invite of Beijing Rights Defense Lawyer to Attend a Law Seminar)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 19, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100519_china_lawyer.shtml

Law
Law Fine-tuned against Terror Financing
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/18/content_9865096.htm

最高检公安部86种经济案件立案追诉标准(全文) (Full Text in Chinese: Provisions on Standards for Filing and Prosecution of Criminal Cases under Public Security Organs' Jurisdiction (II))
Xinhua News Agency, May 19, 2010
http://news.china.com/zh_cn/news100/11038989/20100519/15941626.html

Trial Focuses on Organ Trafficking Ethics
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865353.htm

Police
Outcry over Police Abuse After Ental Patient Fitted Up for Killing
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d3264112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
企业开发致环境灾难 藏区民众抗议遭镇压 (Hundreds in Gansu Protest Cement Plant over Environmental Problems)
Radio Free Asia, May 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-05182010121657.html

Villages Clash over Land Dispute; Six Detained
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865359.htm

Public Health
宁夏毒奶粉企业仍在营业 通报有"毒奶"流入广州 (Dairy Firm in Ningxia Selling Tainted Powder Milk Is Still Open)
Guangzhou Daily (via Eastday), May 19, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100519/u1a5212334.html

State Security
New Rules for Net Mapping
China Daily, May 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/19/content_9865442.htm

Tibet
China Targets Tibet Artists, Intellectuals: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), May 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100518/wl_nm/us_china_tibet_culture

Tibetans Beaten during Angry Protests
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c9d64112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Print, Copy Shops Told Not to Deal with Any Documents in Tibetan
South China Morning Post, May 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6564112a0ca8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Major Support Package in Pipeline for Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), May 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/17/content_9859997.htm

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

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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