June 08, 2010

News
Corruption
Mining Watchdog Jailed
Shanghai Daily, June 08, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201006/20100608/article_439490.htm

Economic Development
发改委:配套改革集中攻坚 统筹城乡需破五大难题 (Reform Committee: Institutional Reform Needed to Resolve the Country-City Dualism)
People's Daily, June 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/08/c_12193760_3.htm

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
Court Set to Rule on Appeal of Jailed Earthquake Activist
South China Morning Post, June 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9eee47c2f4319210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
采访中国公益律师黄雪涛 (Interview with Public Interest Lawyer Huang Xuetao)
Radio France Internationale, June 07, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100607-采访中国公益律师黄雪涛

June Fourth
Li's 'Diary' Sheds New Light on Tiananmen
Agence France-Presse, June 08, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/06/08/259835/Lis-diary.htm

Labor
New Strike at Honda Parts Plant in China
New York Times, June 07, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/business/global/09honda.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

中國工運要求成立獨立工會改變國運軌跡 (Demand from the Labor Movement for Independent Trade Unions Changes China's Future)
Yazhou Zhoukan, June 02, 2010
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=ac&Path=241323811/23ae1a.cfm

Media
China Hails Internet, Praises Twitter
The Wall Street Journal, June 08, 2010
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/06/08/china-hails-internet-development-praises-twitter-possibly-by-accident/

China Says Will Keep Blocking Online Content
Associated Press, June 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_re_as/as_china_internet

国务院新闻办发表《中国互联网状况》白皮书 (State Council Information Office Publishes White Paper on the State of the Internet in China)
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2010
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2010/06/08/110s2878647.htm

Multilateral
争议不会成为亚信峰会主题 因胡锦涛将出席上合峰会，戴秉国作为胡锦涛特别代表出席亚信峰会 (Hu Jintao: Disputes Cannot Become the Main Theme of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA))
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-06/08/content_1099311.htm

Protests and Petitions
农民造土炮轰退强拆队 为保卫25亩地，武汉一农民建起“炮楼”与拆迁队对峙 (Wuhan: Farmer Builds Blockhouse to Protest Forceful Eviction)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 08, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-06/08/content_1099270.htm

Society
北大教授孙东东再发“雷”人语 (New Provocative Comments from Peking U Professor Sun Dongdong on Hospitals)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sdd-06072010170429.html

XUAR
新疆喀什维吾尔族妇女学习古兰经遭查封 (Kashgar: 30+ Uyghur Females Detained for Organizing Qur'an Classes)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xj-06072010162422.html

June 07, 2010

News
Food Security
武汉万瓶假白酒流向市场 原料标明不宜直接饮用 (Thousands of Bottles of Fake Wine Found in Wuhan)
Xinhua News Agency, June 05, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0605/14/68E1PKUU000146BC.html

Human Rights Defender – Li Hong (力虹)
作家力虹病危获保外就医 入重症病房各界呼吁援手 (Li Hong Released on Bail for Medical Treatment)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-06062010121537.html

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人被控“煽动颠覆国家政权案”将于6月9日宣判 (Verdict in Tan Zuoren Trial to Be Pronounced June 9)
Radio Free Asia, June 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/69-06062010182039.html

Human Rights Defenders
Ex-Tiananmen Protest Leader Freed after Arrest in Tokyo
Voice of America, June 06, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Ex-Tiananmen-Protest-Leader-Freed-After-Arrest-in-Tokyo-95732594.html

Lawyer Recovers from Setback in Women's Rights
South China Morning Post, June 06, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4b33e080a6809210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June Fourth
“六四”21年烛光依旧 十五万人聚香港维园 (150K Attend June Forth Candlelight Vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park)
Radio Free Asia, June 04, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06042010160836.html

China Loyalist Attacks Beijing over Tiananmen
Financial Times, June 04, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56e13a1c-6ffd-11df-8698-00144feabdc0.html

US Urges China to Free Activists on Tiananmen Anniversary
Agence France-Presse, June 04, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100604/pl_afp/chinatiananmenrightsusdiplomacy

Labor
Labor Unrest in China Reflects Changing Demographics, More Awareness of Rights
The Washington Post, June 07, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/06/AR2010060603295.html

Land Policy
New Housing Policy 'Difficult to Implement'
China Daily, June 07, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/07/content_9940830.htm

Law
Freedom of Speech Defence Bound to Fail: Courts Do Not Engage with Rights Discourse
South China Morning Post, June 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6b3d61f10fd09210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
农民工随迁子女教育纳入公共教育体系 免学杂费不收借读费 (Children of Migrant Workers Receive Equal Treatment in Public Education System in Henan)
Legal Daily, June 07, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/content/2010-06/07/content_2163981.htm

Protests and Petitions
农民上访被关精神病院：精神病人收治制度存漏洞 (Petitioners Locked Up in Mental Institutions Reveals Loopholes in Admission System)
Outlook, June 07, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100607/u1a5248098.html

Public Health
China Audits Rural Cooperative Medical Care System
Xinhua News Agency, June 06, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/06/content_9939854.htm

China's 'Cancer Villages' Reveal Dark Side of Economic Boom
The Guardian, June 07, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/07/china-cancer-villages-industrial-pollution

Rural Issues
Rural College Graduates Paid only Half the National Average Wage
South China Morning Post, June 05, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=279f7d5c9c309210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 04, 2010

Top news
June Fourth
China Police Muted at Tiananmen Square
Agence France-Presse, June 04, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/china-police-muted-at-tiananmen-square-20100604-xj9o.html

Related news:
「翻牆」尋真相 滬生來港悼念 (Shanghai Student Searches for Truth By Circumventing Internet Censorship, Comes to HK Venerating June 4)
Ming Pao, June 04, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100604/gal3.htm

海外民运人士纪念六四事件21周年 (Overseas Activists Commemorate 21st Anniversary of June Fourth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 04, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/06/100603_china_64.shtml

Ex-China Leader Was 'Ready to Die' over Tiananmen: Report
Agence France-Presse, June 04, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/39972

Related news:
Li Peng's June 4 Crackdown Diary Revelations
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a53d7eeffeef8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Taiwan Leader Urges China to Tolerate Dissidents
Agence France-Presse, June 04, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/39970

Related information:
總統發表「六四」感言 (President Ma Ying-jeou Issues a Statement on His Thoughts on June Fourth)
Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan), June 04, 2010
http://www.president.gov.tw/php-bin/prez/shownews.php4?_section=3&_recNo=0

Unofficial English translation:
Ma Ying-jeou's "Thoughts on June Fourth"
Siweiluozi, June 04, 2010
http://www.siweiluozi.net/2010/06/ma-ying-jeous-thoughts-on-june-fourth.html

News
Bilateral Ties
China Drills Deeper into Latin America
Asia Times Online, June 04, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/LF04Cb05.html

Corruption
Senior Guangdong Judge Gets Life Sentence for Corruption
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dbd7c96b519f8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
国务院提户籍改革新思路 户口承载福利分步获得 (State Council Proposes New Thinking on Household Registration Reforms: Granting Social Benefits Gradually)
China Youth Daily, June 04, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100604/u1a5242764.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
维权人士刘正有抗议迫害绝食多日 (Rights Activist Liu Zhengyou Stages Hunger Strike for Several Days)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lzy-06032010104113.html

Human Rights Defenders
Beijing Controls Activists ahead of Anniversary of 1989 Crackdown
Deutsche Presse Agentur, June 03, 2010
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1560490.php/Beijing-controls-activists-ahead-of-anniversary-of-1989-crackdown

Land Policy
唐家岭装监控增加安保 或防村民"讨说法" (New Surveillance System in Beijing Village in Process of Resettlement, Villagers Seek Explanation)
Beijing News, June 04, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0604/02/68A5MQBT00014AED.html

Media
In Leaked Lecture, Details of China’s News Cleanups
New York Times, June 03, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/asia/04china.html

Suddenly, Porn Surfing on Mainland Is Free for All
South China Morning Post, June 04, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=60092eb8abef8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Porn Is Back Online in China -- for Now
CNN GO, June 2, 2010
http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/porn-back-online-china-101930

Military
China Issues Revised Regulations on PLA Discipline
Xinhua News Agency, June 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/03/content_9931948.htm

Related news:
军委主席胡锦涛签署命令 解放军三大条令修订发布 (Central Military Commission Chairman Hu Jintao Signs Three Revised Directives on PLA)
People's Daily, June 04, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1024/11779676.html

Protests and Petitions
异见人士和访民备受打压 两百访民聚南站声援 (200 Petitioners Gather at Beijing South Station Showing Support for Beaten Elderly Petitioner)
Radio Free Asia, June 03, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-06032010094829.html

Taiwan
Lawyers Call on Taiwan to Push China
Taipei Times, June 04, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/06/04/2003474631

June 03, 2010

News
Disasters
云南施甸地震造成两万余间房屋受损 (Earthquake in Yunnan Damages 20K+ Homes)
China News Service, June 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100603/u1a5241952.html

Education
No Extra Fees for School Security
China Daily, June 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/03/content_9925866.htm

Environment
China 'Not Very Optimistic' on Cutting Emissions
Agence France-Presse, June 03, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hQE93u_7n5izAUp6BFL-H_N-gIPg

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Deports Democracy Statue Sculptor
Agence France-Presse, June 03, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1275396

六四动议再遭立会否决　艺术家被拒入境香港 (Motion on June Forth again Rejected by Legislative Council)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06022010111556.html

中大校方拒納民主女神 稱堅守政治中立 學生會斥向中央示好 (Chinese University of Hong Kong Refuses to Allow Goddess of Democracy Statue within Campus)
Ming Pao, June 03, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100603/gaa1.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Australian Chinese Man Missing after Shanghai Protest
Reuters, June 03, 2010
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE652021.htm

Related news :
海外民运人士在上海世博园举行抗议活动后失踪 (Overseas Democracy Activist Missing following Expo Protest)
Deutsche Welle, June 02, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5643528,00.html

June Fourth
Chinese Paper Prints 'Tiananmen' Cartoon
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 03, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8719284.stm

六四临近 北京大规模清剿访民 (Large-Scale Suppression of Petitioners in Beijing as June Forth Approaches)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bj-06022010143305.html

Labor
After Spate of Suicides, Technology Firm in China Raises Workers’ Salaries
New York Times, June 02, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/business/global/03foxconn.html

北京最低工资将涨两成达960元 加班费等不计入 (Beijing's Minimum Wage to Be Raised by 20%)
China News Service, June 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100603/u1a5242290.html

Law
Wrongly Convicted Man in Prison 8-years On
China Daily, June 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/03/content_9929150.htm

广西农村青年陷命案被错判 真凶自首3年后仍坐牢 (Wrongly Convicted Teen Kept in Prison Despite Surrender of Murderer)
China Youth Daily, June 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-06/03/c_12174038_4.htm

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Protest outside Court Where Judges Were Killed
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55487acb499f8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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