Society

中国官方媒体否认江泽民病故消息 (Chinese State Media Deny Rumors of Jiang Zemin's Death)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 07, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110707_china_jiang_rumour.shtml

Related news:
World View: Is Jiang Zemin Dead or Alive?
Bloomberg, July 07, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-07/is-jiang-zemin-dead-or-alive-the-chinese-public-wants-to-know-world-view.html

Tibet

青海众藏人家中庆达赖生日 拉萨军警民双拥活动对擂 (Dalai Lama's Birthday: Qinghai Tibetans Celebrate, Lhasa Authorities Hold Support Activities for Military and Police)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dalai-07072011093924.html

XUAR

Call for Western Pressure
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/pressure-07072011184717.html

Environment

水危机倒逼中国发展战略转型 (Water Crisis Forces Changes to China's Development Strategy )
China Comment, July 07, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110707/u1a5983365.html

Hong Kong

香港观察：突如其来的七一火苗 (Observations From Hong Kong: Heightened Demonstration Fervor on 7/1)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 05, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2011/07/110705_hkreview_protests.shtml

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Freed Chinese Artist Reported to Be Back at Work, Though Barred from Talking to Press
New York Times, July 06, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/world/asia/07artist.html

Human Rights Defenders

Shanghai Lawyer Banned from Home
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-07062011213818.html

Media

英媒：中国移动显示权力仍然属于党 (UK Media: China Mobile Shows Power Still Concentrated in the Party)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 06, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110706_ft_china_partypower.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Beijing Flooded with Petitions
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitions-07062011145244.html

Taiwan

Cross-strait Partners on Crime
South China Morning Post, July 06, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aea1f993d2af0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment

China Admits Extent of Spill from Oil Rig
New York Times, July 05, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/world/asia/06china.html

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)

胡佳仍受監視　來年家人第一 (Hu Jia Still under Surveillance, Says He Will Give Priority to His Family)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110706&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=15404620

Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

Election Activist 'Disappeared'
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-07052011153840.html

Human Rights Defenders

维权律师指当局以年检对付不听话律师 (Rights Attorneys: Authorities Use Annual Inspection to Deal with Disobedient Lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawyers-07052011102227.html

Law

四川一律师办案中被拘 (Sichuan Lawyer Detained while Handling a Case on Suspicion of Fraud)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 06, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/53/e53a0a2978c28872/Blog/79b/a76c2b.html

Migrant Workers

“新市民”成长记 浙江慈溪：外来工融入当地社区的样本调查 (A Look into the Integration of "New Residents" in Zhejiang)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 06, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/b/bd/bbd2f7ac63dcd641/Blog/52c/e8a9a5.html

Security

Cisco Poised to Help China Keep an Eye on Its Citizens
The Wall Street Journal, July 05, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304778304576377141077267316.html

Tibet

Birthday Celebrations Muted
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/birthday-07052011184125.html

XUAR

“7·5”事件两年后维吾尔人处境仍然艰难 (Two Years after the Xinjiang Unrest, Uyghurs' Situation Remains Difficult)
Deutsche Welle, July 05, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15212738,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

刘晓波妻子今年首次探监 人身自由仍受限制 (Liu Xiaobo's Wife Finally Permitted Jail Visit, Yet Her Personal Liberties Remain Curtailed)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-07042011093228.html

Human Rights Defender – Yang Zaixin (杨在新)

四律师被抓案引发执业环境担忧 (Detention of Four Defense Lawyers for Doing Their Jobs Leads to Concerns of the Legal Working Environment)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 05, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/53/e53a0a2978c28872/Blog/5ad/77ae6d.html

Human Rights Defenders

受打压人大候选人调查选举舞弊被殴打 (Jiangxi: Independent Candidates Investigating Election Fraud Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_candidate-07042011114605.html

Law

法学泰斗遗愿:唯法治才能推动社会进步 (Leading Legal Scholar's Final Wishes: Social Progress Can Only Come through Rule of Law)
Deutsche Welle, July 04, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15209862,00.html

Migrant Workers

Help on Way for Migrant Workers
South China Morning Post, July 05, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cf1029c33d5f0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics

Speech Short on Reform Hope
Radio Free Asia, July 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/speech-07042011125525.html

Protests and Petitions

北京將建救助管理總站可容納上訪人員3500人 (Petitioner Assistance Station Able to Hold 3500 to Be Built in Beijing)
Beijing Morning Post, July 03, 2011
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnpolitics/sinacn/20110703/19482573004.html

Public Health

学者呼吁启动"血液污染"调查 (Scholar Calls for Investigation into Blood Contamination)
Deutsche Welle, July 04, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15210036,00.html

XUAR

China Pledges to Boost Restive West's Development
Associated Press, July 04, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110704/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

新疆动乱两年后 中国安全努力遭受质疑 (China's Security Strength Questioned Two Years after Xinjiang Unrest)
Voice of America, July 05, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110705-CHINA-UIGHURS-124996989.html

Government

刘萍：相信五年之后将有更多的刘萍出现 (Grassroots Candidate Liu Ping: 5 Years from Now, There'll Be More Like Me)
Radio France Internationale, July 03, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20110703-刘萍：相信五年之后将有更多的刘萍出现

Hong Kong

Growing Discontent Seen in Annual Hong Kong Protest
International Herald Tribune, July 02, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/asia/02iht-hong02.html

Related news:
警方拘228名示威者否認無警告用胡椒噴霧 (Police Detain 228, Deny Using Pepper Spray without Warning)
Metro Plus AM 1044, July 02, 2011
http://www.metroradio.com.hk/997/News/Default.aspx?NewsID=72e5e8b5-e4d4-4ae3-b1e8-997afc8168c3

HK Journalists Say Freedom of Speech Is Being Threatened
Agence France-Presse, July 04, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/07/04/2003507395

Human Rights Defenders

Silence of the Dissidents
South China Morning Post, July 04, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d710c89750f0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中共生日民主人士失自由 (Rights Defenders Lose Their Freedom on Party's Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zg-07012011091352.html

Labor

工人同乡罢工事件增多 社会维权组织面临工会“收编” (With Strikes by Workers from the Same Hometown on the Rise, Rights Activist Groups Are Faced with Being "Incorporated" into Unions)
Economic Information Daily, July 04, 2011
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_07/04/7410028_0.shtml

Land Policy

“新拆迁条例”北京出台实施细则 (Beijing: New Opinions on the Implementation on Requisition and Compensation of Housing on State-owned Land)
The Beijing News, July 02, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2011-07/02/c_121613405.htm

Politics

90 Years of China's Communist Party: from Secret Society to 'Harmonious Society'
Christian Science Monitor, July 02, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110702/wl_csm/394237

Multi-Party System Would Bring Chaos, China Media Says
Agence France-Presse, July 02, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110702/wl_asia_afp/chinapolitics

Related information:
中共信心十足坚定践行“中国道路” (The Party Is Confident That It's Adhering to the "Chinese Road")
Xinhua News Agency, July 01, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-07/01/c_121612849.htm

Protests and Petitions

中共自庆生日百姓冷漠 访民露宿街头续遭清剿 (Crackdown on Petitioners in Capital Continue during Party Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, July 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zg-07012011091346.html

Society

China's Gay Community Fights Online Censorship
Time, July 01, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110701/wl_time/08599208044300

Tibet

Tibetan Writer Jailed for 4 Years in China: Group
Reuters, July 02, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110702/wl_nm/us_china_tibet_writer

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

China Artist Ai Weiwei 'to Challenge Tax Bill and Fine'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 29, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13965323

Human Rights Defenders

Beijing Accused of Persecuting Lawyers
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 30, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110630/news_20110630_56_766401.htm

Related report:
Against the Law: Crackdown on China's Human Rights Lawyers Deepens
Amnesty International, June 2011
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/018/2011/en

IMAR

Chinese Mongolians Protest Again, Herders Beaten: Rights Group
Reuters, June 30, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/us-china-innermongolia-idUSTRE75T15420110630

June Fourth

'Goddess' Protester Lands Fine
The Standard, June 30, 2011
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=112644&sid=32887918&con_type=1&d_str=20110630&fc=4

Related news:
時代廣場展女神像 支聯罰款決上訴 (HK Alliance Activist Plans to Appeal Court Decision on Fine for Erecting Goddess of Democracy Statue)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2369397/1.html

Military

中国国防部：对香港民众的参军爱国热情表示欢迎 (Chinese Defense Ministry Welcomes Hong Kongers' Patriotic Enthusiasm to Join the Army)
China News Service, June 29, 2011
http://www.people.com.cn/h/2011/0629/c25408-36086338.html

Politics

As China Communist Party Turns 90, a Debate Erupts
Associated Press, June 29, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110629/ap_on_re_as/as_china_communist_crossroads

Related news:
建党九十年：中共的困境与抉择 (Predicaments and Decisions Facing the Party on Its 90th Anniversary)
Deutsche Welle, June 29, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15197426,00.html

汪洋与薄熙来唱反调 (Guangdong's Wang Yang and Chongqing's Bo Xilai Sing Different Tunes)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wy-06292011090455.html

Religion

China Detains Vatican-backed Catholic Priest
Agence France-Presse, June 30, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110630/wl_afp/chinareligionvaticanbishop

Bilateral Ties

Wen Rules Out Rights Debate
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rights-06282011144324.html

Related news:
维权人士设宴抗议：不能忘记人权议题 (Activists Protest for Human Rights Issues to Be Raised in Sino-German Meeting)
Deutsche Welle, June 28, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15195078,00.html

Hong Kong

July 1 March Hit with New Stipulation
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9ea9e8c6527d0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

北京给异见人士"封口" (Beijing Seals the Mouths of Dissidents)
Deutsche Welle, June 28, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15194222,00.html

冉雲飛被控顛覆國家　證據不足 (Subversion Charge against Ran Yunfei Dropped Due to Lack of Evidence)
Apple Daily, June 29, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110629&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=15385233

Law

中国《精神卫生法》草案继续引起争议 (Chinese Mental Health Law Draft Continues to Spark Controversy)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/js-06282011085704.html

Politics

Beijing 'Orders Drive to Curb Democracy'
The Daily Telegraph, June 28, 2011
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Beijing+orders+drive+curb+democracy/5019623/story.html

Related news:
A Party That Smiles to the World, But Tightens Its Grip at Home
Information, June 27, 2011
http://www.information.dk/272094

China Premier's Call for Reform Draws Accolades and Barbs
Reuters, June 28, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110628/wl_nm/us_china_politics_wen

Population

中国：难以承受的城市人口压力 (Population Pressure Facing China's Cities)
Radio France Internationale, June 29, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20110629-中国：难以承受的城市人口压力

Protests and Petitions

女子为保护湿地得罪人被调岗当清洁工 (Woman Causes Offense with Her Defense of Wetlands, Forced to Work as Janitor)
China Youth Daily, June 29, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0629/08/77N0DF9V00011229.html

Bilateral Ties

Germany Says It Will Talk Trade as Well as Human Rights with China's Wen Jiabao
Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/germany-says-talk-trade-well-human-rights-chinas-174700513.html

Wen Rebukes UK Human Rights Focus
Financial Times, June 27, 2011
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9a467244-a0e0-11e0-adae-00144feabdc0.html

Environment

China Told to Reduce Food Production or Face 'Dire' Water Levels
The Guardian, June 28, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/28/china-food-water

Gender

China Ready to Work for Rural Women's Rights
Xinhua News Agency, June 28, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/28/content_12792342.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

艾未未被追稅500萬 (Ai's Company Told to Pay RMB 5mil in Back Taxes, 7mil in Fines)
Sing Tao Daily, June 28, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2367663/1.html

艾未未取保后仍为国际关注 新华社批评西方粗暴干涉 (Xinhua Criticizes Western Interference with Ai Weiwei's Case)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aww-06272011084831.html

Related information:
評論：艾未未案件折射西方一些人對中國司法的傲慢與偏見 (Commentary: Ai Weiwei's Case Reflects the Pride and Prejudice of Some in the West toward China's Judicature)
Xinhua News Agency, June 25, 2011
http://www.chinesetoday.com/news/show/id/508517

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)

Hu Jia Mulls Return to Activism
Agence France-Presse, June 28, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/06/28/2003506899

Related information:
Hu Jia Released
胡佳获释
Human Rights in China, June 27, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5401
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5402
Related news:
Questioning West's Campaign to Create a Hero
Global Times, June 26, 2011
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/663355/Questioning-Wests-campaign-to-create-a-hero.aspx

Media

版署：中国从不允许建立记者黑名单 (Government: China Has Never Allowed Journalist Blacklists)
Xinhua News Agency, June 27, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0627/16/77IOI04Q00014JB5.html

Related information:
Press Regulator Speaks Out against Journalist ‘Black Lists’
China Media Project, June 28, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/06/28/13488/

Tibet

Tibetans Slam Widespread Torture
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/torture-06272011112246.html

川两僧侣拉萨街头示威一被捕一逃脱 (2 Sichuan Monks Protest in Lhasa, One Detained, One Flees)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cz-06272011084819.html

Politics

社科院:中国公民政治参与处于中等水平 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: Chinese Political Participation at a Medium Level)
China News Service, June 27, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0627/17/77IS8H5S00014JB6.html

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)

Prominent Chinese Dissident Freed from Jail
Reuters, June 26, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/26/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE75O21G20110626

Related news:
胡佳刑满获释　寓所被严密包围 (Hu Jia's Home Surrounded by Police after Release from Prison)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 26, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110626_china_dissident_released.shtml

Noted HIV/AIDS activist Hu Jia (胡佳) was released from prison on Sunday; police and security officers surrounded Hu’s home following his release. Hu was imprisoned in 2008 on charges of “inciting subversion of state power.” He was sentenced to a 3.5-year term in prison and one year of deprivation of political rights.

Food Security

China Wrestles with Food Safety Problems
The Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-food-20110627,0,1768389.story

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Released Chinese Artist-activist Ai's Associates Freed
Reuters, June 25, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110625/wl_nm/us_china_artist

Human Rights Defender – Qi Chonghuai (齐崇淮)

揭貪記者刑滿再判監9年 (Journalist Qi Chonghuai, Still in Jail, Sentenced to an Additional 9 Years)
Ming Pao, June 26, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2365989/1.html

Related information:
齐崇淮自我辩护词 (Qi's Self-Defense Statement)
Qi Chonghuai, May 30, 2011
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5392

齐崇淮涉嫌敲诈勒索罪、职务侵占罪辩护词 (Statement in Defense of Qi Chonghuai)
Liu Xiaoyuan, Wang Quanzhang, June 6, 2011
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5390

Labor

Tiananmen Square Activist Gives Support to China's Official Union
The Guardian, June 26, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/26/tiananmen-activist-china-official-union

Related information:
China's Main Union Is Yet to Earn Its Job
The Guardian, June 26, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/26/china-trade-union-global-movement

鄭州的士司機罷工上訪 (Henan: Taxi Drivers Go on Strike and Petition in Zhengzhou)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2367033/1.html

Land Policy

Demolitions Cause Most Social Unrest
China Daily, June 27, 2011
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-06/27/content_22863351.htm

Two Die after Violent Reaction to Disputed Relocation in Shanxi
China Daily, June 27, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-06/27/content_12780012.htm

Law

行政强制法草案:限制行政法规设定强制措施 (Draft Administrative Enforcement Law: Further Limiting Compulsory Measures Set in Administrative Regulations)
Legal Daily, June 27, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-06/27/content_2765238.htm

Protests and Petitions

北京大举抓捕外地访民 武汉徐武仍遭二十人监视 (Whereabouts Unknown for a Dozen Petitioners Detained in Beijing During Mass Round-up in Advance of CPC's 90th)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06262011105756.html

Public Health

深圳拟规定患者有权申请复核防“被精神病” (Shenzhen Draft Regs: Committed Psychiatric Patients Can Appeal in Order to Curb Abuse of Psychiatric System)
Southern Daily, June 27, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0627/10/77I3AS4K0001124J.html

Corruption

Communist Party Clamps Down on Graft Ahead of Anniversary
Irish Times, June 24, 2011
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0624/1224299524549.html

Food Security

河北毒奶粉案 四人判監 (Hubei: Four Imprisoned in Tainted Milk Case)
Sing Tao Daily, June 24, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2364543/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Ai Weiwei's Release Elicits Calls for China to Free More Dissidents
Christian Science Monitor, June 23, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2011/0623/Ai-Weiwei-s-release-elicits-calls-for-China-to-free-more-dissidents

Related news:
Taiwanese President Calls for Other Chinese Dissidents to Be Released
Central News Agency, June 23, 2011
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201106230013

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zerong (徐泽荣)

Freed Academic Will Fight for Justice
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2bcc1b8035db0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Yang Zaixin (杨在新)

杨在新被阻见律师 (Lawyer Detained on Witness Tampering Charges Kept from Seeing Own Attorney)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawyer_a-06232011103841.html

Human Rights Defenders

No Softening of Beijing's Tough Line on Activists
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c7ec1b8035db0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Internet

“爸爸恒久远”—网络帮公民表达民主诉求 (The Internet Helps Ordinary People Voice Appeals for Democracy)
Deutsche Welle, June 24, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15184507,00.html

Religion

China Wants to Ordain Bishops 'without Delay'
Agence France-Presse, June 24, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hxbtI4zWB3M5K9D6NFRQ5-EIcVMw

Tibet

中共建党九十周年将至 四川藏人示威逾六十人被捕 (On the Eve of the CPC's 90th, 60+ Tibetan Protesters Held in Garze)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/d-06232011095126.html

Related news:
Tibetans Held in Kardze
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kardze-06232011123830.html

Government

Independent Poll Candidates Harassed
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1766dc3b5f7b0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Direct Elections Advocate Yao Lifa Missing
直选活跃人士姚立法失踪
HRIC Bulletin, June 22, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5394
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5395

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

Chinese Activist Ai Weiwei Freed, But Silenced
The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/chinese-activist-ai-weiwei-freed-but-silenced/article2071364/

Related news:
艾未未 ：1年內不准twitter (Ai: No Twitter for a Year)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 23, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20110623/news_20110623_55_764728.htm

艾未未說:我就像這事沒有發生過 (Ai Weiwei: It's as If Nothing Happened)
Deutsche Welle, June 22, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15183420,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Xu Zerong (徐泽荣)

HK Scholar Freed from Guangdong Prison
Radio Television Hong Kong , June 23, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110623/news_20110623_56_764666.htm

Internet

China Restricts Popular Report-a-bribe Websites
Associated Press, June 22, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110622/ap_on_re_as/as_china_bribery_battle

Labor

'We Can't Contain Our Anger Any Longer'
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=819890f9448b0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy

成都市新繁镇出动民兵抢占农民土地 (Chengdu Dispatches People's Militia to Seize Peasants' Land)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-06222011161853.html

Politics

Former Village Official Detained
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/official-06222011105802.html

Protests and Petitions

广州市委书记:增城聚众滋事根源系社会管理滞后 (Guangzhou Gov't: Mass Unrest Result of Insufficient Social Supervision)
Southern Daily, June 23, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110623/u1a5957610.html

群众演员扮保安驱村民 (Extras Hired to Play Security to Drive Off Protesting Villagers)
The Beijing News, June 22, 2011
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2011-06/22/content_245781.htm

Related news:
Movie Extras Hired to Stop Villagers' Protests
Shanghai Daily, June 23, 2011
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-06/23/content_22842238.htm

Environment

Murders Raise Questions about Resource
Xinhua News Agency, June 22, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/21/content_12747729.htm

Hong Kong

Pan-democrat Walkout over By-elections
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 22, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110622/news_20110622_56_764336.htm

Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

Scholar Held amid Election Bid
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/elections-06212011164200.html

IMAR

Death for Chinese Man in Case That Fueled Protests
Associated Press, June 21, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110621/ap_on_re_as/as_china_unrest

Internet

New Domains May Subvert Censorship
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/domains-06212011174758.html

Land Policy

警察抓人助征地 (Liaoning: Police Aid Land Requisition by Making Detentions)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liao-06212011161206.html

Migrant Workers

农民工改变中国 (Migrant Workers and How They've Changed China)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 22, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/b/59/b59a51a3c0bf9c52/Blog/2bb/9429c9.html

Police

监狱劳教系统深入推进规范化管理年活动 (Prison and Reeducation-Through-Labor Systems to Undertake Management Standardization Activities)
Legal Daily, June 22, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2011-06/22/content_2756358.htm

Religion

北京守望教会续受打压15教友被扣 (Another 15 Practitioners Detained as Harassment of Beijing's Shouwang Church Continues)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_religion-06212011105412.html

Human Rights Defenders

No Charge for Detained Artist
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/charge-06202011171121.html

Wife of Jailed China Dissident Returns Home
Agence France-Presse, June 21, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hXSMWaW6etbOjv-R_yCrhxC57hjA

北海四律师被拘：刑诉法306条之争 (Four Guangxi Lawyers Detained on Suspicion of Witness Tampering)
21st Century Business Herald, June 21, 2011
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2011-6-21/wMMDAwMDI0NTcwMA.html

Related information:
Guangxi Rights Defense Lawyer Detained for “Witness Tampering”
广西北海老资格维权律师杨在新因涉嫌“妨害作证罪”被拘留
HRIC Bulletin, June 16, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5383
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5384

Internet

重庆设“互联网特区” 没有防火墙 (Chongqing Plans a Special Internet Region with No Internet Blockades)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_internet-06202011120058.html

Related news:
重庆“云特区”﹕一块没有防火长城的地方 (Chongqing's Special Region without the Great Firewall)
Southern Weekend, June 17, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/21cbh/content/2011-06/17/content_25611155.htm

Land Policy

Academic Calls for Gov't to Exit Land Market
Caixin, June 21, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-06-21/100271686.html

国土资源部：土地管理法修订重点为征地制度 (Land Ministry: Requisition System a Focus Point in Revision of the Land Administration Law)
Legal Daily, June 21, 2011
http://news.qq.com/a/20110621/000585.htm

Media

Official Probed over Media Threats
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=db66808087da0310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers

英媒：中国面临民工积怨大爆炸危险 (British Media: China Faces Danger from Pent-Up Worker Resentment)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 20, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110620_press_china_migrant.shtml

Related news:
China’s Restive Migrant Workers
Financial Times, June 19, 2011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2239ad8-9a9e-11e0-bab2-00144feab49a.html

Protests and Petitions

交警野蛮执法 爆发合肥四天千人示威 (Hefei, Anhui: Protests over Four Days against Traffic Cops' Harshness Leads to Violent Clash)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_clash-06202011100725.html