April 28, 2010

News
Human Rights Defenders
Don't Argue: A Move to Disbar Two Rights Lawyers Is the Latest Threat to Mainland Criminal Defence Counsel
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=27d92ac237f38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law
当局打压维权律师 危害中国法制建设
Human Rights in China, April 22, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174246
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18685

前高校教师被以涉嫌煽动颠覆罪再次拘留 (Sichuan Dissident and Former Professor Zuo Xiaohuan Criminally Detained again on Charges of Inciting Subversion of State Power)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaoshi-04272010142908.html

张林行动受限屡受传唤 狱中杨天水健康堪虞望保外 (Dissident Writer Zhang Lin Twice Summoned by Authorities Due to Plans to Travel to Shanghai for Medical Treatment )
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhanglin-04272010160556.html

Law
China Tells State Companies to Strengthen Protection of Secrets
Bloomberg, April 27, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-27/china-tells-state-companies-to-strengthen-protection-of-secrets.html

Related information:
中央企业商业秘密保护暂行规定 (Provisional Regulations on the Protection of Commercial Secrets of Central State-owned Enterprises)
Stated-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, March 25, 2010
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2010-04/26/content_1592746.htm

中国政府拟定保密法要求互联网公司报告泄密者 (State Secrets Law Draft: Government Can Tell Internet Companies to Report Divulgers of Secrets)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baomi-04272010161137.html

Related news:
China Set to Tighten State-secrets Law Forcing Internet Firms to Inform on Users
Associated Press, April 28, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042704503.html

国家赔偿法修改进入四审 聚焦审议：遭超期刑拘后撤案的，有望获赔 (State Compensation Law Revised Draft under Sixth Deliberation)
People's Daily, April 27, 2010
http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/64387/11460883.html

Related news:
Compensation Only after 37 Days Detained, Draft Law Says
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f88b2f68cf38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

分析：从赔偿法看罪犯和嫌疑人的区别 (State Compensation Law: Finding the Difference between "Criminals" and "Suspects")
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 27, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/04/100427_china_law.shtml

Protests and Petitions
Beating of Teacher Leads to Strike
China Daily, April 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/28/content_9782188.htm

Public Health
广西全州手足口病调查:当地医疗设施医护条件差 (Survey on Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Guangxi: Local Medical Treatment Deficient)
China Youth Daily, April 28, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100428/u1a5175036.html

中国不再限制外国艾滋病患者入境 (China Ends Ban on Foreign Visitors with HIV/AIDS)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 28, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/28/content_1066844.htm

Related news:
China Ends Entry Ban for Foreigners with HIV/AIDS
Reuters, April 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63R09X20100428

Related information:
中华人民共和国国境卫生检疫法实施细则 (Rules for the Implementation of Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China)
State Council, April 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-04/27/c_1259975.htm

中华人民共和国外国人入境出境管理法实施细则 (Rules for the Implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens)
State Council, April 24, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-04/27/c_1259982.htm

Shanghai World Expo
Border Security Clamp for Expo
Shanghai Daily, April 28, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=435518&type=National

Society
Beijing Hears Dissenting Voice on Unrest
Asia Times Online, April 28, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD28Ad01.html

Related information:
Tsinghua Sociologist: Why China Is "More Instable as It Increases Its Attempt to Maintain Social Stability" (清华大学社会学专家提出新稳定思路： 将利益表达与社会稳定一致起来)
China Youth Daily, April 19, 2010
http://www.cyol.net/zqb/content/2010-04/19/content_3188971.htm

Tsinghua Report:
以利益表达制度化实现社会的长治久安
http://www.cul-studies.com/Article/fenxi/201004/7048.html

郑渊洁声明退出中国作协: 炮轰作家曹文轩到小学推销自己的书，中国作协表示尚未收到正式通知 (King of Fairy Tales's Writer and Editor Zheng Yuanjie Announces Withdrawal from Chinese Writers Association)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 26, 2010
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/635/350366.html

Taiwan
New Clashes Erupt over Regulations on Chinese Students
China Post, April 28, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2010/04/28/254212/New-clashes.htm

April 27, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Japan Firm to Pay Chinese Wartime Laborers
China Daily, April 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/27/content_9777980.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Mongolian Activist Missing, Group Says

Reuters (via South China Morning Post), April 27, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d90f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
拘留程序合法 超期羁押也可获赔 (Overdue Custody Is Compensable Regardless of Whether Detention Procedures Are Lawful)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 27, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/27/content_1065926.htm

Migrant Workers
Few China Workers with Lung Disease Get Redress - Rights Group
Reuters, April 27, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63P10620100426

Protests and Petitions
上访人员被关押当地党校 副镇长亲自看守 (Petitioner Detained in Central Party School in Guangdong, Guarded by Local Deputy Mayor of Township Gov't)
Southern Daily, April 27, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0427/04/658GVTBK00011229.html

川震死難學童家長 中紀委請願遭回絕 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Rebuffs Petitioning Parents of Sichuan Quake Victims)
Ming Pao, April 27, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100427/cac1.htm

防城港公安开枪发催泪弹 维权四农民中枪数十人受伤 (Police, Villagers Clash in Guangxi over Forced Eviction; 4 Shot, Dozens Injured)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangcheng-04262010092336.html

Police Detain Two for Death in Land Protest
China Daily, April 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/27/content_9780432.htm

Public Health
Imbalance Grows at Chinese Hospitals
New York Times, April 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/business/global/27iht-riedmedchin.html

State Security
保密法修订草案拟规定网站应配合泄密案调查 (Internet Operators Must Cooperate with Authorities in Probe of State Secret Leak: State Secrets Law Amendment Bill)
Beijing News, April 27, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0427/01/6587PE0600014AED.html

China Defines Commercial Secrets, Tells Firms to Protect Them
The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703465204575207760568382020.html

Taiwan
Lawmakers Wage New Battle over Students From China the KMT Says First Reading of Amendments Was Approved but the DPP Disagrees
Taiwan News, April 27, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1238057

Tibet
Top Tibetan Writer Held Over Book on Riots
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3800f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:

Tibetan Writer Detained after Quake Critique
Associated Press, April 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100426/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Officials Promise to Repair Monasteries
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1d60f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Favours and Billions to Ease Tension in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d930f036bca38210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

April 24-26, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Web, Religious Freedom on Agenda as US-China Rights Dialogue Resumes
Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0423/Web-religious-freedom-on-agenda-as-US-China-rights-dialogue-resumes

Corruption
Beijing Demands Senior Officials Report New Spouses
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5e178c1ad1a28210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Sandstorm, Snow Close Air Link to China Quake Zone
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100425/wl_nm/us_china_quake_weather

Environment
China Debates Whether Human Activity or Nature is to Blame for Drought
The Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-drought-20100426,0,7022817.story

Land Policy
Forced Demolition Death 'Not Deliberate'
China Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/26/content_9772450.htm

Law
严打黑恶势力介入拆 北京为重点拆迁改造村组建律师团 (Measures against Forced Evictions: Beijing to Set up Lawyer Groups for 50 Villages Involved in Demolition Projects)
Legal Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2010-04/26/content_2124783.htm?node=20908

Multilateral
Further Security Cooperation with SCO Partners
Xinhua News Agency, April 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/24/content_9771496.htm

Politics
"Butcher of Beijing's" Son to Get Promotion: Sources
Reuters, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100425/wl_nm/us_china_politics

China Replaces Party Chief of Riot-hit Xinjiang
Associated Press, April 24, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63N010

Zhou Qiang Appointed Party Chief of Hunan
China Daily, April 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/25/content_9771812.htm

Population
Long-hated One-Child Rule May be Eased in China
Associated Press, April 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_more_than_one

Protests and Petitions
China Mayor Told to Resign after Villagers Kneel
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_villagers_kneel

Protest over Dam Project Ends after 20-Hour Stand-Off
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0498aa7cf7538210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

農民上訪被送精神病院續:已回到家中 (Petitioner Who Was Sent to Mental Hospital for over 6 Years Returns Home)
Sina, April 26, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1499495/1.html

Public Health
Education Holds Key to Organ Transplants
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3fa65ea1b4538210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Shanghai World Expo Showcases China's Soft Power
Associated Press, April 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_as/as_china_expo_ambitions

Tibet
China Says Monks Advised to Leave Earthquake Area
Associated Press, April 24, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdspdDB0WaMv_An4A-NvHB_DwmCwD9F8LU901

XUAR
18岁维族青年因参与去年新疆骚乱被判无期徒刑 (Life Sentence to an 18-year-old Uyghur Youth for Xinjiang Unrest)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-04232010154050.html

April 23, 2010

Top News of the Day

Law
Human Rights Lawyers on Defense in China
Time, April 23, 2010
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983765,00.html

Related Information:

Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law

Human Rights in China, April 22, 2010

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174246

律师“吊照门”听证 场内外同演公权枉法 (Supporters of the Lawyers Facing License Revocation Taken away by Police; Supporting Lawyers, Rights Defenders Put under Tight Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/law-04222010134014.html

News

Bilateral Ties
US, China to Hold Human Rights Dialogue
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9766174.htm

Children
綁廠內十小時 民工子女如坐監 (Migrant Workers Tie Their Children to Factory Gate for 10 Hours Every Day)
Oriental Daily, April 23, 2010
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20100423/00178_004.html

Corruption
黄光裕案本周四开庭审理 (No Verdict Yet in China Tycoon's Bribery Case)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huang-04222010154024.html

Disasters
Two Dead, 8,870 Evacuated in S China Flood
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764444.htm

China: Snow Snarls Recovery
New York Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/world/asia/23briefs-China.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
谭作人二审 律师申请李鹏作证 (Lawyers Want Then-Premier Li Peng, Other Former Chinese Leaders to Testify at Second Trial for Tan Zuoren)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tan-04222010160408.html

Law
Microsoft Wins Chinacourt Battleover Piracy of Software
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2da92122-4e70-11df-b48d-00144feab49a.html

Media
China Goes into Quake Coverage Overdrive
Financial Times, April 23, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d14e3d2c-4d3e-11df-baf3-00144feab49a.html

Military
China Military Paper Spells out Nuclear Arms Stance
Reuters, April 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100422/wl_nm/us_china_military_nuclear

Protests and Petitions
云南宣传官员演讲遭抗议 被扔五毛纸币 (Man Throws 50-cent Banknotes to Protest a Speech by Yunnan's Propaganda Official at People’s University in Beijing)
Net Ease, April 22, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0422/19/64TACNJ70001124J.html

Public Health
Regulations Issued to Tighten Supervision of Food Additives
China Daily, April 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/23/content_9764453.htm

Taiwan
Lawmakers Clash over PRC Students
Taipei Times, April 22, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/04/22/2003471186

April 22, 2010

Top News of the Day
Law
2 Chinese Lawyers Are Facing Disbarment for Defending Falun Gong
New York Times, April 22, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/world/asia/22beijing.html

Related information:
Lawyers Facing License Revocation Detail Irregular Courtroom Activities Permitted by Judge
Human Rights in China, April 20, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174065

2 China Lawyers who Defended Falun Gong Face Ban
Associated Press (via The Washington Post), April 22, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042101689.html

News

Civil Society
Beijing Public Election Catches People's Eyes
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/22/content_9762253.htm

Corporate Social Accountability
Two Jailed for Life over Shanghai Building Failure
Associated Press, April 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100421/wl_asia_afp/chinashanghaibuildingcollapsecourt

Corruption
Official Sacked after Scenic Lake Filled for Luxury Villas
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/22/content_9759212.htm

Forced Demolition Leads to 11 Years in Jail
Shanghai Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100421/article_434872.htm

Freedom of Speech
马尾法院新闻发布会通报三网民诽谤案 (Fujian Court Holds News Conference on 3 Netizens' Libel Trial)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangmin-04212010110746.html

青年天安門喊口號被帶走 (Man Taken away After Shouting in Tiananmen Square "Go China, Go Yushu!")
Ming Pao, April 22, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100422/caa4.htm

Hukou
7硕士辞职引发“北京户口”价值之争 (Seven Graduates Quitting Their Company "Earlier Than Expected" Sparks Legal Dispute over Price of Beijing's Hukou)
Legal Daily, April 21, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-04/21/content_2121174.htm

Human Rights Defenders
谢福林狱中病情加重 家人公众呼吁保外就医 (Pan-blue Alliance Member Xie Fulin's Health Worsens; His Members, Family Call for Xie's Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xiefulin-04212010111302.html

Multilateral
中央统战部长杜青林率团出访亚欧三国 (Director of United Front Work Department Visits Israel, Palestine, Hungary)
Eastday, April 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100422/u1a5163896.html

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Kneel to Petition against Corruption
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/21/content_9757790.htm

Bulldozer Crushes Woman: Official Suspended
Shanghai Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100421/article_434871.htm

Public Health
Guangdong Launches Organ Donation Scheme
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a1c82f8c54128210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Around China: Anti-HIV Network Launched
China Daily, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/22/content_9759402.htm

Taiwan
First Hearing on Capital Punishment Held
China Post, April 22, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/04/22/253494/First-hearing.htm

April 21, 2010

News
Corruption
中国移动进入“多事之秋” 人力资源部总经理施万中被调查 (High-ranking Official Comes under Investigation for Accepting Bribes)
China Business News, April 21, 2010
http://dycj.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=65026972

Death Penalty
Child Killer Death Sentence Backed
The Press Association, April 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hDEi1pKIV_Hw2jLxIBrDUgL7SWBA

Disasters
Monk Volunteers Ordered Away from Quake Relief Efforts
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0bae75725eb18210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎遭当局传唤及抄家 (Shanghainese Activist Feng Zhenghu Summoned by Authorities, Who Also Search His Home)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_fengzhenghu-04202010113057.html

Labor
陕西铜川工厂职工到省政府上访维权 (Shanxi Workers Petition Provincial Government en Masse)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tongchuan-04202010150947.html

Public Health
China Puts Healthcare Cart before the Horse
Asia Times Online, April 21, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD21Ad01.html

China Ready to End HIV/AIDS Entry Ban
China Daily, April 21, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/21/content_9755162.htm

New Guidelines for Medical Reform Issued
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e80375725eb18210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
Two Cult Leaders Jailed in South China
Xinhua News Agency, April 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/20/content_9754640.htm

XUAR
维族学者被拒出国参加学术研讨会议 (Authorities Deny Uyghur Student Permission to Go Abroad for Academic Conference)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weizu-04202010152411.html

April 20, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Human Rights Talks with US Set to Resume
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0dced101fb618210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Civil Society
Green NGO Drives Change at Grass Roots
China Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/20/content_9749784.htm

清华大学报告:为何"越维稳越不稳" (Tsinghua Report: Why China Is "More Instable as It Increases Its Attempt to Maintain Social Stability")
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100419-清华大学报告为何越维稳越不稳

Disasters
国防部：中国在灾难救援国际合作上持开放态度 (Ministry of Defense: China Holds Open Attitude towards Cooperation with International Community in Quake Relief Work)
China News Service (via Eastday), April 20, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100420/u1a5159828.html

国新办官员称玉树地震不可能隐瞒死亡数字 (State Council Information Office: Impossible to Hide Quake's Death Toll)
Eastday, April 20, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100420/u1a5159807.html

Environment
Villagers Worry as Toxic Plant Assets Are Sold
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c584859a46618210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

New Road Ruins Historic Pass, Villagers Lament
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434722&type=National

Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎拟办冤案博览会遭沪警方“抄家”(Police Summon Feng, Raid His Home)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/04/100420_china_activist_expo.shtml

Human Rights Defenders
In China, One Man Crusades to Help Disabled People
USA Today, April 18, 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-04-18-china-disabled_N.htm

Labor
China Factories Break Labor Rules
Associated Press, April 19, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_bi_ge/as_microsoft_china_labor

Land Policy
上海闵行区一村民被强拆 成都村民睡眠中被强拆砸伤 (Houses in Shanghai and Chengdu Demolished while People Sleeping in Them)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-04192010150058.html

Media
中国官媒对胡锦涛灾区之行歌功颂德引发关注 (Official Media's Praise of Hu's Visit to Quake Zone Leads to Criticism)
Radio France Internationale, April 19, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100419-中国官媒对胡锦涛灾区之行歌功颂德引发关注

Report: China Hackers Stole Key Google Program
Associated Press, April 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jXtSWyl3OUA_IMMHzzyv6TwPrJyAD9F6IEHG1

Protests and Petitions
上访维权遭打压 访民再提起控诉 (Jilin Worker Petitioning against Corruption Retaliated by Authorities; Jiangsu Petitioner Lodges Complaint to Provincial High Court over Police Abuse of Power)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-04192010152351.html

Ex-bankers Seek Help
Shanghai Daily, April 19, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434721&type=National

Public Health
Students Shower in Waste Water
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=434642&type=National

新规：残疾人可考驾照 驾校：他们还不能报名 (New Regulations Allow More Handicapped Obtain Driving Licenses)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 20, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/20/content_1059809.htm

Shanghai World Expo
6,000 Detained in Shanghai Expo Crime Sweep: Media
Agence France-Presse, April 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gSupLJf0kEUQkRP_es-5cvcZ0HrQ

April 17-19, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China Warns Japan on Visa Issue
China Daily, April 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/17/content_9742992.htm

Hukou
深圳办居住证 越级上访者被列入黑名单 (Petitioners Who Petition to Higher Levels Placed on Blacklist for Shenzhen Residential Permit)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shen-04182010171352.html

Media
官员言行 民生问题备受网民关注 (2009 Public Sentiment on the Chinese Internet Report: Words and Deeds of Officials and Bread-and-Butter Issues Top Netizens' Concerns)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 19, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-04/19/content_1059039.htm

Police
Police Officers Suspended in Detention Death Probe
Xinhua News Agency, April 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/18/content_9744192.htm

Protests and Petitions
穿着法袍上访 (Petitioning in Court Dress)
Southern Weekend, April 15, 2010
http://www.infzm.com/content/43904

上海世博拆迁户联合国前抗议 (People Evicted from Their Homes to Make Way for Expo Protest outside UN in NYC)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shi-04172010141441.html

Shanghai World Expo
世博不設示威區 禁橫額傳單入場 (No Protest Zone for Shanghai Expo; Placards and Leaflets also Forbidden)
Ming Pao, April 19, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1493501/1.html

Society
中国政府出台新调控政策抑制房价 (China Reveals a New Policy to Restrain Housing Purchase Prices)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 18, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/04/100418_chinahouseprice.shtml

Tibet
After Quake, Tibetans Distrust China's Help
New York Times, April 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/world/asia/18quake.html

Related news:
China Quake Dead Cremated, in Break with Tradition
Associated Press, April 18, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdspdDB0WaMv_An4A-NvHB_DwmCwD9F4OIP80

Dalai Lama Asks China to Let Him Visit Quake-zone
Agence France-Presse, April 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100417/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeindiatibetdalaipoliticsvisit

April 16, 2010

News

Death Penalty
Suspended Death for Ex-CDB exec
China Daily, April 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/16/content_9737176.htm

Disasters
玉树七成学校在地震中倒塌 （图片报道) (70 Percent of Schools in Yushu County Collapsed in Quake)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-school-04152010111232.html

Tibetans Mourn Dead as China Quake toll Hits 760
Yahoo! News, April 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100416/wl_nm/us_quake_china

Related news:
'People Are Immersed in the Pain of Losing Their Relatives'
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=338fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hopes Raised of Accommodating Attitude towards Reporters
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4d2fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Offer to Help Rejected, But Taiwan Stands by
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d16fb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
U.N. Puts Price on China Emissions Effort
The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304628704575185872266409444.html

Related information:
China Human Development Report 2009/10 (中国人类发展报告2009/10)
United Nations Development Programme, April 2010
EN: http://www.undp.org.cn/pubs/nhdr/nhdr2010e.pdf
CH: http://www.undp.org.cn/pubs/nhdr/nhdr2010cn.pdf

Multilateral
China's President and Indian Premier Hold Talks: Report
Yahoo! News, April 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100415/wl_asia_afp/chinaindiadiplomacybricbrazil

Protests and Petitions
上海近千农民连续两天抗议倒卖农田 (Thousand Shanghai Farmers Protest outside Gov’t Office for Two Consecutive Days over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-04152010121940.html

Politics
Eyebrows Raised at Premier Wen's Eulogy for Hu Yaobang
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9fdcb87552208210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
上海討論區宵禁 (Shanghai Discusses A Local Curfew)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100416/ccd1.htm

Taiwan
Businessman Indicted on Charges He Spied for China
China Post, April 16, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/04/16/252722/Businessman-indicted.htm

XUAR
世界维吾尔代表大会主席热比娅将访问日本 (Exiled Uyghur Leader Rebiya Kadeer to Visit Japan)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/japan-04152010134441.html

April 15, 2010

News
Corruption
Former Banker Gets Death Sentence with Reprieve for Graft
China Daily, April 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/15/content_9734616.htm

Wen Qiang Gets Death for Corruption: Former Justice Chief Guilty of Taking Bribes, Rape and Shielding Organised Crime
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2906ddebcacf7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Concern for Shelter after China Quake Kills 589
Reuters, April 15, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63E00A

青海地震重傷者 被送西寧成都治理 (Those Injured in Quake Sent to Xining and Chengdu for Treatment)
Apple Daily, April 15, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20100415&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13932376

Education
大陆大学开放台生免试入学 收费标准不变 (Mainland Universities Begin Admitting Taiwanese Students without Requiring Entrance Exams)
China News Service, April 15, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100415/u1a5149621.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Proposes Limited Political Reform
China Post, April 14, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2010/04/14/252550/Hong-Kong.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰不认罪被折磨虐待两年 (Beijing Activist Ni Yulan Released from Prison, Says She Was Mistreated Due to Maintaining Innocence)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-04142010103449.html

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师唐吉田刘巍面临吊销执照处罚 (Beijing Rights Defense Lawyers Tang Jitian and Liu Wei Faced with Losing Their Licenses as Penalty for "Disturbing the Order of the Court")
Voice of America, April 14, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20100414-RIGHTS-ADVOCATE-LAWYERS-BEIJING-90835114.html

Labor
河北唐山劳教所身高1.8米学员去世时仅重35公斤 (1.8m Tall Man Dies in Hebei Reeducation-Through-Labor Center Weighing 35kg )
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, April 14, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100414/u1a5146421.html

Law
Execs in Melamine Scandal Beg for Leniency
China Daily, April 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/15/content_9730936.htm

Media
Propaganda Chiefs Ban Reporters from Outside Quake Zone
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4c95ddebcacf7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Chinese Migrant Workers Face High Hurdles
Financial Times, April 15, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/292b6770-406c-11df-8d23-00144feabdc0.html

Police
河南为151名服刑人员颁发狱中奖学金 (151 Inmates in Henan Prison Awarded Scholarships)
Xinhua News Agency, April 15, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100415/u1a5149797.html

Tibet
四川藏汉学生冲突当局封锁消息 (Information Blocked by Authorities on Clash between Tibetan and Chinese Students in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sichuan-04142010111409.html

April 14, 2010

News
Corporate Social Accountability
Company Blamed for Mine Disaster
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6957a5d157f7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Illegal Buildings Raise Concerns
China Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/14/content_9725531.htm

Disasters
Strong Quake in Western China's Qinghai Kills 300
Associated Press, April 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100414/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

青海玉树地震85%民房倒塌 大量学生被埋 (85% of Private Housing in Quake Area Toppled, Many Students Buried under Rubble)
Xinhua News Agency, April 14, 2010
http://gongyi.163.com/10/0414/14/64831VN500933KBT.html

Hong Kong
香港街头论坛吁关注高智晟与中国维权 (Hong Kong Street Forum Calls for Greater Attention to Gao Zhisheng and Other Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/HK-04132010144421.html

Human Rights Defenders
Sage Advice: China Can Boost Its 'Soft Power' with Some Confucian-style Compassion towards Jailed Dissidents
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c321e0b717f7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
河南淅川农民集体反映上百亩耕地被侵占 (Henan Farmers Petition against 100+ mu of Farmland Occupied by Local Authories)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/henan-04132010144705.html

Police
Probe into 'Cold Shower' Death at Labor Camp
China Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/13/content_9725113.htm

Protests and Petitions
多族群团体抗议中国人权状况 (Ethnic Minority Groups Protest against the China's Human Rights Situation during Hu's US Visit)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-04132010162455.html

Public Health
Penalties over Children's Hospital Scandal
Shanghai Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100413/article_434080.htm

Shanghai World Expo
国台办证实台北市长郝龙斌将参加世博会开幕式 (Taipei Mayor to Take Part in Expo Opening Ceremony)
People's Daily, April 14, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0414/11/647QQJ1P000146BC.html

Society
No Country for Old People
China Daily, April 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/14/content_9725295.htm

April 13, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
Protests Flare against China at US Nuclear Summit
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h248L6galzSj-AJSykriyW_ZxhuA

Corruption
City Workers in Shenzhen Accused of Cheating on Housing Forms
Global Times, April 13, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-04/521389.html

Related news:
“临时工”成“背黑锅”的代名词 ("Temp Worker" Becomes Synonymous with "Scapegoat")
Guangzhou Daily, April 13, 2010
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2010-04/13/content_928635.htm

深圳回应公务员买保障房:都是临时工 (Shenzhen's Response on the Civil Servants Applying for Subsidized Housing in Question: They're All Temps)
Guangzhou Daily, April 12, 2010
http://news.dayoo.com/shenzhen/201004/12/73439_12486746.htm

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)
Medical Parole Rejected for Jailed China Dissident
Associated Press, April 12, 2010
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/12/1575053/medical-parole-rejected-for-jailed.html

Related information:
Liver Cancer Suspected, Activist Hu Jia Seeks Medical Parole
维权人士胡佳疑罹患肝癌，家人紧急呼吁保外就医
Human Rights in China, April 9, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173877
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18454

Human Rights Defender – Zhou Yongjun (周勇军)
上訴遭駁回 周勇軍維持原判囚9年 (Appeal Rejected: Zhou Yongjun's Sentence of Nine Years Upheld)
Ming Pao, April 13, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1488024/1.html

Media
I Was Hacked in Beijing
New York Times, April 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/weekinreview/11jacobs.html

Protests and Petitions
Mental Hospital for Man Who Exposed Official: Suspect Detained for Taking Pictures of Protest
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=001c6dc3f52f7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
《南方都市報》發炮力斥中共黨國不分 「愛國家不等於愛朝廷」 (Southern Metropolis Daily Editorial Criticises Equating Love of the Country with the Ruling Party)
Apple Daily, April 13, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100413&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13922561

Related media:
爱国家不等于爱朝廷 (Loving Your Country Is Not the Same as Loving the Imperial Government)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 11, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-04/11/content_10935676.htm

Public Health
Compulsory Mental Commitments by Police under Fire
China Daily, April 13, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/13/content_9719421.htm

Shanghai World Expo
Expo Imposes Controls Similar to Airport Security
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2a5d6dc3f52f7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD