The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

June 22, 2010

News
Environment
New Plan to Clean Up China Sky
China Daily, June 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/22/content_9999931.htm

Government
全國百萬人身份証重號 民眾承擔換號成本引爭議 (1mil+ ID Numbers Are Duplicates)
Beijing Evening News, June 22, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1556456/1.html

Hong Kong
China Concession in HK Spurs Reform Plan
Financial Times, June 21, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21e839a0-7d59-11df-a0f5-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html
Related news:
HK SAR Accepts New Voting System
China Daily, June 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/22/content_9999951.htm

北京忽接受民主党方案 立会表决前泛民扩分歧 (Beijing Accepts HK Democratic Party Revisions, People Show Disagreements Before Legislative Council Votes)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/HK-06212010095559.html
Human Rights Defender – Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
艺术家维权难:严正学被撞警偏袒肇事者 郝光被逼迁法使馆介入 (Harassment Continues for Artist-Activists)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yan-06212010154723.html

Human Rights Defenders
佘万宝服刑11年出狱 贫病交加无怨无悔 (Sichuanese Dissident She Wanbao Ill and Unable to Make Ends Meet Following 11 Years in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yu-06212010100642.html

Media
哈尔滨要求全市网吧使用二代身份证 (PSB: Harbin Net Cafes Must Use 2nd Gen ID Card Readers or Face Closure)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ha-06212010162015.html

Labor
Blast Kills 47 in Henan Coal Mine
China Daily, June 22, 2010
http://english.eastday.com/e/100622/u1a5280326.html
Related news:
平顶山一煤矿火药库爆炸47人遇难 许可证已过期 (Pingdingshan Mine's License Expired)
Xi'an Evening News, June 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100622/u1a5280109.html
Land Policy
Disneyland Project in Shanghai Spotlights Forced Evictions in China
The Washington Post, June 19, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061805277.html

强行搬进尚未交付的“家” 7旬老汉被困14楼一整天 (Elderly Man Stuck in Apartment without Water or Power after Forced Relocation)
Yangtse Evening Post, June 22, 2010
http://epaper.yangtse.com/yzwb/2010-06/22/content_151463.htm

学者傅国涌状告杭州下城区政府强迁 (Scholar Fu Guoyong Sues Hangzhou City Government for Forceful Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-06212010101713.html

Law
侵权责任法将实施 人肉搜索侵害民事权益须担责 (Tort Law: Cyber-stalkers Must Be Held Accountable for Violating Civil Rights)
Chengdu Evening News, June 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100621/u1a5278402.html

Politics
Return of the Native: Beijing Should Stop Denying Political Exiles Their Right to Come Home
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=823c84eb37a59210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Poverty
In China's Qinghai, Prosperity Is a Long Way Off
Reuters, June 21, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE65K3A920100621

Protests and Petitions
Sichuan Police Detain 40 Parents Seeking Justice after Earthquake
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=53ad563766b59210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
Rising Cases of Syphilis a 'Severe' Health Issue
China Daily, June 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/22/content_9999740.htm

Tibet
China Puts on Hold Trial of Tibet Environmentalist
Associated Press, June 21, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibetan_activist

藏民反采矿围乡政府与武警冲突50人被拘 (50 Tibetans Detained during Anti-Mine Protest at Local Government Offices)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-06212010101003.html

Monday, June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010

News
Environment

China Devastated by Floods
The Guardian, June 20, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/20/china-devastated-floods

中国公布第一部饮用水水源地环境保护规划 (China Announces Plan for Protection of Potable Water Sources)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shui-06192010002840.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Revises Election Plan ahead of Key Vote
Agence France-Presse, June 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8uVkwqRViPjSFpyFB7tS3ieUIug

涉网上恫言炸中联办 港23岁愤青被捕 (23-yo Hong Konger Arrested for Writing that He Would to Bomb HK's China Liaison Office on the Internet)
People's Daily, June 21, 2010
http://hm.people.com.cn/GB/42275/11924540.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Yunfei (陈云飞)
陈云飞被警方绑架绝食54小时 网友搭救终获释 (Activist Chen Yunfei Released from Police Abduction following 54-hour Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/54-06202010141514.html

June Fourth
Publication of China Crackdown Memoirs Halted
Reuters, June 19, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65I0NY20100619

Labor
Anger Simmers in China's 'Workshop of the World'
Agence France-Presse, June 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6dXE72OdQB0xSr3DNWEQhJ1ndtA

Law
北京女律师天津西站打人获刑3年 称警方隐瞒事实 (Beijing Lawyer, Sentenced to 3 Years for Aggravated Assault, Says Police Are Concealing the Truth)
The Beijing Times, June 18, 2010
http://news.ifeng.com/society/1/detail_2010_06/18/1635437_0.shtml

我国律师行业被指管理缺位 整体形象每况愈下 (Image of Lawyers Worsens as Legal Profession Is Criticized as Lacking Management)
Outlook, June 21, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100621/u1a5278304.html

Tibet
达赖喇嘛:中国选出的达赖喇嘛15世将不具正统性 (Dalai Lama: PRC-Chosen Dalai Lama Not in Line of Succession)
Radio France Internationale, June 21, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100621-达赖喇嘛:中国选出的达赖喇嘛15世将不具正统性

XUAR
Uighurs Flee China after Riots
Associated Press, June 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_re_as/as_china_fleeing_uighurs

Friday, June 18, 2010

June 18, 2010

Bilateral Ties
MP, China Guards in NZ Parliament Row
Agence France-Presse, June 18, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/mp-china-guards-in-nz-parliament-row-20100618-yllc.html

Civil Society
北京爱知行研究所遭责令搬迁 (Aizhixing Institute Ordered to Relocate)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-06172010153748.html

Environment
Security Tops the Environment in China’s Energy Plan
New York Times, June 17, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/business/global/18yuan.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Leader Appeals to End Democracy Stalemate
Reuters, June 17, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65G34320100617

Hukou
广东中山积分入户城区竞争激烈镇区指标空缺 (Keen Competition in Obtaining Hukou Through Points System in Zhongshan City, Guangdong)
Shenzhen Economic Daily, June 18, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2010-06-18/110120497542.shtml

Labor
"Made in China" Must Ease Worker Woes -State Media
Reuters, June 17, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE65F04I20100617

China to Have 31 Million Jobless Workers in 2011
China Daily, June 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/18/content_9989490.htm

现代科技助中国工运 (Modern Technology to Help China's Labor Movement)
Voice of America, June 17, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20100617-Chinas-Labor-Technology-96556289.html

Land Policy
北海八村民告当局拆迁裁决违法要求撤销 (Hearing to Conclude Today on Guangxi Villagers' Suit against Municipal Construction Committee and Land Reserve Center, Charging Illegal Land Requisition)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beihai-06172010104047.html

Media
Chinese Experts Blast Google for "Politicizing" Trade Rules
Xinhua News Agency, June 18, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-06/18/c_13357070_2.htm

Population
Growing Pains on Road to Urbanization
China Daily, June 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/18/content_9986573.htm

Protests and Petitions
16岁少年杀死截访者 900村民联名为其求情 (900 Villagers Plea for Mercy on Behalf of a 16-yo Boy Who Killed Petition Interceptors)
The Beijing Times, June 17, 2010
http://news.sohu.com/20100617/n272848351.shtml
Related news:
Angry Villagers Seek Leniency for Teenage Suspect
Global Times, June 18, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-06/542985.html

Internet Sympathy for Teen Charged over Stabbing of Thug Sent to Stop Petitioners
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5541a41169649210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
湖北省政府上访农民多人被打被抓 (Petitioners Beaten and Detained whilst Petitioning Hubei Government about Land Requisitions)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-06172010103921.html

武汉村民因徵地请愿遭阻挠受伤 (Wuhan Villagers Injured in Protests)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-land-06172010111711.html

Public Health
陕西咸阳发生氯气泄漏事件10人中毒 (10 Poisoned in Chlorine Leak in Xianyang, Shaanxi)
Xinhua News Agency, June 18, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100618/u1a5272503.html

Thursday, June 17, 2010

June 17, 2010

News
Education

北京超千所幼儿园未注册 规模超正规幼儿园 (Beijing's Unregistered Kindergartens Outnumber Registered Ones)
China Radio International, June 17, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0617/03/69BNV0GU000146BD.html

Food Security
China Eyes Milk Test after Melamine Deaths Scandal
Reuters, June 15, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65E1IG20100615

Government
Provincial Govts 'Not Transparent'
China Daily, June 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/17/content_9981761.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京“严打”开始 端午节先对维权人士下手 (“Strike Hard” Campaign Commences in Beijing as Rights Activists Are Beaten, Harassed before Dragon Boat Festival)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanda-06162010141528.html
Related news:
House Arrest for Lawyers, Dissidents: Activists Monitored over Plan to Meet
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d5b0a34297149210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders
「在港亦不可能註冊」 京維權律師會遭打壓 (Mainland Rights Lawyers Told They Cannot Register an Association, Even in Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, June 17, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1549875/1.html

Labor
Suicide or Strike? A Tale of Two Work Cultures
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c1ca34297149210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Toyota Is Latest Car Maker Hit by Strike in China
Associated Press, June 17, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100617/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_labor_toyota

Media
IT Disclosure Regulations Raise Foreign Eyebrows
China Daily, June 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/17/content_9981790.htm
Related news:
Multinationals 'Should Respect Laws in China'
China Daily, June 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/16/content_9982688.htm
Migrant Workers
China's Shifting Jobs Keep Migrants Closer to Home
The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703513604575310364275165900.html

Police
China Orders Police to Resolve Conflicts Early
Associated Press, June 16, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_RPad3SeO1DeC-xUKN0HNSzXmigD9GBI9MG0

Poverty
重庆300万困难民众每人领到20元粽子费 (Chongqing: 3mil Given Subsidies to Buy Rice Dumplings for Dragon Boat Festival)
China News Service, June 16, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100616/u1a5267766.html

Protests and Petitions
玉树灾民连日请愿 藏人反对政府征地 (Tibetans in Yushu Petition against Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-06162010101844.html

Public Health
Warning on Growing Cost of Lifestyle Diseases
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fe45e1cde3c39210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
乌鲁木齐规定毕业生签订劳动合同即可落户 (New Regulations: Graduates without Urumqi Hukou Can Settle in Urumqi upon Signing Employment Contract)
Workers Daily, June 17, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100617/u1a5268881.html

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

June 15, 2010

News
Civil Society

反歧视民间会议受阻吓 活动人士电脑遇黑客 (Yirenping Symposium in Suzhou Cancelled Due to Official Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heike-06142010104411.html

民生观察等多个维权网站受黑客攻击瘫痪 (Human Rights Groups' Websites Attacked by Hackers)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/heike-06142010162506.html

Corruption
Top China Food, Drug Official Under Investigation
Agence France-Presse, June 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100614/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionfood

Disasters
China Launches Emergency Response for Flood Relief
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/15/content_9978486.htm

Education
Education Chief Helped Son Cheat in Exam
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e3fb9741b5739210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Small Leak at Chinese Nuclear Plant: HK Govt
Agence France-Presse, June 15, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100615/wl_asia_afp/chinahongkongenergynuclearclp
Related news :
深圳大亚湾核电站发生核泄漏事故 (Leak at Guangdong Nuclear Power Plant)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/Daya-incident-06142010090513.html

Related information:
Security Bureau's Response to Guangdong Nuclear Power Station Incident
保安局回應廣東核電站事故查詢
June 15, 2010
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201006/15/P201006150195.htm
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201006/15/P201006150005.htm
Government
Local Governments Hide 79b Yuan in Revenue
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d607991ca639210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
China PM Urges Better Treatment of Migrant Workers
Agence France-Presse, June 15, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gCn7zG89GlbNDelNT3ffGMEUSq7g

温家宝端午假期看望农民工 回应住房难等问题 (Wen Jiabao to Spend Dragon Boat Holiday Visiting Migrant Workers, Responding to Housing Crisis and Other Issues)
Xinhua News Agency, June 15, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100614/u1a5264453.html

Protests and Petitions
福州鼓楼区拆迁户被殴 引发数百人堵路抗议 (Protest of Hundreds Blocks Traffic in Fuzhou following Evictee Beatings)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-06142010104643.html

广州借亚运收地抗议连连 城中村民要先反腐后拆迁 (Guangzhou Protests Continue as Villagers Demand for Cleaning Up Corruptions before Evictions and Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chaiqian-06142010152710.html

XUAR
One Year Later, China's Crackdown after Uighur Riots Haunts A Homeland
The Washington Post, June 15, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061405054.html

Uyghur Students Sent Home
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/students-06142010125044.html

Monday, June 14, 2010

June 14, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
China Firmly Opposes EU Declaration on Chinese Human Rights
China Daily, June 14, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/14/content_9976364.htm
Related information:
Declaration by the High Representative Catherine Ashton on Behalf of the European Union on Human Rights in China
European Parliament, June 11, 2010
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/115142.pdf
Civil Society
中国NGO组织面临来自政府的压力 (Chinese NGOs Faced with Government Pressure)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 13, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2010/06/100610_chineseaids.shtml

Disasters
Yushu Quake to Cost China US $4.7 billion
Associated Press, June 14, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/06/14/260614/Yushu-quake.htm

Human Rights Defenders
福建三网民二审未判 律师发言受阻被告被逐 (Fujian Netizens’ Appeal Trial Ends without Verdict)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fu-06132010083035.html

Labor
Foxconn Suicides Inquiry to Go Public: Report
Agence France-Presse, June 13, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100613/wl_asia_afp/chinataiwantechnologyfoxconnlabour

山西礦難困11天礦工獲救 (Shanxi: Miner Rescued After 11 Days Trapped in the Pit)
China News Service, June 14, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100614/ca10730p.htm
Related news:
Despite Vow Never to Go Underground, Miner Faces Return to Pit as Job Options Run Out
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e4de7857cf139210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Land Policy
China Evictions Slam Door on Elites, Workers Alike
Reuters, June 14, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100614/wl_nm/us_china_rights_elite

Law
中國法治倒退引發司法界焦慮 (Back Peddling of the Rule of Law Leads to Concern amongst Jurists)
Yazhou Zhoukan, June 20, 2010
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/Content_Archive.cfm?Channel=lw&Path=2390957282/24lw1a.cfm

Media
新浪总编披露该网微博内容监控做法 (Chief Editor Reveals Sina's Approach to Blog Content Monitoring)
Radio France Internationale, June 13, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100613-新浪总编披露该网微博内容监控做法

Police
打工者无罪被关211天追踪:是否错误逮捕尚待认定 (Follow-up to Innocent Worker's 211-day Wrongful Detention: Waiting Confirmation for False Arrest)
Legal Daily, June 14, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100614/u1a5263511.html

Protests and Petitions
本田在华车锁厂工人称罢工仍在继续 (Honda Strike Continues)
Radio France Internationale, June 13, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100613-本田在华车锁厂工人称罢工仍在继续

六旬未婚老汉接精神病检查通知 状告卫生站 (Unmarried Sexagenerian Petitions against Notice for Mental Health Examination)
China News Service, June 13, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0613/22/693F507F000146BD.html

Rural Issues
In the Village of Widows, Families Hope and Pray for Better Times
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bacc7857cf139210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Launches Fresh Attack on Dalai Lama
Press Trust of India, June 13, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/China-launches-fresh-attack-on-Dalai-Lama/Article1-557063.aspx

XUAR
伊力哈木•土赫提:北京的政策让新疆回教徒更不满 (Intellectual-Activist Ilham Tohti: Beijing's Policies Infuriates Even more Muslims in XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yi-06132010183635.html

Friday, June 11, 2010

June 11, 2010

News
Death Penalty

China Sentences Man to Death for School Attack
Associated Press, June 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_re_as/as_china_students_attacked

Farmer Gets Death Sentence After Killing 8
Shanghai Daily, June 11, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=439873&type=National

Education
北京放开外地生学籍动摇教育特权 家长憎恶 (Admittance of Migrant Workers’ Children to Beijing Schools Leads to Ire of Beijing Parents)
Xinhua News Agency, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5256425.html

Environment
Global Warming Spells Doom for Asia's Rivers
Agence France-Presse, June 11, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1284006

Freedom of Speech
Mocking Mao Good for Business But Not Career
Financial Times, June 11, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9777780-6305-11df-8b4a-00144feab49a.html

Food Security
质检总局:7成食品加工企业无许可证 (70% of Food Processing Enterprises Do Not Have Permit)
China Economic Net, June 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0611/12/68T9QDTO000146BD.html

Human Rights Defender – Mo Shaoping (莫少平)
莫少平律师事务所被迫搬迁 (Mo Shaoping Law Firm Forced to Move)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-06102010103435.html

Human Rights Defenders
谢福林案秘密裁决 福建网民案不乐观 (Ruling in Xie Fulin Case Pronounced in Secret Trial)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xie-06102010095454.html

Labor
外資廠罷工潮蔓延多省 要求仿效富士康加薪 (Strikes of Foreign-funded Plants Spread to Other Provinces)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100611/cab1.htm
Related news:
Workers at Chinese Honda Plant March in Protest
New York Times, June 11, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/business/global/11strike.html
各省最低工资纷纷上调 机制不健全侵蚀职工利益 (Raising Minimum Wage Within Unsound System May Hurt Employees' Welfare)
China News Service, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5257153.html

Law
男子无罪被关211天失劳动能力 申国家赔偿遭拒 (Compensation Rejected for Innocent Man Who Lost Ability to Work after Detention)
Guangzhou Daily, June 11, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0611/03/68SAJQJD00014AEF.html

Multilateral
SCO Leaders May Make Crucial Afghan Decisions
China Daily, June 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010sco/2010-06/11/content_9963918.htm

Protests and Petitions
Frustrated Petitioner Stabs Official to Death and Then Takes Poison
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9cece4e32c229210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

陕西法制培训饥饿治访民 九个月关死伤残军人 (Shanxi Government Uses Hunger to Torture Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0610dx1-06102010171502.html

Public Health
农村儿童大病医保将全国试点 报销比例将达7成 (Health Insurance to Be Launched for Seriously Ill Children in Rural Areas)
The Beijing Times, June 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100611/u1a5256280.html

State Security
Bomber Badly Injured in Blast; 26 on Bus Unhurt
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3e3ce4e32c229210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Police in China's Xinjiang Hold Anti-Riot Exercise
Agence France-Presse, June 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100611/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestpoliticsxinjiang

Thursday, June 10, 2010

June 10, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
法院驳回谭作人上诉维持原判 (Court Dismisses Tan Zuoren's Appeal, Affirming the Original Sentence )
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2010

http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-verdict-06092010100630.html

The Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court has upheld the sentence of five years’ imprisonment and three years’ deprivation of political rights of Tan Zuoren (谭作人), the Sichuan environmental activist and writer convicted of “inciting subversion of state power.” The decision was announced on June 9, 2010, in a 12-minute-long hearing held in the Chengdu Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, the court that originally tried Tan on August 12, 2009. In the appeal statement he filed after the original guilty verdict, Tan declared: “I am not guilty; I don’t accept [the verdict]; I protest; I appeal.”
Related information:
Sichuan High Court Upholds Five-Year Sentence for Earthquake Activist Tan Zuoren (谭作人案二审维持原判)
Human Rights in China, June 9, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174876
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/19187

News

Environment
China Approves Guidelines to Enhance Forest Protection
Xinhua News Agency, June 09, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-06/09/c_13342047.htm

Hong Kong
Lawmakers Endorse Geoffrey Ma as Top Judge
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b52c50d129d19210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
China Housing Activist Maintains Defiant Stand
Agence France-Presse, June 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100610/wl_asia_afp/chinapropertyrightshousing

Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
Prisoner in His Own Home: The Plight of a 'Rights Lawyer' under Illegal House Arrest Reflects Beijing's Fear of Dissent
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8ab7a54a2ac19210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
美国教授到我家 (An American Professor Pays Me a Visit)
Zheng Enchong, May 31, 2010
http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/19116
Labor
安监总局:加强地下矿山通风安全管理工作 (SAWS: Strengthening the Management of Underground Mine Ventilation and Safety)
Xinhua News Agency, June 09, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100609/u1a5253794.html
Related news:
晋煤郊南矿难遇难人数升至3人 正全力搜救2名被困矿工 (Shanxi Mine Death Toll Risen to 3)
Xinhua News Agency, June 09, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2010-06/09/c_12202915.htm
Land Policy
Couple Throw Acid over Six Court Officials Trying to Seize Their Home
Associated Press, June 10, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g81PDeGrRrartC9N8BOAuKt1YBAQD9G7LC600

270名农民土地被支书骗走搞开发 反映三年无果 (270 Farmers Cheated Out of Land by Party Secretary, Exploitation Reflects Three Years without Result)
Dahe Daily, June 10, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0609/21/68P397VM00011229.html

玉树藏民反抗议征地数名代表被抓 (Tibetans in Yushu Detained for Protesting against Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Tibetan-06092010111954.html

Media
Google Says U.S., E.U. Should Pressure China on Web Censorship
Business Week, June 10, 2010
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-10/google-says-u-s-e-u-should-pressure-china-on-web-censorship.html

Population
內地首次明確超生人口可落戶 (China Clarifies for First Time that Newborns Born in Excess of Population Control Limit Can Be Registered)
Sing Tao Daily, June 10, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1544379/1.html

XUAR
新疆库车县清查非法宣传品 销毁维族妇女服饰 (Kuqa, XUAR Bans Illegal Propaganda, Destroys Traditional Uyghur Women’s Clothing)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-06092010163117.html

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

June 09, 2010

News
Education
Three Suicides Before China University Entry Exams
Agence France-Presse, June 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100609/wl_asia_afp/chinaeducationexamsuicide

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
China Court Upholds 5-year Sentence for Activist
Associated Press, June 09, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hrAgw7AqH1pDIBfWa3EKeEXLEUhAD9G7HVJ80

Hukou
Migrant Workers Get Chance for Urban Residency
South China Morning Post, June 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e67c8fa9f719210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
北京力挺港府政改方案 民主派呼吁开放真正普选 (Beijing Supports Hong Kong Government Reform Scheme, Citizens Call for a Real Open Election)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-06082010100759.html
Related news:
Democrats Still Hope Electoral Reform Logjam Can Be Broken
South China Morning Post, June 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5f64c8fa9f719210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Labor
Rising China Wages May End Cheap Labour: Experts
Agence France-Presse, June 09, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/rising-china-wages-may-end-cheap-labour-experts-20100609-xvnh.html

中国多省区市确定上调2010年最低工资标准 (Many Provinces and Municipalities Confirm Increases in 2010 Minimum Wage)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongzi-06082010165812.html

Media
Beijing Clarifies Internet Policy, Defends Curbs Controls on Net Required for 'State Security'
South China Morning Post, June 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=18c6c8fa9f719210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国GFW预作新技术储备 用大奖赛招徕人才 (China's GFW Prepares for New Technology, Uses Contest with Big Rewards to Attract New Talents)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/GFW-06082010100521.html

Protests and Petitions
Farmer Fires Home-made Cannon to Defend Land
Reuters, June 08, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE6573RH20100608

Public Health
广州一名牌童衫甲醛超标200% 或可致白血病 (Well-known Guangzhou Brand's Children's Clothing Exceeds Safe Formaldehyde Levels by 200%)
Information Times, June 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0609/03/68N44MNG00014AED.html

Tibet
北京指定班禅喇嘛访问西藏 (Beijing-appointed Panchen Lama Visits Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beijing-06082010170359.html

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

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

Monday, June 07, 2010

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

Friday, June 04, 2010

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

Thursday, June 03, 2010

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

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

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

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

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

Monday, May 31, 2010

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?

Friday, May 28, 2010

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

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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
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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
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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

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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
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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
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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
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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