China Brief: May 6, 2009

• G&M: China lifts flu quarantine on Canadians
  

• The WSJ ain’t what she used to be

  The Wall Street Journal has moved away from what once made it great, says the Columbia Journalism Review .

  Crikey - May 05 5:58 PM

• Falun gong members protest Chinese policies in Flushing

  Several hundred Falun Gong followers and supporters shut down a stretch of a Flushing street Saturday as they protested what they contend is China’s unjust killing, torture and imprisonment of the group’s members in the last decade.

  YourNabe.com - May 05 2:08 PM

• AFP: Yahoo! summit champions human rights online

  China exercises strict control over the Internet, blocking sites linked to Chinese dissidents, the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement, ...

• For Chinese parents, few answers on quake deaths one year later

  Last June, a crowd of infuriated parents clambered over the collapsed wall of the municipal government compound in this quake-stricken town. At a noisy meeting, they wrung from their local Communist Party chief a promise.

  The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - May 05 2:00 AM

• Life is a trial for Chinese lawyer

  Gao Zhisheng, once officially honored for his work, grew bolder in taking on officials. The secret police are thought to have him.

  Phayul - May 05 5:07 AM