Our editors will be looking ahead today to these developing stories ...
Activists keep up the pressure over dissident's death
Civil and human rights groups angered by the death of dissident Li Wangyang will hold their second rally in a week tomorrow in protest at what they suspect was his murder. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and the League of Social Democrats say they will also demand an explanation from President Hu Jintao when he visits the city for the 15th anniversary of the handover on July 1. Li, jailed for more than 22 years after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, was found dead on Wednesday hanging from a hospital window with a sheet around his neck. Authorities say he committed suicide.
World aviation leaders gather in Beijing
Delegates begin arriving in Beijing for the International Air Transport Association's 68th annual general meeting, which starts on Monday. It will gather 'some 650 leaders of the global aviation industry for two days of intense discussions on the industry's most important issues', organisers say.
Law forum debates mainlanders' HK births
The law faculty of the University of Hong Kong holds a symposium on legal measures to deal with the issue of mainlanders coming to Hong Kong to give birth. Among those expected to attend are lawmaker Alan Leong Kah-kit (left) and HKU law professors. Speakers will examine the underlying rationale and social cost of the phenomenon. Chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying has indicated he will adopt legal measures instead of administrative ones to deal with the influx.