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