April 11, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Transcript Omits Mentions of Detained Artist
Associated Press, April 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110408/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights

Interrogators Threatened Me, Says Ai's Assistant
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8a0856448063f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
我经历的北京警方一次野蛮的“询问” (Record of an Interrogation of an Ai Weiwei Employee)
Liu Yanping, April 08, 2011
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5247

Police Probe Adds to Controversy Surrounding Ai Weiwei
Xinhua News Agency, April 10, 2011
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2011-04/10/content_22322879.htm

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新華社：艾未未涉逃稅抄襲 (Ai's Family Says Xinhua's Charges Are Slander)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110411/caa3.htm

艾未未姊向公安遞信 盼送衣藥 (Ai Weiwei's Sister Takes Letter, Medicine to Local Police)
Ming Pao, April 10, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110410/cab2.htm

News
Education
Beijing Bans Inter-college Debates on 1911 Revolution
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=36b5623064b3f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
陕西柞水县部分农村饮水工程建后无人管 (Shaanxi Villages Get Drinking Water Infrastructure, But No One to Run It)
People's Daily, April 10, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110410/u1a5831063.html

Human Rights
US Says China Rights on 'Negative Trend'
Agence France-Presse, April 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110408/pl_afp/usrightsdiplomacychina_20110408155152

Related information:
2010 Human Rights Report: China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)
US Department of State, April 8, 2011
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/eap/154382.htm

HK Media Vulnerable to Self-censorship, Says Annual US Rights Report
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=16c9f13fa2b3f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Says U.S. Human Rights Outcry Is Interference
Reuters, April 09, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/09/us-china-usa-rights-idUSTRE7382EH20110409

外交部发言人洪磊就美国务院发表涉华人权报告答记者问 (Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei Responds to Reporter's Question about U.S. State Department's Report on Human Rights in China)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 9, 2011
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/chn/gxh/tyb/fyrbt/t813808.htm

Human Rights Defenders
UN Rights Panel Raps China over 'Disappeared'
Agence France-Presse, April 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110408/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrights_20110408180637

Related information:
China: UN Expert Body Concerned about Recent Wave of Enforced Disappearances
UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, April 11, 2011
http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10928&LangID=E

China's Crackdown Signals Shift
The Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704366104576254630352511472.html

临沂公安局对维权人士刘国慧实行取保候审监视居住 (Activist Suspected of Inciting Subversion Put Under House Arrest)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-04102011170159.html

赵连海再发推文显示受新压力 外交部网站避提艾未未被抓 (Zhao Lianhai Curbs Ai Weiwei Talk in Latest Post)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao-04082011112434.html

Land Policy
Riot Police in Land Clash
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protest-04082011134759.html

调查称土地征用和拆迁成涉农职务犯罪高发领域 (Investigation: Land Grab, Eviction Violations Rampant among Rural Officials)
People's Daily, April 11, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110411/u1a5832267.html

Law
江西省服刑劳教人员可在监所提出法律援助申请 (Jiangxi Inmates Can Apply for Legal Aid)
Jiangxi Daily, April 11, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110411/u1a5833079.html

Population
人口逾千萬 密度冠全國 (Shenzhen Population Mainland's Densest)
Xinhua News Agency, April 10, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110410/caa2.htm

Protests and Petitions
茉莉花风波中被捕的魏强被处以两年劳教 (Activist Detained during Jasmine Crackdown Ordered to 2 Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-04082011142720.html

Public Health
China Faces Uphill Battle to Give Better Healthcare
Reuters, April 08, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/08/us-healthcare-china-idUSTRE73721820110408

Religion
Fears of New Crackdown as 160 Christians Held
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0551074efbf3f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Beijing Police Halt Unapproved Church Service
Associated Press, April 11, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110411/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights

House Churches Cannot Politicize Religion
Global Times, April 11, 2011
http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/editorial/2011-04/642830.html

北京警方带走100多名地下教会信徒 (Beijing Police Take Away 100+ Underground Worshippers)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14980480,00.html

Social Security
Officials Steal 1.18b Yuan Earmarked for Farmers
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=68e7ed266a53f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
German Man Charged with Spying on Exiles for China
Associated Press, April 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110408/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_china_spying

Shenzhen Evicts 80,000 'Unstable' Residents
China Daily, April 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2011-04/11/content_12305335.htm