April 13, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Ai Weiwei Offered CPPCC Role Before Arrest, Staff Say
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2011
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Ai-Weiwei-offered-CPPCC-role-before-arrest-staff-say

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岳路平指新華社濫用其名 (Xi'an Artist Yue Luping: I Sympathize with Ai Weiwei, Xinhua Has Slandered My Name)
Ming Pao, April 13, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110413/cab1.htm

China Silent on Ai Location, Condemns Foreign Support
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110412/wl_asia_afp/chinaartpoliticsrights

A Provocateur Finds Out Just How Far He Can Go
Newsweek, April 10, 2011
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/04/10/a-provocateur-finds-out-just-how-far-he-can-go.html


News
Bilateral Ties
EU Official Urges China to Halt Arbitrary Arrests
Associated Press, April 12, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110412/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights

Children
公安部要求非亲生子女须经DNA检验才可入户 (Public Security Ministry Requires DNA Tests to Register Unrelated Children as Part of Household to Fight Child Trafficking)
Legal Daily, April 12, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110412/u1a5835747.html

Disasters
A Year after Quake, Cultural Relics Remain Shattered
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6ddbec2eb9a4f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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Office to Respond to Disasters
China Daily, April 13, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/13/content_12315147.htm

Education
性教育缺失或成青少年性犯罪高发重要原因 (Lack of Sex Ed May Be the Cause of High Sex Crime Rate among Youth)
Legal Daily, April 13, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-04/13/content_2595174.htm

Food Security
Rival Dairy Farm Intentionally Added Nitrate to Milk That Killed 3 Chinese Infants, Police Say
The Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-china-milk-web-20110412,0,7134177.story

Human Rights Defenders
安徽作家被当局传唤禁发表政论文章 (Anhui Writer Xuan Changwei Summoned, Told Not to Publish Political Commentary)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/an-04122011100751.html

中国当局持续打压维权律师 金光鸿疑遭国保拘押 (Amid Rights Lawyer Crackdown, Former Falun Gong Defender Feared Detained)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dj-04122011151321.html

Jasmine Rallies
'Jasmine' Activists in China Labour Camps: Group
Agence France-Presse, April 13, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110413/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsrights

China Arrests Fourth Dissident in "Jasmine" Crackdown
Reuters, April 13, 2011
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/uk-china-dissident-crackdown-idUKTRE73C0PQ20110413

Exclusive: China Crackdown Driven by Fears of a Broad Conspiracy
Reuters, April 12, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/us-china-politics-crackdown-idUSTRE73B3DF20110412

Police Crackdown 'Unprecedented'
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crackdown-04122011110159.html

Labor
河南鞭炮厂爆炸续:伤者不准探望死者家属受威胁 (13-year-old Killed in Fireworks Factory Blast, Families Kept from Seeing Victims, Told Not to Talk to the Press)
Dahe Daily, April 13, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110413/u1a5837005.html

Land Policy
Skirmish over Farmland
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/skirmish-04122011183631.html

湖北拆迁暴力一日两宗 女拆迁户坠楼老党员骨折 (Violent Eviction in Hubei Leaves 1 Unconscious, 1 Hospitalized)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bal-04122011142323.html

Politics
NPC Chairman Full of Praise on Chongqing Visit
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=321cec2eb9a4f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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为了法治，为了我们心中的那一份理想 (For the Rule of Law, For Our Ideals)
Caing, April 12, 2011
http://blog.caing.com/article/17383/

Religion
陕豫两教会领袖被警棍重伤及砖块堵门 (Religious Leaders Harassed by Authorities: One Physically Assaulted, Another's Home Door Bricked Over)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy-04122011101733.html

Tibet
Tibetans Boycott Chinese Shops
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/boycott-04122011105133.html