April 19, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Justices Decline to Hear Appeal from Chinese Detainees
New York Times, April 18, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/us/politics/19scotus.html

Food Security
媒体称多起食品安全事故暴露不少马后炮监管 (Media: Too Many Food Safety Inspections Come after the Fact)
Xinhua News Agency, April 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110418/u1a5846107.html

Government
Wen to Cadres: Speak the Truth
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1583da994096f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

广东村委换届党委操盘 山东村长新上任被砍20刀 (Rural Party Committee Manipulates Elections in Guangdong, New Chief Beaten in Shandong)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gd-04182011115555.html

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
艾母「活要見人死要見屍」 疑韓寒文章聲援艾未未 (Ai Weiwei's Mother: If He's Alive Let Me See Him, If He's Dead Let Me See His Corpse)
Ming Pao, April 19, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110419/cac1.htm

Related Information:
再见！艾未未 (Goodbye, Ai Weiwei!)
Boxun, April 14, 2011
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/pubvp/2011/04/201104141714.shtml

Labor
人社部：力争职工工资5年翻番 (Human Resources Ministry: Determined to Double Workers Wages in 5 Years)
The Beijing Times, April 19, 2011
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/201104/19/n3327584.shtml

云南宣威矿难死亡人数瞒报 矿主已被控制 (Yunnan Mine Falsifies Accident Death Toll, Supervisor's Account Frozen)
People's Daily, April 19, 2011
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_04/19/5830904_0.shtml

Land Policy
“小产权房”等违法用地行为抬头 (Illegal Land Use on the Rise)
The Beijing Times, April 19, 2011
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/201104/19/n3327579.shtml

Related news:
9,832 Abuse Cases
Xinhua News Agency, April 19, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/04/19/9832%2BAbuse%2BCases/

Law
山西品行鉴定准律师 政治表现成执业先决 (Shanxi: Lawyers Determined by Moral Conduct, Political Performance)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sx-04182011115600.html

Related news:
山西将考察准律师政治表现和个人品行 (Shanxi to Evaluate, Approve Lawyers on Political Performance, Personal Moral Conduct)
China National Radio, April 18, 2011
http://www1.cnr.cn/newscenter/gnxw/201104/t20110418_507906918.html

Media
Arab Blogger Hits at Media Coverage of Libyan Uprising
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c05dda994096f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
阿拉伯人对中国媒体的十万个为什么 (Arab People's 100,000 "Why's" to Chinese Media)
Ezzat's Blog, April 15, 2011
http://yizhate.blshe.com/post/534/668306

How China Reports the Arab World
China Media Project, April 18, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/04/18/11658/

Police
甘肃西和县公安局长被免职 (Gansu Police Chief Sacked over Torture Charges)
The Beijing Times, April 19, 2011
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2011-04/19/content_651131.htm

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Face Preemptive Blocks
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/petitioners-04182011173526.html

Public Health
Patients Not Told Therapy Was on Trial
Shanghai Daily, April 19, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/04/19/Patients%2Bnot%2Btold%2Btherapy%2Bwas%2Bon%2Btrial/

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央视再揭干细胞治疗乱象 (CCTV Again Uncovers the Chaos of Stem Cell Therapy)
Century Weekly, April 18, 2011
http://policy.caing.com/2011-04-18/100249639.html

XUAR
Xinjiang Man Stabs Six Passers-by and Kills Himself
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 19, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13125561