April 20, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Minister Rejects Charge of Neocolonialism in Africa
Voice of America, April 19, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Minister-Rejects-Charge-of-Neocolonialism-in-Africa-120237594.html

Human Rights Defender – Jiang Tianyong (江天勇)
China Rights Lawyer Resurfaces amid Crackdown
Associated Press, April 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights_2

Human Rights Defender – Liu Anjun (刘安军)
维权人士刘安军被旅游 江天勇被扣两个月获释 (Rights Defender Liu Anjun Taken to Haikou)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wq-04192011085956.html

Human Rights Defenders
Ai Weiwei Lawyer Reappears in China
The Guardian, April 19, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/19/ai-weiwei-lawyer-liu-xiaoyuan-reappears-china

Labor
广州一工人以死证清白 当众喝下剧毒电镀液 (Guangzhou: Worker Poisons Himself to Prove He Didn't Steal from Boss)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 20, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2011-04/20/content_22966391.htm

甘肅施工隧道坍塌困12人 (12 Workers Buried in Tunnel Collapse)
Xinhua News Agency, April 20, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110420/ca31201p.htm

Media
China to Close down 5,000 Publications in 5 Yrs
China Daily, April 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/20/content_12362799.htm

Police
Senior Cops Fired over Torture Case
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/04/20/Senior%2Bcops%2Bfired%2Bover%2Btorture%2Bcase/

Protests and Petitions
河北占用耕地惹民愤 武汉重病访民被关法制班 (Hebei Villagers Plot Large-scale Land Protest; Wuhan Petitioners Call for Release of Gravely Ill Prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hb-04192011100939.html

Public Health
中国2010年艾滋病死亡人数达新高 (AIDS Deaths Reach New High in 2010)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 20, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/04/110420_china_aids.shtml

Related news:
HIV Tests Axed for Chinese Returning from Abroad
China Daily, April 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/20/content_12362526.htm

Religion
China Church Makes Bold Call for Easter Service
Agence France-Presse, April 19, 2011
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_658633.html

Society
10,000 Graduates to Head for Western Regions
Xinhua News Agency, April 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/20/content_12358731.htm

China Dogs' Rescue Shows Growing Animal Activism
Associated Press, April 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dogs_rescued

Tibet
China Says Everything "Normal" at Restive Tibetan Temple
Reuters, April 19, 2011
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE73I1G020110419