April 28, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Bleak Outlook for U.S.-China Talks on Human Rights
New York Times, April 27, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/world/asia/28china.html

China Media Say US Human Rights Pressure Will Fail
Associated Press, April 28, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110428/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_human_rights

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社评：中美人权对话不该像是谈判 (Editorial: The Sino-American Human Rights Dialogue Should Not Be a Negotiations)
Global Times, April 28, 2011
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2011-04/1658611.html

Food Security
Officials Failing to Halt Food Scandals
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c8487fefb779f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Growing Concern over School Milk Program
China Daily, April 28, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/28/content_12408775.htm

Hong Kong
港人指传媒自我审查达回归新高 (HKers' Belief that Media Practice Self-Censorship at a New Post-Handover High)
Radio France Internationale, April 27, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/港澳台/20110427-港人指传媒自我审查达回归新高

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
演唱會上高呼「愛未來」 搖滾樂手撐艾未未被扣查 (Musician Detained, Questioned after Calls for Ai's Release Displayed at Suzhou Music Festival)
Apple Daily, April 28, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110428&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=15205782

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Police Seize, Question & Release Rocker over Slogan
Global Times, April 28, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-04/649476.html

Human Rights Defenders
Rights Activist Threatened
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threatened-04272011121040.html

哈达拒屈服，妻儿被逮捕 (Wife Formally Arrested as Hada, Still Detained following Prison Release, Refuses to Surrender)
Deutsche Welle, April 28, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15031591,00.html

Law
解读刑法修正案(八) 完善法定量刑情节相关规定 (Deciphering 8th Amendment to Criminal Law: Improving Stipulations on Statutory Sentencing Circumstances)
Legal Daily, April 28, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/rdlf/content/2011-04/28/content_2624185.htm

Police
案件侦查期间家属不能会见羁押嫌犯，催生敛财通道 看守所保安暗收钱 称能帮家属传话羁押犯 (Unable to Meet with Detainees, Families Pay Guard to Relay Messages to Those Within)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 28, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/9d/69d658d0b2859e32/Blog/b21/d890b9.html

Population
China Risks Getting Old before It Gets Rich
Reuters, April 28, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/27/us-china-demography-idUSTRE73Q1SC20110427

Public Health
HIV-Infected Man Appeals Ruling
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ruling-04272011154955.html

Religion
内蒙10牧师疑因洛桑大会邀请遭刑拘 (10 Inner Mongolian House Church Pastors Criminally Detained, Possibly Due to Global Evangelization Congress)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_religion-04272011104639.html

Society
维权人士指公园论政已成趋势难以控制 (Rights Activists: Difficult to Hinder Gathering of People in Public Parks)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_park-04272011110202.html