April 29, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
China 'Backsliding on Human Rights'
The Guardian, April 28, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/28/china-backsliding-human-rights

Related news:
China Pushes Back after U.S. Criticism on Rights
Reuters, April 29, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110429/wl_nm/us_china_rights

US-China Rights Talks End with Commitment to Continue Dialogue
Voice of America, April 28, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/120850469.html

中美人權對話 京異見人士遭殃 (Beijing's Dissidents Suffer during Sino-American Human Rights Dialogue)
Ming Pao, April 29, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2088189/1.html

Food Security
China Food Scandals Spark New Safety Fears
Agence France-Presse, April 28, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110428/hl_afp/chinafoodsafety

Related news:
China Jails 14 for Peddling Tainted Milk Powder
Reuters, April 29, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/29/us-china-food-melamine-idUSTRE73S1LV20110429

Freedom of Speech
China Hits Back at Salman Rushdie
The Daily Telegraph, April 29, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8482681/China-hits-back-at-Salman-Rushdie.html

Related information:
China Must Set Ai Weiwei Free
Salman Rushdie, April 20, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8464658/China-must-set-Ai-Weiwei-free.html

Human Rights Lecture Not Needed
Chinese Embassy in the UK, April 29, 2011
http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011-04/29/content_12420674.htm

给纽约国际文学节和拉什迪先生的答谢辞
A Thank-you Note to the World Voices Festival of International Literature and Mr. Rushdie
Liao Yiwu, April 25, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5304
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5303

萨尔曼•拉什迪给廖亦武的回信
Salman Rushdie’s Response to Liao Yiwu’s Letter
Salman Rushdie, April 27, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5307
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5306

Freedom of Speech and Tolerance Urged
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0c6de9b70fc9f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
以包容心对待“异质思维” (A Tolerant Approach to Different Viewpoints)
People's Daily, April 28, 2011
http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/14505701.html

Land Policy
重庆千警暴力徵地逾30村民被打伤 (Chongqing: 30 Villagers Injured in Violent Land Requisition Involving 1K Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_demolition-04282011090342.html

Media
Trying to Stir Up a Popular Protest in China, from a Bedroom in Manhattan
New York Times, April 28, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/world/asia/29jasmine.html

Public Health
China Set to Introduce New Rules on Smoking in Public
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/13219118

Religion
美国宗教自由报告特别关注中国缅甸苏丹等14个国家 (US Religious Freedom Report Calls Attention to China, Myanmar, Sudan, and Others)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/us_religion-04282011123942.html

Related information:
2011 Annual Report
US Commission on International Religious Freedom, April 28, 2011
http://www.uscirf.gov/reports-and-briefs/annual-report/3594-2011-annual-report.html

Rural Issues
Big Changes Sweep Rural China
China Daily, April 26, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/26/content_12398251.htm

State Security
Sentence Reduced for Hong Kong Academic
New York Times, April 28, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/world/asia/29briefs-China.html

Tibet
中国首次对海外流亡藏人新总理作出反应 (China Issues First Response to Tibetan Govt-in-Exile PM)
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/zg-04282011163436.html