May 12, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Ashton to Host Strategic Dialogue with China
Xinhua News Agency, May 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/12/content_12494843.htm

China Rejects US Criticism of Human Rights Record
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13358081

Disasters
Pain Never Fades for Parents Who Lost Children in Collapsed Schools
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=12f0b8cb00fdf210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Bold Editorial on 2008 Quake Blacked Out
China Media Project, May 12, 2011
http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/05/12/12235/

川震灾民控诉官员腐败 香港援助90亿工程错漏惊人 (Quake-Affected Sichuaners Accuse Officials of Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhen-05112011094520.html

Related news:
天花板漏水　升降機變房　逃生通道少　汶川地震三周年專版：港援 90億工程甩漏驚人 (Special Report on Third Anniversary of Sichuan Quake: Alarming Errors and Omissions in HK-funded HK$9bil Relief Projects)
Apple Daily, May 10, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110510&sec_id=4104&subsec=11867&art_id=15240067

Food Security
China Urges Joint Effort to Deal with Global Food Security
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/11/content_12486450.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Ai Weiwei Supporters Rally at New Shows in London
Agence France-Presse, May 11, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110511/wl_asia_afp/chinaartpoliticsbritain

Human Rights Defender – Chang Kun (常坤)
公安拒绝调查常坤遇袭受伤事件 (Police Refuse to Investigate Attack of Activist Chang Kun)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissidents_hardship-05112011114412.html

Human Rights Defender – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)
廖亦武抗议：“我到底做了什么？” (Liao Yiwu Protests Exit Permit Denial: "Just What Did I Do?")
Deutsche Welle, May 11, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15068164,00.html

Human Rights Defenders
Professor Targeted by Phone Calls
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/harassment-05112011100233.html

Law
Judges and Prosecutors Feel Hindered by System
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e70069229dfdf210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Mainland Courts Rely on Confessions, Study Finds
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Mainland-courts-rely-on-confessions-study-finds

Migrant Workers
Capital Tightening Hukou System to Limit Migrants
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=65ef69229dfdf210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Military
China Eyes New-Type Military Relations with US
Xinhua News Agency, May 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/12/content_12497050.htm

Police
湖南衡东交警打人 千人抗议掀翻警车 (Hunan: 1000 People Protest and Police Car Overturned after Traffic Cops Use Beatings to Enforce the Law)
Modern Express, May 12, 2011
http://news.sjz.soufun.com/2011-05-12/5022323.htm

上访农民在拘留所死亡 县委宣传部称其上吊自杀 (Farmer Petitioner Dies in Detention, County Committee Says It Was Suicide)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 12, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2011-05-12/120222451848.shtml

Protests and Petitions
深圳修改禁民工上访讨薪文件 清除威胁语句 (Shenzhen Edits Notice to Remove Language Banning Migrant Workers' Petitions for Back Wages)
Southern Daily, May 12, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0512/08/73REG3HE00014AED.html

Poverty
Poverty Is No Simple Matter
Caixin, May 11, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-05-11/100257934.html

Taiwan
WikiLeaks: China Rejects Panama's Wish for Ties
Associated Press, May 12, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h1u_Iw1gyTTb1r62IY9KxY9r3fLw

Religion
百警围捣教会49名教友被抓 (Henan: 49 Detained in Raid on Underground Church)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_church-05112011115428.html