May 23, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Agrees to Operate a Key Port, Pakistan Says
The Wall Street Journal, May 23, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303654804576339323765033308.html

China Vows to Fight Terrorism with Pakistan
Xinhua News Agency, May 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/20/content_12552547.htm

Food Security
China Convicts 106 over Food Safety in 8 Months
Xinhua News Agency, May 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/21/content_12553345.htm

国家质检总局就修订《食品召回管理规定》征求意见 (State Administration of Quality Supervision Solicits Comments to Amended Food Recall Regulations)
People's Daily, May 23, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-05/23/content_2672425.htm

Hong Kong
US Consul Sees 'Negative Trend' on Human Rights
South China Morning Post, May 21, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d929ca7825e00310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Alleges Huge Tax Evasion by Artist Ai Weiwei
Associated Press, May 21, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110521/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights

Related news:
艾未未家人驳斥逃税指控 (Ai's Family Reject Charges of Tax Fraud)
Deutsche Welle, May 21, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15094800,00.html

Ai Weiwei's Four Missing Friends Held by Chinese Authorities, Say Supporters
The Guardian, May 22, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/22/ai-weiwei-friends-missing

Lawyer Offers to Assist Ai Weiwei
South China Morning Post, May 22, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6821a34237310310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
许志永被带走黎雄兵受控制 (Xu Zhiyong Detained, Li Xiongbing under Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawyer-05202011101732.html

June Fourth
纪念“六•四天安门事件” 的纪录片“流亡”在东京首映 (Tiananmen Memorial Documentary "Hooligans" Premiers in Japan)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nz-05222011163818.html

Labor
四川荣县煤矿爆炸6人遇难 当地煤矿均停产整顿 (6 Dead, More Injured in Sichuan Mine Explosion)
West China Metropolis Daily, May 23, 2011
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201105/23/t20110523_22435254.shtml

Law
Volunteer Lawyers Helping Abused Children
China Daily, May 23, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/23/content_12556862.htm

Media
Media Clampdown 'Political'
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/media-05202011151511.html

Protests and Petitions
扬州逾百人强拆及殴打业主 男子市政府门前自焚抗议 (Jiangsu: Yangzhou Homeowner Sets Himself Alight before Government Building in Protest of Being Forcibly Evicted and Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql-05222011161900.html

Religion
Police Round Up 27 Christians
South China Morning Post, May 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f5c57d7190810310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Three Gorges
China Plans Financial Overhaul at Three Gorges Dam
Associated Press, May 23, 2011
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1605232

Tibet
Chinese Forces Detain 300 Tibetan Monks for a Month - Sources
Reuters, May 23, 2011
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/05/23/uk-china-tibet-unrest-idUKTRE74M0L020110523

Gansu Tibetans Face Race Ban
Radio Free Asia, May 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ban-05202011115349.html