Wednesday, April 06, 2011

April 06, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (
艾未未)
China Media Condemn 'Unruly' Ai Weiwei
The Guardian, April 06, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/06/china-media-condemn-ai-weiwei

Related information:
社评:法律不会为特立独行者弯曲
Law Will Not Concede before Maverick
Global Times, April 06, 2011
CH: http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2011-04/1609672.html
EN: http://en.huanqiu.com/opinion/editorial/2011-04/641187.html

Detained Chinese Artist's Mother Says He May Face Prosecution
Reuters, April 06, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/06/us-china-dissident-artist-idUSTRE7340PX20110406

Related news:
艾未未母亲:"我的儿子是有人性的人" (Ai Weiwei's Mother: My Son Is a Humanitarian)
Deutsche Welle, April 06, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14968642,00.html

Police Question Friends of Missing Chinese Artist
Associated Press, April 05, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110405/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights


News
Civil Society
中国艾滋病维权活动持续遭打压 公益机构创办人被殴打住院 (AIDS Group Founder Beaten Unconscious as Suppression of Advocacy Continues)
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-04052011112111.html

Food Security
山东输河北192只羊发现瘦肉精续:嫌疑人被控制 ("Lean Meat Powder" Found in 192 Shandong Sheep)
Xinhua News Agency, April 05, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110405/u1a5823868.html

Gender
Police Raid Shanghai Gay Bar and Detain More Than 60
New York Times, April 04, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/world/asia/05shanghai.html

Hong Kong
Public Hospitals May Act on Mainland Mothers
South China Morning Post, April 06, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bf3ae7c05a52f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zhao Lianhai (赵连海)
Milk Dad Breaks Silence
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/grave-04052011114750.html

Related video:
陽光衛視首發:赵连海自述视频(2011年4月6日) (Zhao Lianhai in His Own Words)
China Sun TV, April 06, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um9CUTZ6vGw

Jasmine Rallies
Jasmine Activist Released
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/released-04042011160709.html

Labor
Workers Protest High Speed Rail
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rail-04052011174352.html

最低工资标准浙江排名第一广东位列第二 (Highest Minimum Wages in Zhejiang, Guangdong)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, April 04, 2011
http://www.ycwb.com/ePaper/ycwb/html/2011-04/04/content_1078789.htm

Land Policy
Tibetans Protest Land Grab
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protest-04052011163110.html

Protests and Petitions
Protesters Block Power Plant
Radio Free Asia, April 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protest-04052011153707.html

深圳千老兵祭鄧請願 防暴警驅散 (Petitioning for Pensions, 1,000 Veterans Dispersed by Riot Police)
Ming Pao, April 06, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110406/caf1.htm

Tibet
Bombing Suspect Held
Radio Free Asia, April 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/bombing-04042011170556.html

Tibetan Monk Dies after Severe Torture: Activists
Agence France-Presse, April 05, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110405/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights