April 14, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Police Building Tax Case against Detained Artist Ai - Report
Reuters, April 14, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/04/14/idINIndia-56322120110414

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艾未未受調查先抗拒後配合 (Ai Weiwei Now Cooperating in Investigation)
Wen Wei Po, April 14, 2011
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/04/14/YO1104140002.htm

简讯：港媒称艾未未“开始交代问题” (Pro-Beijing HK Media: Ai Weiwei Now Speaking with Authorities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/04/110414_china_aiweiwei.shtml

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艾未未開始交代問題 羞辱中國以迎合西方 (Ai Weiwei Now Speaking with Authorities, He Humiliated China to Cater to the West)
Ta Kung Pao, April 14, 2011
http://www.takungpao.com/news/top/2011-04-14/716232.html

Police Investigate Ai Weiwei Street Artists
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bc49d4de92f4f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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未未現身中上環　邊個驚 ("Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei" Graffiti Appears in HK’s Central and Sheung Wan Areas)
Apple Daily, April 14, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-ehmDmA56M

News

Jasmine Rallies
挺茉莉花送勞教　魏強失蹤　父母尋子　公安：不知道送哪裏了 (Authorities to Wei Qiang's Family: We Don't Know Where Your Son Has Been Sent for RTL)
Apple Daily, April 14, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110414&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=15165474

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China Sends Man to Labor Camp over "Jasmine" Rally
Reuters, April 12, 2011
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE73B1XI20110412

Labor
Faring Poorly in Qingdao
Caixin, April 14, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-04-14/100248117.html

郑州将对1次死亡10人以上重大事故煤矿予以关闭 (Zhengzhou to Close Mines with Accidents Killing 10 or More)
Xinhua News Agency, April 13, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110413/u1a5837815.html

Media
China to Crack Down on 'Illegal' Activities on Internet
Xinhua News Agency, April 13, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/13/content_12321795.htm

Toeing the Line
The Age, April 13, 2011
http://www.theage.com.au/world/toeing-the-line-20110412-1dcj8.html

網絡競爭力港列12 內地網民最勤奮 (Chinese Netizens Most Expressive, Report)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110414/cac1.htm

Related information:
The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011
World Economic Forum, April 12, 2011
http://www.weforum.org/reports

Migrant Workers
Eviction of Migrants Triggers Big Controversy
Xinhua News Agency, April 14, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=468827

Police
山东泗水男子被派出所传唤 第二天死亡 (Shandong Man Summoned to Police, Dead the Next Day)
iqilu, April 14, 2011
http://lw.wnnews.cn/2011/0414/1383.html

Protests and Petitions
无锡垃圾发电厂暂缓投产 万人抗议未停息 (Police Move in as 10,000 Wuxi Residents Protest Waste Incinerator)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wx-04132011151050.html

合肥残疾人抗议拆迁被抓 逾百人与警冲突多人受伤 (Protesting Activist's Detention, Over 100 Handicapped Residents Battle Police Ending in Injuries, More Detentions)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hf-04132011095025.html

阻高铁施工广东农民遭群殴 四川工人仍僵持 (Activists Beaten as Protestors Continue to Block High Speed Rail Construction)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaotie-04132011113948.html

中央巡视驾到福建 击鼓鸣冤者官府照打 (Rural Land Petitioners Beaten by Guards in Fuzhou)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zy-04132011095031.html

Shanghai Cooperation Organization
China, Russia Vow to Boost Relations
Shanghai Daily, April 14, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/brics2011/2011-04/14/content_12322482.htm

Taiwan
'Mainland Workers' Rights Should Be Protected
China Daily, April 14, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/14/content_12322999.htm

Tibet
Clashes at China Tibetan Monastery: Rights Group
Agence France-Presse, April 13, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110413/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights