Thursday, April 21, 2011

April 21, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties

Australia's Gillard to Push China on Human Rights
The Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704658704576274900494099200.html

US Renews Concerns over China Clampdown
Agence France-Presse, April 21, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110420/pl_afp/chinarightspoliticslawyerus

US Senate Delegation in China amid Crackdown
Associated Press, April 20, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5igg_kr8hQNucDCJxIfrE5U8VK-kw

Corruption
173 Officials Punished for Illegal Land Use in NW China
China Daily, April 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/20/content_12364727.htm

Food Security
Experts Seek End to Food Double Standard
China Daily, April 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn//2011-04/19/content_12353372.htm

Hong Kong
Rights Groups Issue Mainland Travel Alerts over Suppression
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=16e3097d0f27f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
親述創作過程 「我和艾未未的故事」 《一虎八奶圖》女角:願以命撐他 (Actress from Ai Weiwei Piece Liumang Yan's "The Tale of Me and Ai Weiwei": I'll Support Him with My Life )
Apple Daily, April 21, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110421&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=15187580
Related information:
和艾未未不得不说的故事 (The Tale of Me and Ai Weiwei)
Liumang Yan
http://loveaiww.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post_2778.html
艾未未頭像塗鴉驚現安徽 (Anhui: Ai Weiwei Graffiti Appears in Hefei)
Apple Daily, April 21, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110421&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=15187585

Labor
China Vows to Double Workers' Pay in 5 Years
China Daily, April 19, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn//2011-04/19/content_12353372.htm

Truck Drivers Go on Strike at Shanghai Ports
Agence France-Presse, April 21, 2011
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/56488

Land Policy
Door About to Close on Forced Home Demolitions
China Daily, April 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/21/content_12366300.htm

Law
我国再审行政强制法草案突出约束公权力滥用 (NPC Standing Committee Deliberate Administrative Enforcement Law)
Xinhua News Agency, April 21, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-04/21/content_2606337.htm

Media
Facebook May 'Bock Content' Claim as Speculation Grows Over Entry Into China
The Guardian, April 20, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/20/facebook-considers-censorship-claim-china

US Website Claims Attack by China-Based Hackers
Voice of America, April 20, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/east-pacific/US-Website-Claims-Attack-by-China-Based-Hackers-120272004.html

Police
Van Crash Victim Waits for Redress
Shanghai Daily, April 21, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/04/21/Van%2Bcrash%2Bvictim%2Bwaits%2Bfor%2Bredress/

我国服刑人员心理健康教育普及率100% (Mental Health Education Coverage for Chinese Prisoners Reaches 100%)
Legal Daily, April 21, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-04/21/content_2606340.htm

Protests and Petitions
上海访民申请游行被扣并迫令脱衣搜查 (Shanghai Petitioners Applying to Demonstrate Detained and Forced to Undergo Strip Search)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_petitioner-04202011122011.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monastery Crackdown Video Emerges
Agence France-Presse, April 21, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110421/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights