May 27, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Kim Jong-il's China Trip Turns Sour
Chosun, May 27, 2011
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/05/27/2011052700533.html

Pakistan and China: Two Friends Hit a Bump
New York Times, May 27, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/world/asia/27beijing.html

Human Rights Defender – Zhao Lianhai (赵连海)
Parents of Melamine Victims Receive Snub
Global Times, May 27, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-05/659567.html

Related news:
维权人士赵连海已回家 (Zhao Lianhai Released from Police Custody, Returns Home)
Voice of America, May 26, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110526-zhaolianhai-122688859.html

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师受不同形式打压 (Rights Lawyers Subjected to Different Types of Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyers-05262011121916.html

IMAR
China's Inner Mongolia Set for More Unrest: Group
Agence France-Presse, May 27, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110527/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsmongolsunrest

Land Policy
遵义市公安局回应网传强拆视频：警察没参与斗殴 (Guizhou: Zunyi Police Respond to Video of Violent Demolition: Police Officers Didn't Join In)
Caixin, May 27, 2011
http://policy.caing.com/2011-05-27/100263460.html

Related information:
Watch: Authorities in Zunyi Get Violent with Villagers Protesting Demolition of Their Homes
Shanghaiist, May 27, 2011
http://shanghaiist.com/2011/05/27/watch_authorities_in_zunyi_get_viol.php

Law
重庆规定禁止离任法官、法官近亲属隐性代理 (Chongqing Regs: No Former Judge Nor Judge's Close Kin Can Serve as Covert Representative)
China National Radio, May 27, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-05/27/content_2682377.htm

Politics
In China, a Long Path of Writing the Communist Party’s History
The Washington Post, May 27, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/AGDfMECH_story.html

Public Health
Acting Badly with AIDS
Global Times, May 26, 2011
http://special.globaltimes.cn/2011-05/659462.html

Society
In China, Explosions Stir Debate
The Hindu, May 26, 2011
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2051657.ece

Related news:
At Least Two Killed, Six Hurt in Jiangxi Blasts
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a43f04c47fc20310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

全球和平指數 中國居80 (IEP Ranks China 80 in Global Peace Index 2011)
Ming Pao, May 27, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2340366/1.html