Thursday, June 30, 2011

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)

China Artist Ai Weiwei 'to Challenge Tax Bill and Fine'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 29, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13965323

Human Rights Defenders

Beijing Accused of Persecuting Lawyers
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 30, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20110630/news_20110630_56_766401.htm
Related report:
Against the Law: Crackdown on China's Human Rights Lawyers Deepens
Amnesty International, June 2011
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/018/2011/en

IMAR

Chinese Mongolians Protest Again, Herders Beaten: Rights Group
Reuters, June 30, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/30/us-china-innermongolia-idUSTRE75T15420110630

June Fourth

'Goddess' Protester Lands Fine
The Standard, June 30, 2011
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=112644&sid=32887918&con_type=1&d_str=20110630&fc=4
Related news:
時代廣場展女神像 支聯罰款決上訴 (HK Alliance Activist Plans to Appeal Court Decision on Fine for Erecting Goddess of Democracy Statue)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2369397/1.html

Military

中国国防部:对香港民众的参军爱国热情表示欢迎 (Chinese Defense Ministry Welcomes Hong Kongers' Patriotic Enthusiasm to Join the Army)
China News Service, June 29, 2011
http://www.people.com.cn/h/2011/0629/c25408-36086338.html

Politics

As China Communist Party Turns 90, a Debate Erupts
Associated Press, June 29, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110629/ap_on_re_as/as_china_communist_crossroads
Related news:
建党九十年:中共的困境与抉择 (Predicaments and Decisions Facing the Party on Its 90th Anniversary)
Deutsche Welle, June 29, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15197426,00.html
汪洋与薄熙来唱反调 (Guangdong's Wang Yang and Chongqing's Bo Xilai Sing Different Tunes)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wy-06292011090455.html

Religion

China Detains Vatican-backed Catholic Priest
Agence France-Presse, June 30, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110630/wl_afp/chinareligionvaticanbishop