2011年4月6日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


AP Exclusive: Voices behind China's protest calls (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 10:41 AM PDT

In this photo taken Sunday, April 3, 2011, a Chinese man who goes by the Internet alias 'Forest Intelligence' looks at the 'Jasmine Movement' website at a cafe in Seoul, South Korea. 'Forest Intelligence' is a member of one group spreading anonymous calls online for pro-democracy protests in China that have prompted the Chinese government to launch a sweeping campaign of repression to keep the 'Jasmine Revolution' from reaching the country. (AP Photo/Gillian Wong)AP - Strolling past hip cafes, the young Chinese man in a white sports jacket and faded jeans looks like any other university student in the South Korean capital. But the laptop in his black backpack is a tool in a would-be revolution in China.


US envoy defends detained Chinese artist (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 09:58 AM PDT

US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman gives the annual Barnett-Oksenberg lecture on Sino-American Relations in Shanghai. Huntsman Wednesday defended detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei for challenging Beijing to better serve the people, in his final public speech before a possible presidential bid.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - US ambassador Jon Huntsman Wednesday defended detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei for challenging Beijing to better serve the people, in his final public speech before a possible presidential bid.


Detained Chinese artist's mother says he may face prosecution (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:32 AM PDT

A supporter of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei holds a picture of him at Weiwei's art studio to protest the demolition of the place by the government in Shanghai November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - The mother of detained Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei said Wednesday she feared the government was preparing to prosecute him for his criticism of the state, while a Chinese newspaper attacked Western governments for urging his release.


China state paper blasts calls for artist release (AFP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:21 AM PDT

A news vendor places a copy of the Global Times newspaper on her newsstand in Beijing. The Chinese state publication has rejected Western condemnation of artist Ai Weiwei's detention and suggested the outspoken government critic was seized to stop him crossing a AFP - A Chinese state newspaper Wednesday rejected Western condemnation of artist Ai Weiwei's detention and suggested the outspoken government critic was seized to stop him crossing a "red line".


China dismisses int'l concerns over missing artist (AP)

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 01:04 AM PDT

Human rights protesters hold a rally, carrying the picture of Ai Weiwei, one of its most famous contemporary Chinese artists with Chinese written 'Release Ai Weiwei'  outside the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Chinese police called more people in for questioning Tuesday as they expanded their investigation into avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei, who has not been heard from since being taken into custody over the weekend, friends said.  (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - A state-run Chinese newspaper on Wednesday brushed aside international concerns over the fate of a prominent artist and activist missing since the weekend, calling him a maverick who lacks respect for the country's laws.


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