Stocks Cap weekly decline on Inflation China. Yuan advances

4: 16 Am EDT by Bloomberg News, April 22, 2011

April 22 (Bloomberg)--China stocks fell, driving the benchmark index to its weekly fall more within three months, the concern that the Central Bank will increase measures to cool inflation. The yuan has touched a high of 17.

Of Shanghai Composite index has lost to 3,010.52 at the local 3-time 0.5%. Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., producer of the metal nation, declined by 1.5% after reporting lower profit on rising costs. China Vanke Co. and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. to the pace of the declines by developers and banks. China Southern Airlines Co. Advanced between the airlines on a more strong yuan will be pare the value of the dollar-denominated debts of speculation.Yuan forwards exchanged the biggest premium to the spot rate, more than five months reflecting speculation, the Central Bank will allow more rapid currency gains helping tame inflation. Four of higher Bank reserve requirements and interest rate increases have failed so far curb prices, with the index in the consumer price rising from 5.4% in March. "" Investors are still waiting to see tightening measures more that inflation remains at a high level, "said Li Jun, a strategist at China Central Securities Co. in Shanghai. "An appreciation of the yuan faster would become part of Government efforts to curb inflation after the Central Bank gets close to a ceiling for the reserve requirement ratios and interest rate increases."Index Composite in Shanghai collapsed 1.3% this week, the largest decline since five days ended on January 21 and reduce advance annual tonnage of 7.2%. The CSI 300 Index, tracks a shares traded on both exchanges in the country, has lost 0.5% at 3,299.94 today. "Production and operations of the Difficulties companies ' large Chinese face inflationary pressures increase in prices of raw materials and imported products, the Ministry of industry and technology information said this week. The effects of rising prices cause "major difficulties" for local businesses, he said.Aluminum Corp. of China, known as Chalco, sank 1.5% at 11.17 yuan. Profit in the first quarter of the company fell 47% from a year ago, in 331 million Yuan (51 million dollars on higher contents) and fuel costs, according to a statement on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Crude prices rose from 34% in the past year.Policy makers in China can use Exchange tools more frequently in the past to tame inflation, Ba Shusong, researcher at the State Council Development Research Center, said today in Shanghai. A "moderate" pace of appreciation of the yuan would be effective in dealing with imported inflation, he said.Yuan GainsThe of currency strengthened 0.4% this week to 6.5096 per dollar, its advance more important since mid-January, according to the system of exchange of China change. Currency gained 0.17% today and hit a maximum of 17 years of 6.5089, after the Central Bank set a reference rate 0.11% greater to 6.5156 Yuan every dollar, the highest level since yuan stronger July result lifted airlines and paper producers. China Southern rose from 2.4 to cent to 8.93 yuan. Air China Ltd., the largest international carrier, has added 1.5% to 11.66 yuan. Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd., the largest felt by the market value, rallied to 3.8 per cent to 8.72 yuan, its highest close since November 11. A rising yuan will reduce the cost of the pulp imported. "" Paper manufacturers and airlines will benefit the most of the appreciation of the yuan because of their dependence on imports, such as pasta and aircraft, "said Li Lei, an analyst with China Securities Co. in Beijing. "The yuan will be a big hand for companies this year."Overseas DebtA more strong yuan pares the value of the denominated debt built up by the Chinese airline to purchase Boeing Co. and aircraft Airbus SAS. Each 1% appreciation of the yuan will add 600 million yuan to pay for Air China, according to Rao Xinyu, head of investor relations, while southern China, said March 29 each 1 percent gain in the yuan adds 400 million yuan of earnings.The Chinese Government risk a "landing" for the economy by failing to tighten monetary policy quickly enough to cool inflation, according to independent Economist Andy Xie. The Central Bank may raise borrowing costs three or four times during the rest of the year, the former economist at Morgan Stanley said Bloomberg Television yesterday.China Vanke, the largest developer, fell to 1.5% 8.55 Yuan. Poly Real Estate Group Co. has decreased by 0.7% to be yuan. Agricultural Bank of China has lost 1.4 per cent to 2.88 yuan. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the biggest lender, slipped 0.9% to 4.54 yuan.Housing CurbsThe Government is committed to the property of the control of prices, people's daily reported today, citing Mu Hong, a vice director in the National development and the Government of the Commission.The reform China restricted purchases home and raised the payments down on the second mortgages to cap the price of real estate, which gained during 19 months to December and in March, climbed to 67 70 cities the Government monitors.Developers and Chinese banks are "undervalued" and may if extend gains as the Government contains inflation, said Wang Yawei, which manages the Fund lighthouse of larger society of mutual funds of the Chine.Les shares of the country may display "small gains" in the second quarter that earnings prospects remain "positive"Wang said in a quarterly report. "The inflationary factors in the short term will be effectively offset by Government tightening measures and stay under control.".

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Trial in China tests limits of legal system reform

BEIJING - Attorney in one case has galvanized defense lawyers in China and a window that fragile can display legal system of the country such as the next generation of leaders, went on trial Tuesday with the production of testimony to its customers.

The lawyer, Li Zhuang, a 50-year-old man from Beijing, incitement has been accused of a client on fake certificate. Mr Li was sentenced on similar charges after one of his clients before, a convicted gangster from the Western City of Chongqing, against him late last witnessed the year. Mr Li is currently 18 months in prison.

But some Chinese commentators appear to believe that Mr Li is guilty in both cases. Many think that he was framed to combat what they see as a raw campaign against corruption.

"Li Zhuang case is so important because it is on the judicial reform, is an indicator, to what extent China come", law professor Beijing University, said he Weifang, which also a sharp criticism has posted the case on his blog. "It will be 30 years China's legal reform back."

The unusual case started in the year 2007, as one of the most popular politicians of the country, Bo Xilai, free of charge from Chongqing, a large community of 30 million people in the Western China took over. The appointment was considered a challenge for Bo Lord, the son of one of the most powerful leaders of China. It was also as characters widely, the Bo Lord fishing was for a top job.

He was Minister for trade, so it was a remarkable movement because Chongqing was poor and suffered from some of the most serious environmental problems in China and a plague of organised crime.

But Mr Bo embarked on a number of spectacular actions in national spotlight to stay. Using methods reminiscent of political campaigns in the early period of Communist rule, he mobilized neighborhood cleanups and greetings to residents with old-style of Communist slogans, although via SMS messages sent. In particular, he began a wild raid against organised crime.

Caught in the campaign, Gong was Gangmo, the Familie end of 2009 that to defend him Mr Li had rented. Mr LI, a successful lawyer, previously which had defended against organised crime, travelled to Chongqing and met with Mr Gong. A few days later, said Mr Gong prosecutors that Mr Li advised him, falsely to testify that he was beaten for eight days and nights.

Within a month, Mr Li had tried and been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. This was reduced to one and a half years, because Mr Li worked. At the sentencing, but Chinese news reports said that Mr Li called angry that he was framed had.

On Tuesday, Mr Li went back to court. Prosecutors say that he was involved in fraud and that he attracted to fabricate witness evidence.

Many Chinese say they are appalled at what seems a crude use of the courts for political gain. In both studies, Chinese court case was ignored. Mr Li was not confronted his accuser, for example, in the location, and interrogated, his lawyers could not take it.

Newspapers and magazines with far in this case, for example, one of the leading magazines of the country, Caixin, devoted a cover story reported it and an editorial in the latest issue. Minute by minute coverage had several sites. Many say that if Mr Li is condemned, it will be to defend their customers impossible for other lawyers. "Li Zhuang defend defense is, the right to work as a lawyer in China and the ideal of Justice," Wei Rujiu, one of his lawyers, wrote in his blog on Tuesday.

The advertising is in contrast, the many lawyers who have been rounded up in a recent political crackdown in quiet. A statement, analysts say, is that Mr Li not political dissidents, so that it acceptable for the Chinese media on the issue to report.

But it can also signal that forces Bo Lord use efforts, are against Chongqing as a springboard back to Beijing, and possibly of the Politburo Standing Committee.

"Bo not undisputed in the party,", said Joshua Rosenzweig of the DUI Hua Foundation, a group in Hong Kong human rights monitoring. "It feeds in concern about how Bo has dealt with criminal justice in Chongqing."

Could have wider implications for China Bo Lord, he should win a seat of the Standing Committee, should be brought for law and order. Mr LI could make treatment a harbinger for the next Government view of the legal system.

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Disney Gets a Second Chance in China

By Ronald Grover, Stephanie Wong and Wendy Leung

There are signs fail that the inauguration April 8 to the Shanghai Disney Resort from $ 4.4 billion was not aimed at the typical Orlando holidaymaker. Shanghai schoolchildren sang When You Wish Upon a Star - in Mandarin. Mickey Mouse was plated not in his misfiring signature, but in traditional costume of Chinese Red to symbolize good fortune. Everything which has been adapted to the tastes of the nation the most populated of the world.

Walt Disney (DIS) has good reason to sweat the details to his first on the continent theme park. Opening Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005, he underestimated will appear how many visitors and how long they would dwell. The result: too little rides, inadequate seating and food provides restaurants and angry crowds who were to be repressed. Although Park Disney belonging to Hong Kong by 47% is expanding, it loses yet 92.3 million for the year ended last October, while attendance has increased by 13%. "We learned a lot from Hong Kong," says Disney Director General Robert a. Iger. "In Shanghai, we are in route a three hour of 300 million people." This is a huge opportunity, and we must pay attention to how come and their attendance patterns. ?

For Disney studios, who will hold a 43 per cent in the station of 963-acre (three companies belonging to the State own the rest), Shanghai is a bet of $ 1.9 billion on a growing Chinese middle class who will pass the projects of the company 200 billion per year recreation of travel by 2015. It is also a bet that Disney characters and 55 year history of the race theme parks can be adapted to a culture may not fully understand. Disney "has too much riding on China to leave Hong Kong or Shanghai fail", explains John Gerner, Director General of recreation business advisors, which evaluated the possibility for theme parks in China for Village Roadshow, a theater operator and Australian Park. "Hong Kong was an experiment to see if a smaller Park would work, and he is not." Now they are fixing it. ?

Disneyland in Shanghai will almost 85 acres, approximately 50% larger than Hong Kong Park opening, said an Executive. There will be traditional Disney rides and others based on Chinese culture, said Iger. The company is adding Chinese nationals in his "imagineering" team to help develop the Park. A staple that will change: Main Street USA, the turn-of-the-century collection of shop Windows and streets cars pulled by horses that greet visitors to most of the Disney parks. Iger, explains: "we believe simply that Main Street USA is perhaps not that interesting to the people here."

Disney is not likely to repeat the cultural missteps, had its opening of Disneyland Resort Paris in 1992, where sales of food products suffered because the Park did not initially use wine with meals. In Hong Kong, Disney has reduced the number of dogs in its restaurants serving more dim sum and noodle dishes, says Executive of Disney, and it is likely to be full of terroir in Shanghai. "Disney attention much more now to cultural differences," said analyst Evercore Partners (EVR) Alan Gould. A single motivation: The Shanghai Park will generate $ 70 million in management fees for Disney in its first year and $ 200 million in a decade, estimates of Gould.

The bottom line: Disney, which already provides its television programs, to 260 million viewers in China each week betting on continental theme parks.

Grover covers industry media and entertainment for Bloomberg Businessweek in Los Angeles. Wong is a reporter for Bloomberg News. Leung is a journalist for Bloomberg News.

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How eBay has found a way to Secret in China

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By Bruce Einhorn

There has always been a certain way to executives to cringe from eBay (EBAY) of online market: ask them on China. In 2003, eBay has paid $ 150 million to acquire eachnet, e-commerce site top time as China. Director General Meg Whitman has invested $ 100 million more in the operation, but a combination of management errors - do not give enough power for managers of, for example - and a tough competition from local rival Alibaba group paralysed the company. In 2006, eBay has abandoned and withdrawn eBay EachNet joint-venture with Tom Online. Alibaba group, which unlike eBay does charge commissions, never lost his head. "It is very difficult to compete with free," says Jay Lee, eBay senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific.

While eBay seeks to challenge Alibaba group anymore, it is not a Plan B for China: connecting exporters and Chinese entrepreneurs eBay consumers elsewhere. The strategy is centred on such vendors as Fengyan Tang, 35, who goes by the English name of Maggie. Four years ago, Tang decided to start his own business dress. She found an ideal way to sell his $50 cocktail to eBay and rockabilly swing dresses and made sales of $700,000 last year. Although eBay since a minimal presence in China, is not the Tang spirit, she continues worldwide customers. To reach them, the most logical eBay. "This is the most famous," she said.

Exporters such as Tang, eBay has a company of China again. Transactions of China and Hong Kong on eBay and its PayPal unit amounted to $ 4 billion in 2010, making China market fifth of the company behind the United States, Germany, Great Britain and Korea from the South. "We learned many things," said Lee. "China is very important, but we need a different way to approach the market."

To achieve this, eBay sought segments of the Chinese market e-commerce not dominated by the pattern of the Alibaba group, Jack Ma and the Alibaba group. Alibaba group is dominant in China, but have little consumers to reach out of the country. Aliexpress, a website connecting small and medium-sized enterprises of importers and exporters in the world, do much for consumers. EBay saw an opening and has today 150 officers of catering to Chinese vendors. Last year, he launched a service with China Post and the Postal Service of United States, to provide a means for foreign buyers track their purchases of China and allow vendors on the continent to offer free shipping. The model of cross - border "is an opportunity that plays to our strength, which is the export business, explains Lee." "" We connect buyers and sellers - that is what we do. ?

EBay is one of the many foreign net companies face a challenge from China. Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Amazon.com (AMZN), Myspace (NWS) and the AOL (AOL) stumbled, partly because Chinese officials are determined to censor Internet and are wary of the role that foreigners might play in the politically sensitive environment. (The censors have banned YouTube and Twitter, for example, creating local opportunities for copiers) Slow US companies did not also adapted to the needs of the rapidly changing Chinese market, said Mark Natkin, Managing Director of Marbridge Consulting Beijing. Companies foreign "are a distinct disadvantage," said. "It y number of case studies on which draw, and yet, there is a certain almost-hubris" by foreigners.

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CICC said global banks too optimistic on the Stocks of China

4: 22 Am EDT by Bloomberg News, April 15, 2011

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April 15 (Bloomberg)--more great China Investment Bank turns "prudent" on stocks of the country, as six of its Overseas rivals and the largest mutual fund manager say that it is the time to buy.China International Capital Corp. predicts the economic slowdown and growth of earnings limit equity gains after the Hang Seng China enterprises index increased by 6.6% this year, the best advance among key Asian indices. "The provider of the head of research in China in the Asiamoney survey recommends"defensive"businesses including cash and consumer staples producers".We will turn cautious, "Hong Hao, CICC global equity strategist, said in an interview to 13 April in Shanghai." "Economic growth will slow in the coming months."CICC reduced outlook follows recommendations to stimulate the Chinese holdings stocks in the month of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Macquarie Group Ltd., and HSBC Holdings Plc, with forecasts for more gains of at least 14% by Credit Switzerland Group AG and Deutsche Bank AG. This week, has declared Pacific Investment Management Co., who oversees the $ 1.2 billion, it occupies a position of "great overweight" in China.While the actions of the country are rallied for three consecutive weeks on speculation that the Bank of China is near the end of its campaign to tighten policy monétaireHong said investors bullish can be disappointed.Rate BetsThe Hang Seng gauge Chinese shares listed in Hong Kong, or H-shares, fell 23 percent in the six months after that the Central Bank ceased to increase in 2007, underperforming index of emerging markets of the MSCI by 14 percentage points. In 2004, the tonnage of H-share rose about 3 percent after rate increases at the end, the MSCI index of end of 8 percentage points.The index of H-share added 0.4% to 13,533.58 today. "Consensus sees the start of the end of the interest rate hike cycle and so is distributed upward,"Hong said in a report sent to clients April 10. "The end of the cycle is not necessarily optimistic judging by the experiences of 2004 and 2007."In January 2010, Hong, a former analyst at Morgan Stanley and strategist of Citigroup Inc., predicted that stocks would be retirement as the Government reined in property speculation. The tonnage of China Hang Seng dropped 10 percent in the first half while index Composite of Shanghai of so-called shares exchanged on the continent declined by 27 percent. The tonnage of Shanghai gained 0.3% at 3,050.53 today.In November 2010, Hong advised investors to avoid buying Chinese stocks after the largest gathering of 15 months. The tonnage of China Hang Seng decreased for four straight months.Inflation JumpChina economy grew a further estimated 9.7% in the first quarter and inflation in March has accelerated the fastest rate since 2008, the National Bureau of statistics said at a Conference in Beijing today.Consumer prices increased by 5.4% a year earlier, the bureau of statistics said. The median forecast in surveys of Bloomberg News, economists have been for the growth of 9.4% and the inflation of 5.2%.China has increased its lending rate of benchmark of 1 percent to 6.31% since October and thrown the requirements of the reserve banks three times this year to combat inflation and curbing property speculation.The policy makers will raise the rate of loan key to 6.56% year-end, according to the median of forecasts in a survey of 20 economists Bloomberg March 22. In addition to monetary tools, the Government has deployed grants, State food reserves and the threat of the price control to counter inflation, including Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has described as a threat to social stability of the nation of 1.3 billion people. "The biggest second sustainable Rally Bank ' Credit Switzerland, Switzerland, boosted its forecast for 12 months on the Hang Seng index the day after its central bank rate increase on 5 April. HSBC, Europe largest lender, has increased its rating on the greater China "overweight" Investment Bank while the Australia, Macquarie, said investors expected lift holdings because the Central Bank is near the end of raising borrowing costs.Chinese stocks have been upgraded to "overweight" from "market weight" the previous week by analysts Helen Zhu and Timothy Moe at Goldman Sachs, the largest fifth U.S. Bank by assets. They recommended banking and property sharing and their target of 16 500 for 12-month Hang Seng index. In a report distributed on 21 March, Ma Jun, a strategist based in Hong Kong to Deutsche Bank, largest of Germany, lender said that Chinese actions can achieve approximately 25 per cent.Maria Gordon, a Fund Manager of emerging stock in London in the Pimco, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on 13 April as financial and property stocks are attractive. The 236 billion PIMCO Total Return Fund, managed by Bill Gross, is the largest mutual fund in the history of the industry.Cup CyclicalsFrank Li, JPMorgan China strategist, said stocks may "swing" before a "sustainable rally" towards the end of the third quarter, according to the comments sent by e-mail yesterday. MOE of Goldman Sachs, Garry Evans of HSBC and Peggy Chan of Switzerland Credit did not respond to telephone and E-mail requests for comment. Michael Kurtz, a strategist at Macquarie, declined to comment. "Growth will be stronger than market expectations,"Ma of Deutsche Bank said in a telephone interview yesterday." "We expect a small re-rating of the market as the macro fears rise." ' Cheap' StocksThe MSCI China Index primarily listed in Hong Kong China stocks "is cheap," said Ma. Trades of gauge for 12 times estimated, compared to its historical average of 14.8, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The measure on the part of h is assessed both the 11.1, compared to 11.6 for the emerging market MSCI Index.CICC Hong advised investors to cut holdings of the companies that rely on the acceleration of economic growth to increase revenuesincluding producers of raw materials. Benefits to companies listed on China spent about 19% in 2011, at the bottom 40 percent last year, according to IPCC estimates. "It is time to turn defensive,"said Hong.

-Michael Patterson, Zhang Shidong and Allen Wan. With the help of Irene Shen and Kristine Aquino. Publisher: Allen Wan

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China concerned about Japan's prolonged nuclear crisis - Reuters

By Yoko Kubota and Yoko Nishikawa

TOKYO | Fri Apr 8, 2011 8: 44 on the EDT

Tokyo (Reuters) – China said on Friday it was Japan pump of radioactive water into the sea from his crippled nuclear power plant, which worried growing international unease at the month long crisis triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

China will "work closely" Japan of the monitor actions again the control of the plant, the Foreign Ministry said, demanding Tokyo included fast and accurate information about the crisis which began on 11 March when a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami hit.

The comments came as watchdog said Chinese quality, that it 10 ships, aircraft or cargo of Japan with higher than normal levels of radiation arriving since mid-March had found.

During Japan, fights also calls to revive the economy facing to back the control of the nuclear power plant in the worst crisis since Chernobyl, he, shaken by the triple disaster, to prevent one also affects the global economy.

G20 Finance heads of State or Government ask Tokyo for a plan, its economy revive, as she have a risk to global growth, Takatoshi Kato, a the consequences of the earthquake see former IMF Deputy Chief, told of Reuters in an interview on Friday.

The tsunami 28,000 people dead or missing, damaged a fragmented wreck six nuclear reactors, North of Tokyo and Japan's northeast coast. The world's third-largest economy is now in "Serious condition", the Japanese Government said on Friday.

A large 7.1 aftershock on Thursday night rocked Japan's East Coast three people killed, 141 others injured, so four million households without electricity and prompt a brief evacuation of workers from the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima Daiichi.

Operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) (9501.T) said, there was no damage to your system, which was leaking up before two days highly radioactive water into the sea. But engineers are used pumps of low-level radioactive sea water, overheated fuel rods, cool off in the sea due to lack of disk space.

"As Japan's neighbors, we of course expressions our concern about this," China's spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Hong Lei, in a statement.

"We ask that Japan the relevant information on the Chinese side in a fast, reported comprehensive and accurate way."

South Korea weighed also on Thursday, throwing Japan of incompetence not to its neighbours to notify that it radioactive would water pump in the sea.

"she communication wouldn't but, perhaps because they simply cannot avoid to think about it, but there is a question which is their incompetence", Prime Minister Kim Hwang-Sik said in answer to a question in Parliament.

ECONOMY COCOONS

Several countries have banned or restricted food imports from Japan fears and some Korean schools have closed on radiation, for fear of toxic rain.

Compounding Tokyo's problems, Japan's economy is reeling since the second world war from the worst disaster and the error is on Japanese supply chains reverberate around the world,.

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China dismisses international concern about missing artist activist - voice of America

Stephanie HO | Beijing April 06, 2011 Chinese avant-garde artist Ai Weiwei is pictured on the theater on the Goetheplatz in Bremen, Northern Germany, on October 4, 2009.

A Chinese State newspaper is aside international concerns about the fate of prominent activist artist Ai Weiwei, brushes, the not been heard since he was arrested Sunday.

The State global Times newspaper broke Wednesday the Chinese media silence on the case of the Chinese artist activist Ai Weiwei, by running of Chinese and English language versions of an article blasting him.

An outsider Gets the 53-year-old AI, that there is a lack of respect for China's laws and has pushed the limits of the legal tolerance.? The article throws and Western critics of AI's event undermines China's human rights attack and to social and judicial sovereignty.

Authorities arrested end it AI on Sunday, after Beijing, get a flight to Hong Kong as he was.? Shortly thereafter, police searched his home and Studio, and computers and other items away.

Western Governments and human rights activists have condemned the disappearance and the artist's release.? You is also concerned about China's increasing use of arbitrary arrests of dissidents.

AI's disappear comes up in the midst of a massive crackdown lesser known Chinese lawyers and activists, following online calls for protests in China similar to as the "Jasmine revolution" demonstrations, which led to the change of Government in the Middle East.

Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan, close in AI's family, says if AI have been detained in fact, his family should have received within 24 hours.? The lawyer says at this point the family can only conjecture and is consulting with the competent authorities.? But he said they have received no letter of formal notice and do not even know what are the main charges against him.

No comment on AI's case made officials and police.

The stocky, bearded AI is one of the most famous contemporary artists of China and the son of one of the most famous poets of China, AI Qing.? AI international for helping design the main stadium for the Beijing Olympics is 2008, nest of a bird known.

AI was increasingly critical of the Chinese Government after the earthquake in Sichuan 2008, when he in the matter of the thousands of children who were killed, as their shoddily built schools collapsed is.

Sichuan hit him authorities, when he gave it visit activist in 2009 on the trial of another earthquake, criticized the also corrupt officials for shoddy school construction.

06-04-2011 James (United States)

China all smart, intelligent and good people imprison and torture them to death for this responsible Chinese. Sooner or later it is damaged only evil, greedy and medium Chinese links in China and they will try to impose nasty Communist culture in the rest of the world. Speaking you are against the Chinese violations of human rights or to the next victim of Chinese bully preparing.

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On China pressure release dissidents artist - New York Times

The Foreign Ministry, mark toner, a spokesman said the United States "deeply the trend of forced disappear, detentions, arrests and convictions of human rights activists worried opponents of was to exercise their internationally recognized human right of freedom of expression."

The German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle said, "I appeal to the Chinese Government urgently provide clarification, and I expect Ai Weiwei be released immediately." United Kingdom and France issued similar statements.

Mr AI, 53, is the most high-profile person in a sprawling Chinese Government campaign against his critics in prison are taking. Dozens of people rounded up, some have been formally arrested on charges of inciting the Subversion and almost a dozen have disappeared in police custody.

Mr. AI has suffered in recent months a series of finger-pointing as authorities of less tolerant abuse of power have grown from his criticism of the Government. The authorities had still more leeway than other critics, seemed to him probably give due to his family status. The son of one of the most beloved poets of the country, is also an architect Mr AI, who helped design Beijing's Olympic Stadium, bird's nest.

According to Chinese lawyers, the police must inform arrested the family of someone 12 hours. After 48 hours, one legal expert said, should the family the reason for the arrest in writing.

In a telephone interview Tuesday morning Mr AI said woman, Qing Lu, who had given police her no explanation for why her husband was arrested or when he might be.

Mrs Lu, was brought together with a friend of Mr AI and eight employees of his studio of Beijing, after police stations for questioning on Sunday. All but Mr. of AI's friend, Wen Tao, were published.

Police officers also artist's Studio and home on Sunday searched. Employees said that dozens of items, including laptops, hard drives, DVDS, and cameras had confiscated.

Mrs Lu said that the police had a search warrant, but it no information about the reason for their actions. "I absolutely have no idea have, what they are looking for," she said. She said she was considering a lawyer, but had not done yet.

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