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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Open Government Information (信息公开)

李娜奖金从哪来? 律师要求公示 (Lawyer seeks information disclosure on source of prize money designated for tennis star Li Na by provincial government)
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Lina-01282014055317.html

See lawyer's request:
律师庞琨向湖北省公开奖励李娜80万法律依据 (Lawyer asks Hubei Province to disclose legal basis for awarding Li Nan RMB 800,000 in prize money)
Sina Blog, January 28, 2014
blog.sina.cn/dpool/blog/s/blog_609f8b000101hmc6.html