January 31, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Lawmakers Prepare to Tackle Internet Filtering in China
Warren's Washington Internet Daily, January 31, 2006

US Internet companies snub Congressional hearing
AFP, January 31, 2006
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060
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Corporate Social Accountability - Internet Censorship
US Internet Giant Google Criticized for Agreeing to Internet Search Restrictions in China
Voice of America, January 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-30-voa39.cfm

GOOGLE CHINA CENSORSHIP FUELS CALLS FOR US BOYCOTT
Boston Globe, January 31, 2006
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/01/28/
google_china_censorship_fuels_calls_for_us_boycott/hip_fuels_
calls_for_us_boycott/

Google Won't Talk to Congress about China
San Francisco Chronicle, January 31, 2006
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/31/
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How to Outwit the World's Internet Censors
New York Times, January 31, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/weekinreview/
29basic.html

Is Google's self-censorship a price worth paying for entry into China's giant market?
The Independent, January 31, 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/comment/article
341579.ece

Sellout.com
Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2006
http://www.wsj.com/

Some googlers more equal than others
The Globe and Mail, January 31, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20060128/RTHEWEEK28/TPBusiness/GeneralWEEK28/
TPBusiness/General

Google and My Red Flag
Washington Post, January 30, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2006/
01/29/AR2006012900708.htmldyn/content/article/2006/01/
29/AR2006012900708.html

Google censors itself to keep China happy
The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory
/LAC/20060130/EGOOGLE30/TPComment/Editorials
GLE30/TPComment/Editorials

DANCING WITH THE DRAGON
Sunday Herald, January 29, 2006
http://www.sundayherald.com/53800

Human Rights Defenders - Gao Zhisheng
CHINA: Lawyer: Chinese govt tried to kill me
The Lawyer, January 31, 2006
http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=118603&d
=122&h=24&f=46

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
UNFPA Governing Body Approves New Country Programme for China
UNFPA, January 30, 2006
http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=747

Taiwan
Taiwan's Chen mulls axing reunification body
Reuters, January 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/30/content
_516460.htm