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Media
Legal Experts Slam Portal's Censorship
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZWQFZB0YE.html
Four mainland legal experts have denounced Internet portal Sina.com for deleting weblog articles they wrote which contained "sensitive words." They complained that many of their posts were removed without notice. A Sina.com customer service employee said the portal had a team of monitors supervising blog articles at all times.
News
Bilateral Ties
Canada Risks Trade with China over Human Rights Bashing: Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/wl_asia_afp/canadachin
adiplomacy_070209193029;_ylt=ApJ8Zuajcci3LPslfV29pWNPzWQA
China’s Influence in Africa Arouses Some Resistance
New York Times, February 09, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/10/world/africa/10assess.htm
l?_r=1&oref=slogin
Corruption
Small Print of Anti-Graft Regulations Lets the Princelings off the Hook
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1FKZB0YE.html
Death Penalty
Gang Boss Gets Suspended Death Sentence, 60 Jailed in Chinese Crime
People's Daily, February 09, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/07/eng20070207_348298.
html
Environment
Beijing's Blueprint for Future Aims High
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZFAQVB0YE.html
Freedom of Speech
社论：李银河涉性言论，不喜欢但要容忍 (Editorial: Academic's View on Sex Not Liked, but Should Be Tolerated)
Nanfang City News, February 12, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070212034
0.asp
Government
Wen Holds Rare Grass-Roots Talks
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ5QFZB0YE.html
Human Rights
中国建成世界上最大的人口身份信息数据库 (China Has Established the World’s Largest Database on Population Information)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/renko/
Human Rights Defenders
启靖被暴力围殴 疑当局雇用黑社会所为 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Qi Jing Beaten by Thugs Allegedly Employed by Chongqing Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/qi/
Media
Reports Cite Cover-up in China Blast
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.cm/s/ap/20070211/ap_on_re_as/china_min
e_blast_1;_ylt=AkUqy8fX1yOikSJbtmKCpfFPzWQA
博客第四度被封 藏女作家唯色：“关不了声音的源头” (Tibetan Writer Woeser’s 4th Blog Blocked in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/we/
《赵紫阳软禁中的谈话》香港出版 大陆能否传播考验当局 (Book on Zhao Ziyang’s Time Under House Arrest Published in Hong Kong, but Distribution in China Uncertain)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/zhao/
Migrant Workers
New Year Bittersweet for China's Families
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070211/lf_nm/lunar_year_chin
a_migrants_dc_1;_ylt=AvcroVnCTWGzm_dRi0.OTyRPzWQA
Poverty
可持续发展总纲:力争2050年消除"贫困户" (CASS Report Aims to Eliminate "Poor Households" by 2050)
EastDay.com, February 12, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070212/u1a2624338.html
Protests and Petitions
公安部开展亲民活动，北京78岁老人被逮捕 (78-Year-Old Arrested on Damaging Public Property Charges in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/09/gongan/
武汉花楼街居民与拆迁办公室发生冲突 (Victims of Land Grabs Clash with Evictors in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/09/china_demol
ition_clash/
Religion
HK Cardinal Hits out at China over "Acts of War"
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070210/wl_nm/religion_china_
vatican_dc_1;_ylt=AlbLaiUpn6c_CXmd8XECOVJPzWQA
Masons Follow Forefathers to Restore Cathedral
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ4E4X7XXE.html
Vatican-Backed Bishop Leads Reopening Mass
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWY3X7XXE.html
Three Gorges
Oversight of Relocation Fund to Be Tightened
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3AQVB0YE.html
Tibet
Richard Gere to Launch Report on Tibetan Exodus from China
Telugu Portal, February 09, 2007
http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=
31358