February 16 - 18, 2008

News
Children
Blizzards Merely Delay a Girl's Perilous Toil
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8fb304ebbc728110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corporate Social Accountability
Retailer Drops Nickel-Cadmium Batteries
Wall Street Journal, February 18, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120325890273174147.html

Environment
Agent Used to Melt Snow Poisons Guangdong Water Sources: Report
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40a304ebbc728110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China: Rich 'Culprits' on Climate Change
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 16, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080216/ap_on_re_as/un_climate_change_china_1

Gender
河南信阳市出台关爱女性的新政策 (Preferential Treatment for Female Students and Cadres in Xinyang City, Henan)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/16/xing/

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠连续两天遭到殴打并被警方传唤 (Zheng Enchong Beaten for Two Consecutive Days and Summoned by Police)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/17/zheng/

Labor
Seoul Seeks Talks over Mainland Factory Closures
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ea492e91a0e18110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
China Launches Campaign to Crackdown on Internet Porn
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/16/content_7615990.htm

Olympics
Beijing Loses the Early Rounds of Pre-Games Public Relations Battle
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a78c04ebbc728110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Capital Sets Tougher Emissions Standards
South China Morning Post, February 18, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6f7c04ebbc728110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Military Steps Up Counter-Terrorism Preparations for Olympics
Xinhuanet, February 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/18/content_7622174.htm

Athletes Resist Pressure to Play Politics in Beijing
Reuters, February 15, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSSP31606320080215

Beijing to Close Gas Stations over Olympics-Related Emissions Rule
Xinhuanet, February 15, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/15/content_7609473.htm

Protests and Petitions
黑龙江访民被关救助站绝食抗议 (Heilongjiang Petitioners Stage Hunger Strike over Detention in "Rescue Station")
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/17/he/

Workers Take on China's Power in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/02/16/china_bingtuan/

四川古蔺县石屏乡三桂村九名维权代表被判刑 (Nine Human Rights Defenders Sentenced in Sangui Village, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/02/15/sanguicun/

State Security
维权网呼吁人大终止“煽动颠覆国家政罪” (Rights Defense Website Demands Standing Committee of National People's Congress Abolish Crime of "Inciting Subversion of State Power")
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/15/china_openletter/