News
Corruption
World Bank Bars 4 Chinese Firms for Corruption
Shanghai Daily, January 16, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090116/article_388269.htm
Death Penalty
浙江理工大学原副校长夏金荣受贿被判死缓 (Zhejiang University Official Given Stay of Execution)
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-01/16/content_10666863.htm
Economic Development
China's Income Gap Widens as Economy Slows
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), January 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_income_gap
Environment
Lowest Marks over Environment
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=0dd00fb021bde110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
China Parents of Melamine Victim Paid $29,000
Reuters, January 16, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE50F1TJ20090116
Government
New Head of Information Department in China's Foreign Ministry
Xinhuanet, January 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/16/content_10665693.htm
Labor
Accidents Kill over 91,100 in China in 2008
Xinhuanet, January 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/16/content_10668158.htm
Law
最高法“五禁”如何突围人情社会 (How the "Five Taboos" Will Break Personal Favors in Legal Profession)
Legal Daily, January 15, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-01/15/content_1020430.htm
Media
Wary Eye Cast over 50m Bloggers in 'Sensitive Year'
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=dab00fb021bde110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
Protester Sentenced in China
International Herald Tribune, January 15, 2009
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/15/news/china.1-408146.php
Public Health
Rural China Misses 'Barefoot Doctors'
Asia Times Online, January 16, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KA16Ad04.html
Religion
多名律师抗议成都当局违法处理“钟芳琼”案 (Several Lawyers Protest Illegal Proceedings by Chengdu Authorities in Falun Gong Case)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-01152009090831.html
湖北两名法轮功学员被审 (Two Falun Gong Practitioners Tried in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falungong-01152009090155.html
Tibet
China to Celebrate Day Tibet Feudal Rule Ended
YahooNews (China), January 16, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet
China Calls Dalai Lama "Saboteur" of Tibet Development
Reuters, January 15, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50F18N20090116
XUAR
China Names 7 New Revolutionary Martyrs
Associated Press (via Google), January 15, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOQh1esR-P7Av23KKBBvQhbsVi7QD95NE9500