News
Bilateral Ties
Clinton Praises China Stimulus, Has Hope for North Korea Relationship
Wall Street Journal, February 17, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123481470951294121.html
China Announces Military Dialogue With US
Associated Press (available at the New York Times), February 16, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/16/world/AP-AS-China-US-Military.html
Environment
Nearly 1,500 More Cars in Beijing Daily: State Media
YahooNews (Asia), February 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090217/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutiontransportaut
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Government
湖北省委首次差额票选厅级干部 (Hubei Will Hold First Provincial-Level Election)
Caijing Magazine, February 15, 2009
http://www.caijing.com.cn/2009-02-15/110068813.html
Years after Village Elections began in China, Mixed Results
McClatchy Newspapers, February 15, 2009
http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1035588.html
Hukou
Hire Graduates without Local Hukou
China Daily, February 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-02/17/content_7482978.htm
Human Rights
王丹籲美卿就人權向華施壓 (Wang Dan Appeals to Hillary to Pressure China on Human Rights)
Ming Pao, February 17, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090217/ca21017w.htm
Media
福建省整治网络低俗之风:要推进网站实名登记制度 (Fujian to Push Forward Real Name Registration System for Websites)
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-02/17/content_10831321.htm
Knifing of Blogger Sends Shiver through Online Community
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=04457c273cf7f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Chinese Netizens Call for Extension of Anti-porn Crackdown
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/16/content_10830027.htm
经营性新闻出版单位明年底全部转制 (For-Profit News Media Will Decouple from Government by End of 2010)
China Youth Daily, February 13, 2009
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2009-02/13/content_2538411.htm
Protests and Petitions
骏景千人点火抗议警察暴力 三名业主事后被捕 (1000 Proprietors Protest Police Violence in Guangzhou Property Development Case)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kangyi-02162009094755.html
報道指四川藏人示威被捕 (Ethnic Tibetans Arrested after Demonstrating in Sichuan)
Ming Pao, February 16, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090216/ca12216c.htm
疫苗致残家长欲上访遭拘押 (Poison Injection Victim's Father Detained for Planning to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuanqing-02162009084929.html
Public Health
卫生部公布2008年我国卫生改革与发展情况 (Ministry of Health Releases Report on Health Reform and Development in 2008)
Xinhuanet, February 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-02/17/content_10831129.htm
Investigation into Illegal Organ Transplants
Shanghai Daily, February 17, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200902/20090217/article_391292.htm
2009年医政工作要点出台 将修订病历书写规范 (Ministry of Health Releases 2009 Medical Working Points)
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-02/16/content_10827450.htm
Society
2,000 Police Put Down Riot in Hebei
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=e6157c273cf7f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
拆迁业主被扔下楼惨死 连云港官商勾结酿悲剧 (Gas Station Owner Thrown from Roof by Thugs after Resisting Developers)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/baoli-02162009094235.html
Tibet
China in Life, Death Struggle with Dalai Lama: Media
China Post, February 17, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/02/17/196382/China-in.htm
Tibetan Official Calls on Buddhist Circles to Firmly Safeguard National, Ethnic Unity
Xinhuanet, February 16, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/16/content_10829595.htm
