February 4, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Steps Up Overtures to Africa
Voice of America, February 03, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-03-voa13.cfm

Economic Development
China's Surge of College Graduates Finds White-collar Work Elusive
Christian Science Monitor, February 04, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0204/p01s01-woap.html

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
法院以涉及机密为由禁止律师复印黄琦卷宗 (Court Refuses to Allow Huang Qi's Lawyer View Files due to "Secret" Matter within)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_huangqi-02032009095330.html

Internet Censorship
百科全书“维库”暂停服务 分析认为对零八宪章打压(图) (Chinese "WikiLib" Online Encyclopedia Temporarily Closed)
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08charter-02032009085254.html

中国网站牛博网再遭屏蔽 (Popular Chinese Blogging Portal Bullog again Blocked)
Radio France Internationale, February 02, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/110/article_11874.asp

June 4
Blogger Defies the Censors to Air Views on Tiananmen Crackdown
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa9f0fa7b0d3f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
最高法院部署2009年的刑事审判工作 (Supreme Court Deploys 2009 Criminal Trial Work)
Xinhuanet, February 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-02/04/content_10759928.htm

Media
Chinese TV Airs Protester Throwing Shoe at Premier
Washington Post, February 04, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/03/AR2009020300293.html

Related information
一男子向讲台投掷鞋子 温家宝剑桥大学演讲遭干扰 (Man Throws Shoe at Wen Jiabao during Cambridge Lecture)
South Metropolis News, February 04, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/ttxw/200902040001.asp

今起全国严打手机传淫秽视频 (Starting Today, Sending of "Salacious" Videos on Mobile Phones Banned across China)
Beijing Evening News (via Xinhuanet), February 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-02/04/content_10762273.htm

Military
"China's National Defense in 2008" Marks Maximum Transparency
Xinhuanet, February 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/03/content_10758304.htm

Multilateral
联合国人权理会事即将例会审视中国人权状况 (UN Human Rights Council Will soon Look into Status of Human Rights in PRC)
Radio Free Asia, February 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/un_humanrights_china-02032009101834.html

Police
中央综治委发布09年全国社会治安综合治理工作要点 (Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security issues 2009 Essentials in the Comprehensive Management of Social Order across China)
Xinhuanet, February 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-02/04/content_10762894.htm

Protests and Petitions
Shanghainese Petitioners Beaten by Police in Station before Chinese New Years
Radio Free Asia, February 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-02032009102629.html

Public Health
China Has Bird Flu Outbreak, Hong Kong Adviser Says
Bloomberg, February 03, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601202&sid=aqYkXcMaujec

雲南通海縣20人確診患霍亂 (20 Diagnosed with Cholera in Yunnan Outbreak)
Singtao Daily, February 03, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/103/1/1/1024178/1.html

Religion
Falun Gong Spreading Message on Banknotes
South China Morning Post, February 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=54df0fa7b0d3f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Canada Close to Accepting Three Gitmo Detainees
The Globe and Mail, February 04, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090204.GITMO04/TPStory/National