Human Rights Defenders – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
黑夜、黑头套、黑帮绑架(高智晟 (Dark Night, Dark Hood, and Kidnapping by Dark Mafia (Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gao-02082009211313.html
On September 2007, rights defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) was kidnapped and brutally tortured by Chinese authorities. His firsthand account of these events has surfaced, detailing violent beatings, electric shocks to his genitals, and having his eyes burnt by lit cigarettes. Previously, Gao had been sentenced to prison in 2006 for writing open letters critical of the Chinese government’s suppression of Falun Gong. On February 4, 2009, Gao was taken from his home by security police and has not been heard from since.
English translation
Torture Account by Missing Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 08, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/126636
News
Environment
Experts Blame Drought on Human Errors
South China Morning Post, February 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=60d391c356c4f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Food Security
Chinese Milk Executive Says She Was Scapegoat for Crisis
Telegraph.co.uk, February 08, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4558457/Chinese-milk-executive-
says-she-was-scapegoat-for-crisis.html
喀什11人服假糖尿藥不適 (16:18) (11 Sick in Kashgar after Taking Fake Medicine)
Ming Pao, February 07, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090207/ca61619a.htm
Government
湖北一副局长被免职刑拘 涉嫌酒后驾公车1死2伤 (Hubei Official Arrested and Removed from Office for Involvement in Fatal Drunk Driving Accident)
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-02/08/content_10781260.htm
Hong Kong
Rules on HK Journalists Slammed as Step Backward
China Post, February 07, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/02/07/195072/Rules-on.htm
June 4th
纪念八九前卫艺术展遭公安喊停 (Art Exhibition Commemorating Tiananmen Anniversary Barred)
Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liusi-02062009154219.html
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Radio Free Asia, February 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/64-02062009100911.html?encoding=simplified
Labor
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Ming Pao, February 09, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090209/ca11154i.htm
Media
中国强调被关闭网站不得改名重新开张 (Closed Websites Not Allowed to Reopen under Another Name)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-02072009000712.html
Olympics
(China's Iconic Stadium is Losing Its Glamour Fast)
Straits Times, February 08, 2009
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_335704.html
Police
Chinese Inspectors Patrol Jails to Prevent Torture of Detainees
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/08/content_10784444.htm
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090209/wl_nm/us_china_rights
Protests and Petitions
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Reuters, February 06, 2009
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Public Health
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China Post, February 09, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/hong-kong/2009/02/09/195302/Deadly-
tide.htm
State-owned Enterprises
SOEs to be Supervised for Corruption in Projects
China Daily, February 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-02/08/content_7454820.htm
Tibet
Security Forces Patrol Tibetan Town in NW China
Reuters, February 07, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE51619320090207