Friday, February 13, 2009

February 13, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
习近平轰外国指手划脚 (Chinese Vice President Reprimands Foreigners for "Making Indiscreet Criticisms")
Singtao Daily, February 13, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1034622/1.html

Related News
习近平痛批少数外国人对中国事务指手画脚 ([Video] Xi Jinping Reprimands Foreigners for "Making Indiscreet Criticisms" on China's Affairs)
Shenzhen Satellite TV, February 12, 2009
http://news.qq.com/a/20090212/001882.htm

Disasters
Quake-hit Sichuan to Move 18,000 Households to Avoid Disasters
Xinhua (via China Daily), February 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-02/12/content_7471468.htm

Government
Fujian City Warned Over Unrest
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fujian-unrest-02122009170536.html

Internet Censorship
Program Gets Smart on Porn
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), February 13, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200902/20090213/article_390858.htm

Multilateral
China Claims Victory at UN Human Rights Panel
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), February 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_as/as_china_un_rights

Protests and Petitions
沪约千访民上访 忧两会前当局高压对待(图)(About A Thousand Petition in Shanghai, Ahead of NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-02122009091942.html

陕西工人集体进京 律师应邀前往声援被阻 (Shaanxi Workers Go to Beijing En Masse to Petition, Lawyer Barred from Going to Support)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-02122009103405.html

四川渠县铁路徵地引发严重警民冲突 (Police, Villagers Clash Over Land Dispute in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/clash_land-02112009131405.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
Deadly Herbal Injection Banned
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1e778f96eea6f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Tibet
Foreign Visitors Barred from Areas with Big Tibetan Populations
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cfe68f96eea6f110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China Says Tibet 'Stable'
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090212/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetdalairights