Wednesday, February 25, 2009

February 25, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Nepalis Asked to Ban Rallies
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a86a0d39539af110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China 'Relieved' Over Clinton Trip
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protests-02232009094336.html

Food Security
7 People Detained over Poisoned Pork
China Daily, February 25, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-02/25/content_7509313.htm

June 4th
天安门母亲祭中共老友 斯诺遗孀拒踏足中国 (Tiananmen Mothers Commemorate Noted Sinologist Edgar Snow)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-02242009163716.html

Labor
Gas Blast Blamed on Management
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=074b0d39539af110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Migrant Workers
China Keeps Wary Eye on Displaced Migrant Workers
International Herald Tribune, February 25, 2009
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/23/asia/migrants.1-435658.php

Protests and Petitions
数百各地银行下岗员工在北京两办上访 (Hundred Laid-off Workers from Banks Petition en Masse in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bank-02242009094214.html

广西桂平劳兰村土地纠纷引发警民冲突 (Police, Villagers in Guangxi Clash over Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_clash-02242009124333.html?encoding=simplified

成都百多访民头戴冤帽在法院门口抗议(视频)(Over 100 Petitioners in Chengdu Protest Against "Unjust" Court Verdicts)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-02242009084642.html

Public Health
3 Detained over Flawed Rabies Vaccine
Xinhua (via China Daily), February 25, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-02/25/content_7510854.htm

Society
“躲猫猫”案县政府网站被黑 满屏“打酱油”(图) (Hackers "Deliberately And Maliciously Denigrate" Yunnan Govt's Website over "Hidden Cat" Scandal)
Xinhuanet, February 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-02/25/content_10888740.htm

Tibet
China Orders Tibet to Celebrate New Year
Telegraph.co.uk, February 25, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/4799075/China-orders-Tibet-to-celebrate-New-Year.html

China Closes Tibet to Foreign Tourists: Agencies, Hotel
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), February 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090224/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrightstourism