February 20-22, 2010

News

Civil Society
地方政府透明度年度报告称部分政府网站不及格 (Some Official Websites Are Below Standards, CASS Report on Transparency of Local Gov't Says)
China Youth Daily, February 22, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100222/u1a5032186.html

Disasters

Fake Quake Warning Sends Thousands Outdoors
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=244b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Education
Education Minister Faces Tough Entry Exam
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e55b505ab61f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
Villagers Live in Fear of Yellow River Floods
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2010-02/22/content_9481591.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
港媒播出高耀潔美國流亡專訪 (Hong Kong TV Interviews Anti-AIDS Activist)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 20, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2010/02/100220_rthk_gao.shtml

Related information:

Gao’s Interview on RTHK

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQHoCakFBk

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmEm7ArYqo

Human Rights Defender - Liu Jie (刘杰)
维权人士刘杰强烈要求废除劳动教养制度 (Rights Defender Liu Jie Calls for Abolition of Re-education Through Labor System)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-02212010162433.html

Internet Censorship

China PLA Officer Urges New Internet Control Agency
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

Law
改革选举法城乡居民“同票同权” (Electoral Law Reform Aims for Equal Vote Weight for Urban, Rural Constituencies)
Sichuan Online (via Xinhua), February 22, 2010
http://news.66wz.com/system/2010/02/22/101707640.shtml

Media
Chinese Colleges Deny Google Hacking
Irish Times, February 22, 2010
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0222/1224264939208.html

Protests and Petitions
中国安保无止境 访民抗议公安摄像被刑拘 (Shanghai Petitioner Criminally Detained for "Obstructing Official Duties" After Attempting to Stop Police Filming at Private Home)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-02212010145013.html

Tibet
Censorship at Heart of Tibet/China Issue: Dalai Lama
Reuters, February 21, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61K0FP20100221