February 23, 2010

News

Civil Society
Mainland Students 'Told to Shun Oxfam'
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=82f249df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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关于防止香港"乐施会"中国分部通过互联网在我高校招聘"大学生志愿者"的紧急通知 (Urgent Notice about Preventing Oxfam Hong Kong from Recruiting University Volunteers through Internet)
Minzu University of China, February 11, 2010
http://www.career.muc.edu.cn/jyw/detail.jsp?seq=2382

Corruption
Government Funds to Get Tighter Audits
China Daily, February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/23/content_9486145.htm

Internet Censorship
Citing National Security, Officials Urge More Controls on Internet
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=003649df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Releases New Rules for Detention Centers
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), February 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/22/content_9485982.htm

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我國拘留所將實行管理教育新模式 (China's Detention Centers to Implement New Management Rules)
Xinhua News Agency, February 22, 2010
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/22/content_13026649.htm

Media
Crackdown Fears as Censor Slams Citizen Journalists
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a9d549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

U.S. Pinpoints Code Writer behind Google Attack: Report
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100222/ts_nm/us_china_internet

China's President Hu Signs up for Microblogging
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticsitinternethu

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Hu's Microblog Disappears Before It Gets Going
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=837549df716f6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
China's Pearl River Manufacturing Hub 'Lacks Workers'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 22, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8527621.stm

Protests and Petitions
Ai Weiwei Protests Beijing Art Zone Demolition, Xinhua Reports
Bloomberg, February 22, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601089&sid=aHJBH7w_uZOo

Public Health
毒奶粉维权家长悄然判五年 敲诈勒索原是钓鱼执法？ (Tainted Milk Parent Sentenced to Five Years; Believed to Be in Retaliation for His Whistle Blowing)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-02222010162003.html