February 01, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Political Sport
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7b89a516fbdd210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Former Anti-Drugs Official in Chongqing
Reuters, February 01, 2011
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC110201-0000211/Former-senior-China-anti-drug-official-gets-death-penalty

太原拆迁命案保安头目被判死缓 (Life and Death Sentences in Taiyuan Demolition Murder Trial)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 01, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-02/01/content_1291029.htm

法学家马克昌:目前不具备废除死刑条件 (Legal Scholar: China Not Ready to Kill Death Penalty)
Changjiang Daily, February 01, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110201/u1a5703285.html

禁室培慾590天 湖北漢判死 (Hubei Man Sentenced to Death for Rape, Illegal Detention)
Ming Pao, February 01, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110201/cca1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
Darkness at Noon
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d8e85f3c312dd210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
京基督徒主日敬拜活动被阻 鄂姚立法遭断水断电被警带走 (Sunday Services Obstructed in Beijing, Yao Lifa Taken by Police)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jidu-01312011103609.html

IMAR
内蒙古鄂尔多斯蒙藏医药学校创办人被判刑 (Mongolian-Tibetan Medical School Founder Given 3 Years Jail Time)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/neimeng-01312011093850.html

Land Policy
New Rules Put an End to Forced Demolitions
Xinhua News Agency, January 28, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-01/28/content_11934513.htm

北京三百人强拆民居 就地贱卖户主物品 (Beijing Sends Hundreds to Forcibly Evict Three)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-01312011101600.html

校长院长申领廉租房确有其事 (Officials Awarded Low-Income Housing)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 31, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-01/31/content_1290679.htm

Law
China Convicts Driver Who Ran over Lobbying Farmer
Associated Press, February 01, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mysterious_death

Media
Beijing Censors Media, Fearing 1989 Reminder
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2efdf7a20ccdd210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
China Mulls Impact of Mideast Uprisings
The Washington Post, January 31, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/31/AR2011013101885.html

Egypt's Chilling Echoes of June 4 for Beijing
South China Morning Post, February 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=689cf7a20ccdd210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
流血讨薪等恶性事件频发生 招工难成欠薪新诱因 (Cases of Migrant Worker Abuse on the Rise)
Xinhua News Agency, February 01, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110201/u1a5703837.html

Protests and Petitions
河北服毒讨薪不治农民工家属获老板26万补偿 (Family of Migrant Worker Who Committed Suicide in Protest of Unpaid Wages Given Compensation)
China National Radio, January 31, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0131/14/6RO10G3O00014JB5.html

Public Health
上海眼科假药案18嫌犯被抓 (Fake Meds Lead to 18 Arrests at Shanghai Hospital)
Southern Metropolis Daily, February 01, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-02/01/content_1291026.htm

医院阑尾手术致病人死亡 家属讨说法遭百人围殴 (Family Beaten outside Hospital after Mother's Surgery Fails)
Dahe Daily, January 28, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.cn/society/content/2011-01/28/content_2462351.htm