Wednesday, February 09, 2011

February 09, 2011

News
Food Security
UN: Drought Endangers Chinese Winter Wheat Harvest
Associated Press, February 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110208/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_un_china_drought

IMAR
Dissident Writer Missing
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/missing-02082011164044.html

Labor
部分劳动者春节加班难讨加班费 媒体盘点四误区 (New Year's Overtime Pay Difficult to Come By for Workers)
Procuratorial Daily, February 09, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110209/u1a5712157.html

Law
Ex-Dow Chemical Worker Guilty in Trade Secret Case
Reuters, February 08, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/02/08/idINIndia-54722420110208

Media
War on Independent Web Cafes Worries Net Users
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1a9c0ef43950e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
民工荒再起 工厂加薪放宽年龄限制 (Factories Offer Higher Wages, Loosen Age Restrictions as They Face Labor Shortage)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mingong-02082011091402.html

打工仔被警方当成劫匪 羁押9个多月后无罪释放 (Worker Spends Nine Months in Custody on Robbery Suspicion before Guilt-free Release)
Xin Xiao Xi Bao, February 09, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0209/06/6SEB0KAR00014AED.html

Police
钱云会案重要证人被捕 当局欲借打拐转移民众视线 (Key Witness Detained in Case of Petitioning Village Official)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yueqing-02082011091411.html

Politics
Stamping out Corruption among Judges
China Daily, February 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/09/content_11965435.htm

Social Security
77岁老太因家中无钱治病春节投江自杀 (Elderly Woman Too Poor to Treat Illness, Commits Suicide)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, February 07, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0207/01/6S8LBVMS00014AED.html

Religion
Fears for Taoist Author
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taoist-02082011153319.html

Taiwan
Major General Arrested in Taiwan Is Accused of Spying for Beijing
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c33f4a429360e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetan Singer Released from Jail
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-02082011153914.html