Wednesday, February 16, 2011

February 16, 2011

News
Corruption
'Naked Officials' Must Bare It All about Families
China Daily, February 16, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/16/content_12021605.htm

分析认为茉莉花革命引发刘志军下台 (Analysts: Egypt's Jasmine Revolution Lead to Liu Zhijun's Quick Removal from the Ministry of Railways)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-02152011103104.html

Death Penalty
Chinese Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for 3 Filipinos Convicted of Drug Trafficking
Associated Press, February 16, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gkm1QsPIVzLxijMUm7xnUrb8vM8A

Land Policy
三亚回应“强拆棚户区”:政府无义务赔偿 (Sanya Will Not Compensate for the Demolition of Shantytowns)
Eastday, February 16, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110216/u1a5725707.html

Law
Top Court Makes Case for More Local Judges
China Daily, February 16, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/16/content_12021764.htm

Media
China Tops Media Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/journalists-02152011150510.html
Related information:
Attacks on the Press 2010: China
Committee to Protect Journalists, February 15, 2011
http://www.cpj.org/2011/02/attacks-on-the-press-2010-china.php
Reporters Roughed Up near China Activist's Home
Agence France-Presse, February 16, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-o_sjS715rfkvDdAXHAo2umaEhg

Police
广西要求县级以上公安机关开微博 (Guangxi: Public Security Agencies at County Level and Higher Told to Microblog)
China News Service, February 15, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-02-15/212921959243.shtml

Politics
China's Wen, in the Twilight of his Premiership, Takes on Reformer's Role
The Washington Post, February 15, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/15/AR2011021502553.html

Dour Chinese Officials Learn How to Spin
The Daily Telegraph, February 15, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8325292/Dour-Chinese-officials-learn-how-to-spin.html

Population
Reproductive Clinics Now under Scrutiny
China Daily, February 16, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/16/content_12021591.htm

Society
When Sparks Fly
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=06bedae16392e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

理性看待当前的社会公正问题 (A Rational View of Social Justice)
People's Court Daily, February 16, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110216/u1a5725924.html

浙江判决今年首例家庭暴力案 (Domestic Violence Case in Zhejiang Has Wider Implications for China's Legal System)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0214-aw-02152011101634.html

Tibet
China Eyes 15mln Tourists to Tibet by 2015
Reuters, February 13, 2011
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/china-eyes-15-mln-tourists-to-tibet-by-2015