News
Bilateral Ties
China Denies Role in Reported Government of Canada Hack
PC World, February 17, 2011
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/219906/china_denies_role_in_reported_government_of_canada_hack.html
Corruption
北京干部审计查出问题金额6995万 (Beijing Audits Cadres, Finds Nearly RMB 70mln in Problems)
The Beijing Times, February 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110218/u1a5729767.html
环保部通报两名司局级干部插手环评审批受贿 (Two Environment Officials Muddied Environmental Impact Assessments for Cash)
Southern Daily, February 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110218/u1a5730427.html
Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Corrupt Official
Shanghai Daily, February 18, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=464061
Freedom of Speech
China Censors U.S. Posts on Internet Freedom
Reuters, February 18, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110217/pl_nm/us_china_usa_internet
Government
The Wind that Will Not Subside: Hearing Egyptian Echoes, China’s Autocrats Cling to the Hope That They Are Different
The Economist, February 17, 2011
http://www.economist.com/node/18178177?story_id=18178177
Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
China Refuses to Condemn Mob Tactics on Reporters
Agence France-Presse, February 18, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110217/wl_asia_afp/chinarightspopulationmedia
Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
冯正虎“要立案”再被抄家 李天天为埃及庆祝遭强制问话 (Police Search Feng Zhenghu's Home, Li Tiantian Questioned)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-02172011100206.html
Labor
Apple Supplier Report Details Labour, Safety Woes, Commends Foxconn Handling of Worker Suicides
The Canadian Press, February 18, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h388U07EE3Q7hlsIh84GUiTY2LpA
Land Policy
城市房屋拆迁旧规废止 开发商不再主导拆迁行为 (Old Urban Demolition Regulations Trashed, Developers Will No Longer Lead Bulldozing)
Legal Daily, February 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110218/u1a5730756.html
海南三亚15所学校非法集资建房 4名校长被撤职 (Sanya Principals Sacked for Building Illegal Housing)
The Beijing Times, February 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110218/u1a5729803.html
Law
'Family Ties Out of the Courtroom'
China Daily, February 18, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/18/content_12036030.htm
China Court Rejects Appeal by US Geologist
Associated Press, February 18, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110218/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_detained_american
Media
新闻打假，还是钳制舆论？ (Fighting Fake News or Controlling Public Opinion?)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-02172011102642.html
Protests and Petitions
各地民师春节后维权上访被打压控制 (Police Suppress Teacher-Petitioners in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minshi-02172011094039.html
Public Health
Health Reform Targets Poor and City Residents
Shanghai Daily, February 18, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=464109
北京宣判买卖人体器官案主犯获刑7年 (Beijing Sentences Organ Dealer to Seven-year Imprisonment)
Xinhua News Agency, February 17, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110217/u1a5729470.html
Rural Issues
云南姚安震区百栋新房9成须重建 中央批示严查 (Ninety Percent of Houses in Yunnan Quake Zone Must Be Totally Rebuilt)
Yunnan Online, February 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110218/u1a5730592.html