Tuesday, February 22, 2011

February 22, 2011

Top news
Protests and Petitions
'Jasmine' Protest Plea Set to Fall on Deaf Ears
South China Morning Post, February 22, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=15dcc4fec194e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Co-Opts Social Media to Head Off Unrest
The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703610604576158290935677316.html

China Moves to Squelch Dissent while Requesting Patience
McClatchy Newspapers, February 22, 2011
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/21/109098/china-moves-quickly-to-squelch.html

China's Security Tzar Warns over 'Jasmine Revolution'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 21, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12522856

官報:「行為藝術」不成氣候 (Official Paper Labels China's Jasmine Revolution Rallies "Performance Art")
Ming Pao, February 22, 2011
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20110221/12222242903.html

維權律師重傷 促警憑良心破案 擬赴茉莉花集會 被套麻袋圍毆 (Rights Defense Lawyer Beaten)
Ming Pao, February 22, 2011
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20110221/12222242910.html

維權者未獲釋 冉雲飛被抄家 (Rights Defenders Remain Detained, Ran Yunfei's Home Searched)
Ming Pao, February 22, 2011
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20110221/12222242897.html


News
Corruption
China Official Flees to Canada with $14mln
Agence France-Presse, February 22, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110221/wl_canada_afp/chinacanadacrimecorruption

反腐:民间反腐网站“屡立战功” (Popular Website Exposes Corruption)
Radio Free Asia, February 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0221-nu-02212011161328.html

Environment
Survey: More Sea Islands Disappear in China
Xinhua News Agency, February 22, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/22/content_12053466.htm

Hukou
Nation Plans for Hukou Reform
Global Times, February 22, 2011
http://beijing.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-02/625744.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
突破封锁网上现身 刘霞称情绪面临崩溃 (Liu Xiaobo's Wife Re-appears Online Last Week)
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-02202011173550.html

Migrant Workers
China's Annual Long March
The Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-new-year-20110220,0,2182374,full.story

Protests and Petitions
河北与湖北民师大规模上访 (Private Teachers in Heibei and Hubei in Mass Protest )
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-02212011100846.html