February 23, 2011

Top news
Protests and Petitions
Renewed Call for China 'Jasmine Rallies'
Agence France-Presse, February 23, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110223/ts_afp/chinarightsunrestinternetmideast

For a translation of the call to rally and the original letter, see:
Jasmine Organizers Call for Rallies Every Sunday
茉莉花组织者呼吁周日再集会
Human Rights in China, February 22, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/192610
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/28695

Related news:
China Official Warns of Domestic Unrest and "Hostile" West
Reuters, February 22, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110222/wl_nm/us_china_unrest

「茉莉花」醞釀周日再開 警拘多人 ("Jasmine Revolution" Rallies Called for Each Sunday, Police Make More Arrests)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110223/caa1.htm

News
Bilateral Ties
China Concerned about Libya, Slow to Rebuke Gaddafi
Reuters, February 23, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110222/wl_nm/us_china_libya_unrest

Related news:
中国官方避谈茉莉花 禁报利比亚镇压 (China Avoids Talk of Jasmine Revolution, Prohibits Reports of Libyan Repression)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guanfang-02222011161126.html

Children
西安小学生请客选班长现象透析 (Analysis of Bribery among Xi'an's Elementary Students)
Sanqin Daily, February 23, 2011
http://www.sanqindaily.com/News/20110222/89526.html

Civil Society
中国防艾独立民间组织发展受限 (China's Independent HIV/AIDS NGOs Face Developmental Limits)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aizi-02222011100426.html

Death Penalty
China to Execute 4 Accused in Xinjiang Violence
Associated Press, February 23, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/ap_on_re_as/as_china_xinjiang

Environment
土壤毒祸 (Poisoned Soil: The Disaster of Mineral Resource Exploitation)
China Economic Weekly, February 21, 2011
http://www.ceweekly.cn/html/Article/201102214416497012.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Wei (陈卫)
China Detains Dissident for Inciting Subversion
Reuters, February 23, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/23/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE71M1KD20110223

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Nobel Laureate Wife Fears Going 'Crazy,' Says Activists
Agence France-Presse, February 23, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hEEi8TIB-n24RgKTzsnTRx2rUOMw

Human Rights Defenders
Rights Lawyers Targeted throughout Week as Police Enforce Clampdown
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fbf38b3b0fd4e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

田喜上诉状送达法院 艾滋病人维权引国际关注 (HIV/AIDS Activist Tian Xi Appeals Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tianxi-02222011095300.html

Labor
Chinese Lawmakers to Vet Car Tax, New Labor Rule
Xinhua News Agency, February 23, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/23/content_12065147.htm

蘋果蘇州工人函喬布斯抗議 (Suzhou Workers Rally against "Silent Killer" in Open Letter to Steve Jobs)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110223/cad1.htm

Media
China Opens State-Controlled Internet Search Site
Voice of America, February 22, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Opens-State-Controlled-Internet-Search-Site-116664624.html

揭弊作家：花期未到可想香味 (Murong Xuecun: The Flower Season Has Yet to Arrive, But This Doesn't Stop Us from Thinking of Its Scent)
Ming Pao, February 23, 2011
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnoverseamedia/mingpao/20110222/12222245624.html

Related information:
'Absurdities of China's Censorship System'
Murong Xuecun, February 22, 2011
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2052967,00.html

Public Health
China to Crack Down on Substandard Health Foods
Xinhua News Agency, February 23, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/22/content_12060737.htm

Taiwan
马英九就台籍嫌犯遭遣送大陆事件向菲律宾特使表达强烈不满 (Taiwanese President Unsatisfied with Philippine Suspect Row)
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ma-02222011100103.html

XUAR
Xinjiang 'Tense' amid Arab Turmoil
Radio Free Asia, February 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/turmoil-02222011124714.html