February 25, 2011

Top news
Protests and Petitions
"Jasmine" Protests Greet Chinese Envoy in Taiwan
Reuters, February 25, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/25/us-taiwan-china-idUSTRE71O14U20110225

Heavy Hand to Thwart NPC-eve 'Jasmine' Strife
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=abd616c25585e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

冉云飞被以颠覆罪名刑拘 各界震惊谴责 (Writer Ran Yunfei Detained on Subversion Charges)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ran-02242011142208.html

News
Bilateral Ties
Cannon Wants Chinese Fugitives Returned
Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jLvK8ZOpu0ECPGgRKeKmRsR2LN6w

Death Penalty
内蒙古临河区灭门案凶犯被判死刑 连杀一家5口 (Inner Mongolian Sentenced to Death for Murder)
Xinhua News Agency, February 25, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110225/u1a5744520.html

Food Security
甘肃陇南拖欠农民退耕还林粮食补助款 (Gansu Villagers Wait Years for Food Assistance after Implementing Land Restoration Scheme)
Lanzhou Morning Post, February 25, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2026192/1.html

Government
社科院称6个部委4家地方政府信息公开考核得0分 (CASS: Six Departments, Four Local Governments Score Zero on Public Access to Information)
Legal Daily, February 25, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110225/u1a5744233.html

Related news:
Anti-corruption Agency at Bottom of Transparency List
China Daily, February 25, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/25/content_12075784.htm

Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
Chinese Dissident Sent to Labor Camp Again
Reuters, February 24, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-china-dissident-idUSTRE71N4X020110224

Related information:
Petitioner Recounts Abuses during RTL; Medical Parole Rescinded
重病的上访人士毛恒凤重被关进劳教所
Human Rights in China, February 24, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/192635
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/28861

Labor
China Says over 2,400 Dead in Coal Mines in 2010
Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110225/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccidentcoal

Law
公务员叛逃境外最高判十年引起质疑 (Ten-year Maximum Penalty for Fleeing Civil Servants Raises Questions)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gong-02242011094824.html

Media
China Tightens Censorship
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/censorship-02242011130644.html

Public Health
Ambitious Targets Set to Help Ease the Crippling Personal Cost of Medical Care
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1cc539428975e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Calls for Renewed Fight against Dalai Lama
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 25, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12575470