Friday, January 07, 2011

January 07, 2011

News
Disasters
Stadium Collapses in Inner Mongolia
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ac2bd7cf73c5d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
State Council Appoints New Hong Kong Police Chief
Xinhua News Agency, January 07, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/chinanews/2011-01/609832.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波
刘晓波家人可望春节前获准探监 (Liu's Family Expected to Visit Him Prior to Chinese New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_liu-01062011103223.html

Labor
Factories Ease Plight of Poorest - at a Price
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=54fbd7cf73c5d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Hard Work for Little Reward Backs China's Economic Growth
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 06, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12038967

Land Policy
浙江两市长因违法用地被约谈 或将被问责 (Two Zhejiang Mayors Taken In for Talks Regarding Illegal Land Use, May Be Held Accountable)
China Youth Daily, January 07, 2011
http://news.cyol.com/content/2011-01/07/content_4069375.htm

Media
Ministry Tries to Clear Up VoIP Confusion
China Daily, January 07, 2011
http://www.china.org.cn/business/2011-01/07/content_21690307.htm

Warning to China's Media
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-01062011151409.html

Police
Police Defend Detention
Shanghai Daily, January 07, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=460885&type=National

Politics
China Expels Drug Safety Official from Party: Report
Agence France-Presse, January 06, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110106/wl_asia_afp/chinacorruptionmedicineus

华东政法大学学者撰文倡改革遭校方整肃 (Each China University of Political Science and Law Scholar Kicked Out after Writing Essay Calling for Reform)
Radio Free Asia, January 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china-professor-01062011113751.html

Public Health
权威报告称7.38亿不吸烟国人遭受二手烟危害 (Report: 738 mil Non-Smokers Harmed by Second-hand Smoke)
Legal Daily, January 07, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-01/07/content_2430674.htm

Poverty
Villager's Wretched Life Reveals Dark Side of Guangdong 'Miracle'
South China Morning Post, January 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ca0cd7cf73c5d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Chinese Protesters Flock to Trial
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 07, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12006651

Tibet
無國界記者促釋3西藏作家 (RSF Calls for Release of Three Tibetan Writers)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110107/ca50850a.htm