Thursday, February 10, 2011

February 10, 2011

News
Corruption
Tip-off Websites Launched to Curb Corruption
Xinhua News Agency, February 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/09/content_11972679.htm

福建曝光一名公务员九年未上班工资照发 (Fujian Exposes Civil Servant Paid for Nine Years of Doing Nothing)
People's Daily, February 09, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0209/19/6SFMIDTM00014JB6.html

执法队长受贿导致辖区连发5起安全事故获刑4年 (Law Enforcement Chief Gets Four-Year Jail Term for Accepting Bribes Leading to Safety Accidents)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, February 10, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/s/20110210/u1a5714204.html

Environment
Pollution Fear Cancels Beijing Power Plant Plan
Shanghai Daily, February 10, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2011/201102/20110210/article_463408.htm

Food Security
China to Spur Rice Output as Drought Shrivels Wheat
Agence France-Presse, February 09, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110209/bs_afp/chinaeconomyfarmdrought

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Secret Video Released of Detained Chinese Lawyer
Associated Press, February 10, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110210/ap_on_re_as/as_china_blind_activist

Land Policy
青岛村庄改造拆房千多户 村民新春联署投诉强拆 (Qingdao Villagers Submit Letter of Protest over Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qingdao-02092011092953.html

Law
公益人士呼吁调查“女律师被殴流产事件” (Public Figures Call for Investigation of Pregnant Lawyer's Bailiff-Assailant)
Caixin, February 10, 2011
http://roll.sohu.com/20110210/n302978235.shtml

Public Health
辽宁新民市改水工程盲目开工数千万投资成摆设 (Liaoning: Hasty Water Improvement Project in Wastes Tens of Millions of Yuan)
Xinhua News Agency, February 09, 2011
http://focus.news.163.com/11/0209/20/6SFQT9MB00011SM9.html

业内人士称国内部分矿泉水饮用水桶威胁健康 (Industry Insider: Water Cooler Bottles Threaten Your Health)
China Youth Daily, February 10, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110210/u1a5714040.html

XUAR
Latest Batch of Officials Head to Xinjiang
China Daily, February 10, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/10/content_11973359.htm