Tuesday, February 15, 2011

February 15, 2011

News
Corruption

廣東地方官異地調升防貪 (Guangdong Anti-Corruption Shuffles Involve One Third of Officials)
Ming Pao, February 15, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110215/cac1.htm

Government
Technocrats Named to Top Positions in Government Agencies
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f26202564152e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Activist Artist Cancels 'Sensitive' Exhibition
Agence France-Presse, February 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=02cf02564152e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
维权人士屠夫被拘 网友开展声援后释放 (Detention of Fujianese Rights Defender Possible Related to Qian Yunhai Case)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tf-02142011100037.html

Labor
甘肃古浪120余农民工患尘肺病 无务工证难索赔 (Undocumented Gansu Workers Suffer from Lung Disease and Elusive Claims)
China Central Television, February 15, 2011
http://news.qq.com/a/20110214/001133.htm

Military
No Regrets for Defiant Tiananmen General
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5ea002564152e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
深圳一服刑人员猝死看守所 (Prisoner in Shenzhen Detention Center Dies Suddenly)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0214-hc.mp3-02142011160534.html

Protests and Petitions
武汉开两会数百访民请愿 公安封堵禁上访者出门 (Petitioners Shut Out and Shut In during Wuhan Congress Meetings)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wh-02142011094218.html

Public Health
央视曝光夺命退烧药 已致数名儿童死亡 (Children's Medicine Exposed as Cause of Several Deaths)
China News Service, February 14, 2011
http://news.qq.com/a/20110215/000614.htm

China Limits Smoking in Films, TV Shows
Associated Press, February 15, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jqfxjbA3N37Gau6cKhs-xXJx_93g

Society
China to Push Language of Largest Ethnic Minority
Reuters, February 14, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/02/14/idINIndia-54876720110214