February 21, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Envoy Who May Aim for White House Presses China on Rights
Reuters, February 18, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/18/us-china-usa-huntsman-idUSTRE71H0TJ20110218

Canada Deports Fugitive on China's '10 Most Wanted' List
South China Morning Post, February 19, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=13da0b503193e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China Adopts Heavy Metal Reduction Plan
Agence France-Presse, February 19, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110219/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutionhealth

Shenzhen's Poison Ash from Burning Trash
Caixin, February 18, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-02-18/100226919.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Wife of Detained Chinese Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo Says She, Family Are 'Hostages'
The Washington Post, February 20, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/19/AR2011021903739.html

Human Rights Defenders
河北被劳教维权人士徐义顺看病结果令人费解 (Diagnosis Confusing for Reeducation-Through-Labor Detainee Finally Approved for Doctor Visit)
Radio Free Asia, February 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0218-aw-02182011160610.html

Land Policy
广西柳州警方因砍树纠纷共抓捕78名村民 (Police Detain 78 in Village-vs-Village Land Dispute)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, February 18, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0218/15/6T6GRSVG00011229.html

国土部清查农民被迫住楼现象 地方政府成阻力 (Land Ministry Investigates Relocation of Rural Families, Finds Local Govt Is an Obstacle)
China Central Television, February 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110218/u1a5730970.html

Law
Supreme Court Looks to Bar Legal Favors
China Daily, February 21, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-02/21/content_12047233.htm

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最高法出台规定 防止内部人员干扰办案 (SPC Issues Regulations to Curb Case Interference by Insiders)
Guangming Daily, February 20, 2011
http://legal.gmw.cn/2011-02/21/content_1631064.htm

Media
Great Firewall Father Speaks Out

Global Times, February 18, 2011

http://special.globaltimes.cn/2011-02/624290.html

Migrant Workers
新生代农民工调查报告出炉:更注重权益保护 (Report: New Generation of Migrant Workers More Concerned with Rights, Benefits)
Xinhua News Agency, February 20, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110220/u1a5734156.html

Protests and Petitions
Arrests after China Web Users Call for Protests
Agence France-Presse, February 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110220/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrestinternet

Related news:
Hundreds Join 'Jasmine Revolution'
South China Morning Post, February 21, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=77b672e1d734e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
综合性医院儿科逐渐萎缩 缺医少药危及儿童健康 (Pediatrics Withering away at General Hospitals, Lack of Doctors and Drugs Putting Children at Risk)
Outlook, February 21, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110221/u1a5735418.html

Religion
中国“地下主教”胡大国病逝 (China's Underground Bishop Hu Dagu Passes away at 89)
Deutsche Welle, February 21, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6443970,00.html?maca=chi-rss-chi-all-1127-rdf