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Beijing lawyers fight to free whistleblower-Andrew Yeh

From Financial Times: Prominent Beijing lawyers are planning to confront local authorities next week to fight for the release of a blind whistleblower detained for exposing forced abortions and sterilisations . The nine-month detention of Chen Guangcheng, a “barefoot lawyer” who last year began organising a class-action lawsuit against Linyi city officials because of their […]

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China vows to drain cash from financial system-Reuters

From Reuters: China’s central bank vowed on Thursday to step up its efforts to drain cash from the banking system, leaving less money for banks to lend for factories and property as strong data showed investment accelerating again. “We will remove fuel from the fire, so that they do not have the money to lend,” […]

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China’s media in unusual call for transparency-Richard McGregor

From Financial Times: The state-run Chinese media have challenged the authorities to explain the weekend sacking of one of Beijing’s top officials for corruption, saying such information was needed to retain public confidence in the government. The state-run Chinese media have challenged the authorities to explain the weekend sacking of one of Beijing’s top officials […]

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