The Privileges of China’s Elite Include Purified Air

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(1) Andrew Jacobs, For China’s Party Elite, A Breath of Fresh Air. New York Times, Nov 5, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/0 ... na%20air&st=cse
("As it turns out, the homes and offices of many top leaders are filtered by high-end devices, at least according to a Chinese company, the Broad Group, which has been promoting its air-purifying machines in advertisements that highlight their ubiquity in places where many officials work and live")

Note: Broad Group  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Group
(远大集团; based in Changsha and founded in 1988 by ZHANG Yue 张 跃)

Its web site:
http://www.broad.com/


(2) Jeremy Page, Under Public Pressure, Beijing Opens up Air Quality Monitoring Center. China Real Time, Nov 9, 2011.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... -monitoring-center/

(3) 北京基层人大代表当选人清一色官方人选. VOA Chinese, Nov 9, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... TION-133538593.html

(4) 辛普森, 中国坚称艾未未逃税，民众继续用钱表心声. VOA Chinese, Nov 9, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... tist-133527528.html
(捐款总额已达600多万元人民币; "艾未未说，他母亲打算拿房产做抵押帮他付款。他认为能够在下星期二的最后期限之前付清罚款")

, which is translated from
Peter Simpson, Beijing Unmoved by Donation Rush for Dissident Artist. VOA, Nov 9, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/english/n ... tist-133523688.html

(5) 河南女维权者王译走出劳教又被监居. VOA Chinese, Nov 9, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... vist-133536868.html

(6) 上海新华医院罢工要求加薪和社保. VOA Chinese, Nov 8, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... hanghaistrike.shtml
(上海交大附属的新华医院)

(7) 西藏噶玛巴活佛呼吁藏人停止自焚. BBC Chinese, Nov 9, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... t_karmapalama.shtml
(他说：“我们藏人人数相对较少。所以，每位藏人的生命都对西藏的事业很有价值”)