中国南方“气荒” 众多企业停工

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BBC Chinese, Nov. 21,2 009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/11/091121_china_gas_shortage.shtml
(running out of natural gas due to cold weather)


--------------------Separately
(1) 江泽民等遭西班牙法院传讯. VOA Chinese, Nov. 21, 2009.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/JIANGZEMIN-20091121-70694102.html

My comment: That is Judge Ismael Moreno. In Spain, an investigative judge
functions as a prosecutor in US. This will create embarrassment for Mr.
Jiang but nothing more (think Spanish indictment of former Chile dictator
Augusto Pinochet) as long as he does not travel abroad.

(2)
(a) Sharon LaFraniere and Jonathan Ansfield, In Obama Interview, Signs of
China’s Heavy Hand. New York Times, Nov. 20, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/world/asia/20china.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=southern%20obama%20guangzhou&st=cse

(b) LA Staff Writer, Chinese officials Rip Obama Interview from Newspaper.
Many copies of the Southern Weekend were missing the page carrying Obama's
exclusive interview, even though it didn't cover anything controversial. Los
Angeles Times, Nov. 20, 2009.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-china-censor20-2009nov20,0,638241.story

(c) 美官员披露《南方周末》采访细节. VOA Chinese, Nov. 20, 2009.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/Nanfang_weekly_20091120-70627037.html
("上海的[第一财经](China Business News)报道说，到北京采访奥巴马总统的南方周
末编辑向熹说：'既然奥巴马选中了我们，那么，《南方周末》就要代表中国的利益去
发问 ...'  美国之音点击[第一财经]网站上的相关文章，希望阅读更加详细的报道时
，这篇访问已经看不到了，只是读到'无法找到该页；您正在搜索的页面可能已经删除
、更名或暂时不可用'。")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest of this VOA report.

(3) David Pierson, U.S. Warplane Fell from the Sky and into Obscurity.
A B-29 Superfortress that crashed near a village in southern China in
November 1950 was mostly forgotten until President Obama visited the nation.
Efforts to recover the crew's remains prove futile. Los Angeles Times, Nov.
17, 2009.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-china-bomber17-2009nov17,0,6928478.story

Note: Jiaoshuikeng: Possibly 叫水坑, 广东省潮州市潮安县大山镇一个小山村 but
thelatter is not in SOUTHERN Guangdong.

(4) Three back-and-forth reports in chronological order:
(i) R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick, A nuclear power's act of
proliferation; Accounts by controversial scientist assert China gave
Pakistan enough enriched uranium in '82 to make 2 bombs. Washington Post,
Nov. 13, 2009.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111211060.html

(ii) 中国究竟是否曾向巴基斯坦提供核武材料? VOA Chinese, Nov. 16, 2009.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/China_Pakistan_20091116-70205307.html

(iii) R. Jeffrey Smith, Pakistani nuclear scientist said to affirm Post
article's accuracy; Report on dealings with China was based on A.Q. Khan's
documents. Washington Post, Nov. 19, 2009.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/18/AR2009111804007.html

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