NTD Weekly Newsletter - January 11, 2013

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Issue 57 January 11, 2013

- Letters from Forced Labor Camps

- State-Run Global Times Pushes Weight

- Winter Swimming in Siberia

- Report: Chinese Censorship Top Risk for 2013

Letters from Forced Labor Camps

A letter apparently written by a victim of forced labor, recently found in Halloween decorations sold at K-Mart, elicited many questions about China's forced labor system. However, letters of this sort have been surfacing for at least a decade.

Letters from Chinese Labor Camps Surfaced a Decade Ago [Click to watch]

State-Run Global Times Pushes Weight

The State-run newspaper Global Times wrote an editorial criticizing another paper's staff for not following censorship orders. Global Times then forced a third paper to also carry the editorial, prompting the publisher to resign in disgust.

Publisher Resigns after Beijing News Forced to Print Pro-Censorship Piece [Click to watch]

Winter Swimming in Siberia

Some Northern Chinese say winter swimming helps prevent colds. Others say it just feels good. Fortunately, the Harbin Ice Festival is enjoying one of its coldest winters on record.

Harbin Swimmers Take Icy Dips in Songhua River

Report: Chinese Censorship Top Risk for 2013

The Eurasia Group published a report for 2013's top risks and gave the number two spot to Chinese government censorship. The Group's president believes that nationalism will continue to increase as a rallying call against corruption and conflicts in the South China Seas.

Report: Chinese Information Censorship Major Risk of 2013 [Click to watch]

NTD Corner

2012 Review in Protests

China Blog reviews several of the tens of thousands of protests that rocked China in 2012.[More]

Taipei 101 Fireworks,

Story of Su Wu and

Qing Artifacts

Fireworks bring in the New Year in Taipei, the story of Su Wu, one of ancient China's loyalist diplomats, and Taipei's National Palace Museum holds a competition to design Qing Dynasty style artifacts. [More]

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