【新唐人2012年8月7日讯】报导北京水灾 《经济观察报》被查封
大陆知名财经周报《经济观察报》，因报导北京暴雨造成的伤亡而触怒中共当局，8月6号被北京市文化局“扫黄打非办”查封，北京市面上的《经济观察报》也被全面回收。
据《法国国际广播电台》报导，大陆业内人士透露，北京市文化局查封《经济观察报》的公开理由，却是《经济观察报》异地办报，属于“非法出版物”。报导说，这次查封《经济观察报》，被认为是“选择性执法”与政治报复。
一周前，《经济观察报》刊发的调查报导《房山不防》，揭露出北京大雨灾害中受灾最严重的北京房山区，在地方经济驱动下，将“泄洪区”建成楼盘林立的新城，而导致河道淤塞，是致使灾难加重的重要原因。
8月4号，《经济观察报》又以《北京暴雨失踪者》为题，报导了房山区十渡镇的三名不在官方名单上的失踪者，对官方公布的77人死亡名单的准确性提出了挑战。
谷开来案即将审判，中共对薄熙来案的处理再次引起关注。8月6号，日本媒体透露，中共拿下薄熙来的关键一票，是由习近平投出的。
据日本《朝日新闻》报导，一名党内人士透露：在2月16号举行的中共政治局常务委员会议上，中共高层针对10天前发生的重庆市副市长王立军出走美国大使馆事件，探讨是否需要追究他的上级领导薄熙来的责任，常委的意见分成两派：一派是胡锦涛、温家宝、李克强、贺国强，他们4人坚持要追究。而另一派，与薄的后台——前国家主席江泽民更为亲近的吴邦国、贾庆林、李长春、周永康等4人，则坚持维护薄熙来。
报导说，这样，最为关键的一票，就握在了被视为下届中共主席的习近平手中。而刚刚结束与奥巴马总统会谈的习近平，站在了主张追究责任的一方。
传当局疯狂罚款 沈阳全城罢市
大陆网上盛传，沈阳及其周边城市最近两天商铺全部关闭，商业停摆，气氛恐怖，人心惶惶。有人抱怨，连出去理发、买菜、修车、吃饭都没有地方了。
据网友透露，这个局面是由于沈阳当局对商家疯狂罚款造成的，当地管理部门随便说个理由就可以罚款数万元。如卖牙签没有“木材采伐许可证”被罚3万，理发店梳子“有头发丝”被罚10万，卖包子“不带口罩”罚几万，连卖烤苞米的大爷都罚5千。
至于当局为什么突然这么做，网上也众说纷纭，有人说是因为中央财政缺钱了，分派给沈阳10个亿的筹款任务，有人说是因为开“打假”工作会议。但是，具体实情到底是什么？还有待沈阳当局证实。
Economic Observer Newspaper Closed for Reporting
Beijing Flood
The Economic Observer newspaper in Mainland China
was closed by Beijing officials on Aug 6th , for reporting
the death toll of the Beijing rainstorm. Additionally all the
Economic Observer newspapers were collected from sellers.
Radio France Internationale reported that an insider revealed
the excuse of closing the Economic Observer is because
they set up another newspaper in another city as
it belonged to “illegal publications”.
The report said that this incident was considered as
political revenge and “selective enforcement”.
last week, the Economic Observer published an investigation
into Fangshan district in Beijing which suffered severe floods.
It revealed that the local authority built property on the flood
diversion zone, blocking the water and worsening the flood.
On Aug 4th, the Economic Observer reported that three
people were missing in Fangshan district but their names were excluded from the official name list.
The report highlighted questions of the accuracy about
official’s reported death toll of 77.
Japan media: Xi Jinping is the key person to remove Bo Xilai
Gu Kailai will be on trial soon, meanwhile the charges levied
on Bo Xilai will became a concern again.
On Aug 6th, Japanese media revealed that Xi Jinping was the
key person towards Bo’s removal.
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that an insider
revealed a Politburo meeting was held on Feb 16th in which
high-level leaders discussed the Wang Lijun incident and
whether to pursue his boss Bo Xilai’s responsibilities.
They split into two groups: Hu Jintao,Wen Jiabao,
Li Keqiang and He Guoqiang wanted to pursue Bo;
Bo’s supporters, Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun
and Zhou Yongkang who were close to Jiang Zemin are insisting on protecting Bo.
The report said that under this circumstance, Xi Jinping
had an important vote.
Xi had just finished meeting with the US president
Obama at that time, suggesting to pursue Bo’s responsibilities.
Rumors that Chinese authorities fine crazily and entire
Shenyang City goes on Strike
On Mainland websites, it is widely spread that recently,
stores in Shenyang and surrounding cities have all shut down and went on strike.
The atmosphere is quite gloomy and
everybody is in a panicky mode.
Some complain that there are no places to even get haircuts,
fix bikes or buy vegetables or food.
According to information leaked by netizens,
the current situation was caused by crazy fines posed on store owners by authorities in Shenyang.
Local authorities casually find excuses
to fine tens of thousands of yuan.
For example, without a wood cutting license,
a toothpick vendor was fined 30,000 RMB.
A barbershop was fined 10,000 RMB for
having hair on the comb.
A vendor who selling buns was fined
tens of thousands for not wearing a mask.
Even the old man who sells roasted corn
was fined 5,000.
There are many opinions online on
why the authorities are doing this.
Some say it is because the Ministry of Finance of
the People’s Republic of China lacks money,
hence allocating Shenyang the responsibility
to collect 100 million.
Some say it is because of the “fight counterfeiting”
work meetings.
However, the real story is yet to be confirmed.
