STORY: "Shaken-baby murder trial rivets local Chinese press," by reporter Jeffrey E. Singer, published by the New York Times on January 21, 2013.
GIST: "The case has been a popular topic ever since 2-month-old Annie Li died in 2007 and her father, Li Hangbin, was charged with causing her death. Prosecutors say Annie died from shaken-baby syndrome after being violently beaten and shaken by Mr. Li. The trial is taking place in State Supreme Court in Queens, where one major news outlet in the city, The New York Post, keeps a reporter assigned permanently......... As for the supporters, many speak virtually no English but still sit for hours silently observing the trial while prosecutors have introduced photos and X-rays of the dead baby. One supporter is Michael Chu, a travel agent in Flushing whose office has become a headquarters of sorts for Mr. Li’s supporters and whose walls are filled with newspaper clippings about the case. One anonymous blogger has been providing daily updates of the trial in English, with information provided by an unknown “tipster” and selected translations from Chinese-language newspapers provided by a “C.F.,” or Chinese friend. Another reporter, Xi Ji from Ming Pao Daily, said of the Lis: “The law system, the legal system locked them up for four years without explanation. If the Chinese newspaper doesn’t support them, then who will?”"
GIST: "The case has been a popular topic ever since 2-month-old Annie Li died in 2007 and her father, Li Hangbin, was charged with causing her death. Prosecutors say Annie died from shaken-baby syndrome after being violently beaten and shaken by Mr. Li. The trial is taking place in State Supreme Court in Queens, where one major news outlet in the city, The New York Post, keeps a reporter assigned permanently......... As for the supporters, many speak virtually no English but still sit for hours silently observing the trial while prosecutors have introduced photos and X-rays of the dead baby. One supporter is Michael Chu, a travel agent in Flushing whose office has become a headquarters of sorts for Mr. Li’s supporters and whose walls are filled with newspaper clippings about the case. One anonymous blogger has been providing daily updates of the trial in English, with information provided by an unknown “tipster” and selected translations from Chinese-language newspapers provided by a “C.F.,” or Chinese friend. Another reporter, Xi Ji from Ming Pao Daily, said of the Lis: “The law system, the legal system locked them up for four years without explanation. If the Chinese newspaper doesn’t support them, then who will?”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/nyregion/chinese-immigrants-focus-on-trial-charging-baby-was-shaken-to-death.html
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