March 10-12, 2007

Top News of the Day
Media
兰成长事件揭创收黑幕 中国贸易报罚管理人员 (Beating Death of Journalist Reveals Dark Side of China's Newspapers)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/09/lan/
The beating to death of journalist Lan Chengzhang (兰成长) by thugs employed by a coal mine owner in Shanxi Province (see our "Top News" on January 16, 2007) has led to the dismissal of four management-level employees of the newspaper that employed him. One anonymous employee of the newspaper said the newspaper made the dismissal decision itself, while critics believe the dismissed employees were merely scapegoats.

News
Death Penalty
Judiciary Seeks Reform of Death Sentences
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9HEGZZYE.html

Education
Education Spending Will Rise to 3pc of GDP
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEBBGZZYE.html

Human Rights
右派索偿潮扩至沪浙 ("Rightists'" in Shanghai and Zhejiang Claiming Compensation for Persecution)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070312/cae1.htm

人权观察致信温家宝 呼吁保障公民更多自由 (Group Urges Wen Jiabao to Better Protect Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/09/hr/

Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
热比娅的儿子在乌鲁木齐市天山拘留中心健康严重恶化 (Rebiya Kadeer's Third Son Suffers from Ill Health in Detention Center in Urumqi)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/09/xinwen/ - reb
iya

Land Policy
花楼街暂停清拆行动 武汉拆迁办观望物权法 (Passing of Property Law Halts Eviction in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/09/china_demo
lition/

Law
修改刑诉法 确认沉默权 与姜德明代表对话 (NPC Delegate Proposes to Amend the Criminal Law, Affirm Right to Remain Silent)
Legal Daily, March 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/12/content_556392.
htm

广东教育厅规定面像缺陷及肢体残障者人不得任教师 (Guangdong Regulation Bars People with Facial "Defects" and Limb Disabilities to Be Teachers)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/03/09/china_discri
mination/

Media
CNN Segment Apparently Blocked in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), March 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_as/hong_kong
_cnn_blackout_1;_ylt=Akp5zcQvOXTq7nkvGJHKckdPzWQA

简要新闻：昝爱宗披露《财经》最新一期的确被撤稿封存 (Former Journalist Zan Aizong Confirms Recalling of Latest Issue of Caijing Magazine)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/09/xinwen/ - zan

In Brief: Web Search Engine Sued over Privacy Claim
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ62K1TZYE.html

简要新闻：浦志强第四个博客被关闭 第五个再开通网民上百 (Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's 4th Blog Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/03/09/xinwen/ - pu

Olympics
北京奥运工地建起百余所农民工夜校 (Beijing's Olympic Construction Sites Set Up More Than 100 Evening Schools for Migrant Workers)
China Youth Daily, March 12, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-03/12/content_1695966.htm

刘敬民：北京奥运期间重点奥运场所拟全面禁烟 (Vice-Governor of Beijing City: Important Olympic Venues to Ban Smoking During Games)
Legal Daily, March 12, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/12/content_556326
.htm

Public Health
Doctors Decry Mean Medical Care Spending
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2ICCZZYE.html

Religion
李建强律师呼吁全国人大立案重审萧山教案 (Lawyer Li Jianqiang Urges NPC to Investigate Church Demolition Case in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/10/xinw
en/ - lijianqiang

Mainland Church Leader Backs Papal Approval
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD1J1TZYE.html

Rural Issues
Time Has Come to Take a Gamble on the Wild West
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZU1K1TZYE.html

Social Security
30m to Benefit from Rural Welfare Scheme
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZHN8CZZYE.html

State Security
Oil Pricing Kept a State Secret
The Standard, March 12, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art_id
=39884&sid=12615347&con_type=1&d_str=20070312

Tibet
Tibetan Jailed for Three Years
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/03/09/tibet_jail/

Tibetan Monastery Feels Ever-Tighter Curbs
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2007/03/09/tibet_mon
astery/

Xinjiang
'Open' Trials for Suspected Xinjiang Terrorists
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZE2G1TZYE.html