News
Bilateral Ties - US/China
Status of Hu's US Visit Up in the Air
SCMP, March 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZKBJI6VKE.html
Children - Orphans and Adoption
Adopted in China, Seeking Identity in America
New York Times, March 23, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/national/23adop
t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Civil Society - NGOs
“扶贫二重唱”:地方政府与NGO联袂首演 (NGOs and Local Government Work Together to Curb Poverty)
Nanfang Weekend, March 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060323/xw/s
zxw2/200603230014.asp
Death Penalty
Men Sentenced to Death for Babies Trafficking in Yunnan
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/co
ntent_4337561.htm
Education - Basic Education
义务教育就应当是完全免费教育 (Compulsory Education Should Be Completely Free Education)
Legal Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/24/con
tent_287494.htm
制度保障农村中小学校经费 (School Fees for Primary and Secondary Schools in Rural Areas Need to Be Standardized)
Legal Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/24/co
ntent_287491.htm
Environment
中国水资源短缺等四大水问题依然严峻 (Water Shortages Are One of the Four Most Serious Water-Related Problems in China)
China Youth Daily, March 23, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/23/content
_1341224.htm
Government
李金华要求将医疗教育住房等作为审计重点 (Head of National Audit Office Says This Year’s Focus Should Be on Health Care, Education and Housing)
People's Daily, March 24, 2004
http://gov.people.com.cn/GB/59640/4233223.html
Human Rights
联合国经社理事会通过决议废除人权委员会 (Resolution to Abolish UN Commission on Human Rights Adopted)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/content%2
0_1342036.htm
中国人权状况如何?听众批评较多 (Criticisms Over China's Human Rights Condition)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-03-23
-voa62.cfm
Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
京指赵岩获释不符事实 (Washington Criticized for Inaccurate Comments over China’s Handling of Zhao Yan's Case)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060324/cab2.htm
美国国务院要求立即释放中国记者赵岩 (US Urges Immediate Release of New York Times Researcher Zhao Yan)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/20
06/03/23/zhaoyan/
Human Rights Defenders - Petitioner Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
以精神病为名受迫害的上访人讲述经历 (Petitioner Forcibly Admitted to Psychiatric Hospital Speaks About the Experience)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2004
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/03/23/shangfang/
Labor – Industrial Accidents
临县透水煤矿已发现17人遇难 (17 Found Dead in Shanxi Coal Mine Flooding)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://news.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/cont
ent_1342141.htm
Coal Mine Blast Leaves 8 Dead, 5 Injured in N. China
China Daily, March 24, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/24/
content_551486.htm
Law
(Govt to Improve Legal System to Solve Refugee Problems)
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/c
ontent_4337800.htm
Police
对中国器官移植和死刑犯关注再起 (Harvesting Organs of Executed Prisoners for Transplants Raises Public Concerns Again)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-2
3-voa74.cfm
Poverty
贫困,绊住了我们的脚步 (Poverty Keeps Us from Moving Forward)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/24/conte
nt_1341896.htm
仇富农民开车撞人案再度引起关注 (Man Charged with Vehicular Homicide Pleads for Death Sentence)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-2
3-voa42.cfm
Protests and Petitions
Authorities 'Paying Lip Service' to Complaints
SCMP, March 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWQC8A
VKE.html
Public Health
哈尔滨“天价医药费”事件调查升格 (Investigation Continues into Astronomical Medical Fees in Harbin)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao
/2006/03/23/harbin/
Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
广西截至05年底累计报告艾滋病毒感染者20604例 (Guangxi Province Reports 20,604 HIV/AIDS Infections as of End of 2005)
EastDay.com, March 24, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/n
ode81762/node125406/userobject1ai1934198.html
4198.html
Religion - Christianity
湖北河南的两县地下教会聚会被冲击 (Authorities Crack Down on Two Underground House Churches in Hubei and Henan)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2
006/03/23/jiaohui/