Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
无国界记者欢迎赵岩即将无罪获释 (Reporters Without Borders Welcomes Release of Jailed Journalist Zhao Yan)
BBC, March 17, 2006
Chinese authorities have dropped all charges against Zhao Yan, a news researcher for the New York Times' Beijing bureau who has been detained for more than a year for allegedly leaking state secrets. Observers say that Zhao's release, which comes prior to President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to the U.S. next month, is being viewed as a goodwill gesture.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4810000/
newsid_4818900/4818976.stm
Zhao Release Viewed as a Goodwill Sign to US
SCMP, March 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5ARH6VKE.html
News
Civil Society - NGOs
Civil Groups Given State Funding for Relief Operations
SCMP, March 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ86VH6VKE.html
Death Penalty
China Executes Former Business Tycoon
Voice of America, March 18, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-03-18-voa11.cfm
Education
教育部部长：我国高等教育迈入大众化阶段 (Ministry of Education: More Students Are Seeking Higher Education)
China Youth Daily, March 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/20/content_1338445.htm
Gender
中国男女性别工资差距扩大 (Gap in Salaries Between Male and Female Workers Widens)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/18/xingbie/
Human Rights Defenders
Dissident Held in Mental Hospital 13 Years Is Sane, Rights Group
SCMP, March 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZCY1I6VKE.html
Subversive Blogger Gets 10 Years' Jail
SCMP, March 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZASRH6VKE.html
China Intervenes to Keep Mao Portrait Protester Detained in Thailand
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2006/03/17/china
_dissident/
Labor
讨论：中国煤矿安全治理研究报告 (Discussion on China's Mine Safety Management Report)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/18/meikuang/
Land Policy
Owners Come Home to Misery and Violence
SCMP, March 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ08Z7AVKE.html
河南省濮阳一失地农民土地纠纷 (Dispute over Lost Farmland in Henan Province)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/18/shidinongmin/
Media
Innovation May Lower Net Users' Privacy
International Herald Tribune, March 20, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/19/business/
chinet20.php
Military
解放军增处置突发事件权 (New Rule Calls for More Power for the People's Liberation Army in Handling Emergencies)
Ming Pao, March 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/htm/Print.htm
Politics
Hu's Bland Preaching Will Fail to Revive Time-Honored Social Traits
SCMP, March 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2EWH6VKE.html
Protests and Petitions – Taishi Incident
太石村选镇人代 维权村民暂第一 (Rights Activist Villager Leads in Taishi Party Chief Elections)
Ming Pao, March 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/htm/Print.htm
Public Health
China Seeks New Deal in Health Reforms
People's Daily, March 19, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/19/
eng20060319_251782.html
中国医疗卫生WHO排名倒数第四 (China's Health Care Ranks Fourth Worst According to WHO Report)
Voice of America, March 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-
03-19-voa24.cfm
Rural Issues - Credit and Loans
University Studies Rural Loan System
SCMP, March 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZG6Y7AVKE.html
Tibet
Beijing Insists It Can Find Next Dalai Lama
SCMP, March 18, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZK9W7AVKE.html