News
Bilateral Ties - US/China
Hu-Bush Meeting Set for April 20
SCMP, March 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7JA8AVKE.html
Education
平教育是扶贫根本 (Equitable Access to Education: The Key to Alleviating Poverty)
Nanfang City News, March 23, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/20060323
0568.asp
Environment - Water
Yellow River's Thirst for Water Brings China's Shortages into Light
Xinhuanet, March 23, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/23/content_4334
897.htm
Human Rights
人权组织批中国加强镇压维权人士 (Rights Group Criticizes China for Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders)
Voice of America, March 23, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-23-voa3.cfm
Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defenders
北京抓捕绝食统筹工作人员 (Beijing Arrests Hunger Strike Organizers)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/22/jueshi/
Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Wu Hao (吴皓)
中国独立纪录片制片人吴皓被拘留 (Independent Documentary Film Maker Wu Hao Detained)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 23, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_3_22_14_37_50_171.html7_50_171.html
Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Zhao Yan (赵岩)
Kin to Press China to Release NY Times Researcher
Reuters (via YahooNews), March 23, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/wl_nm/china_journalist
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BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlBIMPBvo.Iv46JPzWQA;_ylu
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Human Rights Defenders – Journalist Shi Tao (师涛)
师涛母亲拟控雅虎洩私隐 (Shi Tao's Mother Plans to Sue Yahoo! for Revealing Shi Tao's Personal Information to the Chinese Government)
Apple Daily, March 23, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss
_id=20060323&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=5760
941335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=5760941
Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Hu Jia (胡佳)
China AIDS Chief Knows Nothing of Missing Activist
China National News, March 22, 2006
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/6a2d7a93164
529db/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/b/
Labor
农民工健康状况调查:40%左右带病上岗 (Study on Health Conditions of Migrant Workers Reveals Over 40% Work in Spite Of Sickness)
People's Daily, March 23, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4229919.html
劳动合同法草案解读:定额限制遏止变相加班 (Interpretation of the Draft Law on Labor Contracts: Fixed Quota on Migrant Workers May Lead to More Overtime Work)
China Youth Daily, March 21, 2006
http://www.ynet.com/view.jsp?oid=8127388
Law
China to Revise Law Interpretation on Differentiated Personal Injury Compensation
People's Daily, March 23, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/23/eng20060323_
252682.html
独立审判与审委会存废 (Analysis on Whether to Keep or Abolish Judicial Committees)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/23/content_
286751.htm
审委会改革路在何方 (In Which Direction Will the Reform of Judicial Committees Go?)
Legal Daily, March 23, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/23/content_
286752.htm
Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
新京报记者编辑扣薪 报道御用教授涉剽窃 (Editors and Reporters of The Beijing News Criticized and Penalized for Publishing Story Discrediting Well-Connected Scholar)
Ming Pao, March 23, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060323/cab1.htm
Politics
Eight-Step Program for What Ails China
Washington Post, March 23, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
006/03/22/AR2006032202042.html?nav=rss_
worlddyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR20060322
02042.html?nav=rss_world
Protests and Petitions
Villagers Injured in Land Clash
SCMP, March 23, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZCP5I6VKE.html
Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
艾滋高发区应强制婚检 (Pre-Marital Check-ups Required in Regions With High Risk of AIDS)
The Beijing News, March 23, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0323/012
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