Top News of the Day
Poverty
全国仍有未能解决温饱的贫困人口２３６５万 (Over 23 Million of People Still Living in Poverty in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_rural/
An interim report published by the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development said more than 23 million people in China are still living in poverty.
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Corruption
Dozens Arrested After 2004 Audit of State Finances
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZD8FJ1DLE.html
Education
Foreign Professionals in Great Demand
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555994.htm
教育部表示将清退四十多万名代课教师 (Ministry of Education Says 400,000 Substitute Teachers Will Be Dismissed)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_rural_education/
Environment
Auditors: Billions for Water Projects Go Down the Drain
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555835.htm
Government - Grassroots Elections
Farmers Urged to Pick Leaders to Bring Wealth
China Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/30/
content_555980.htm
Human Rights Defenders
Campaigner Honoured for Exposing Epidemic
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZA9GJ1DLE.html
上海异见人士李国涛被拘留七天后获释 (Shanghai-Based Dissident Li Guotao Released for Seven Days in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/03/29/
china_dissident/
Law
最高检公布受理行贿犯罪档案查询暂行规定 (Supreme Court Announces Regulations on Public Access to Bribe Cases)
People's Daily, March 30, 2006
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4250891.html
吸收未成年人参与起草 规定严禁变相开除学生 (Teenagers to Be Involved in Drafting of Juvenile Law, Schools May be Prohibited from Expelling Students)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-03/30/content
_291147.htm
Media
南风窗杂志驻京记者谈中国新闻自由 (Beijing Correspondent of Nanfeng Chong Magazine Talks about Press Freedom in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/xinwenziyou/
Protests and Petitions - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Aids Activist Tells of Ordeal in Detention
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZBZ4J1DLE.html
Interview With AIDS Activist Hu Jia
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/03/29/china_hujia/
专访艾滋病活动人士胡佳和李丹 (Interview With AIDS Activists Hu Jia and Li Dan)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/hujia1/
Protests and Petitions
上海拆迁户跳楼身亡 (Shanghai Evictee Plunges to Death)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/03/29/chaiqian/
Protests and Petitions - Taishi Incident
Taishi Poll Candidate to Sue Election Committee
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9U4J1DLE.html
太石村民拟诉诸人大及法律手段挑战选举结果 (Taishi Villagers Plan Legal Actions to Challenge Party Chief Election Results)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/29/taishi/
Public Health
中国否认从死刑犯身上摘取器官 (Beijing Denies Stripping Organs from Executed Convicts)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
03/29/organ_harvest/
Religion - Christianity
Religion and Politics A Duty to Speak out for Social Justice
SCMP, March 30, 2006
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZPS4J1DLE.html