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XUAR
新疆南部实行军管？ (Military Control Implemented in Southern XUAR: World Uyghur Congress)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/17/
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According to the World Uyghur Congress, residents in the southern part of XUAR say military control has been implemented there since March 10. Any gathering of three or more Uyghurs at night will be dispersed and participants detained. The Chinese authorities have also resumed confiscating passports of all local Uyghur residents in the region. The Chinese authorities allegedly did the same between 2005 and May 2007, but some local residents had their passports returned after they paid a deposit. A deposit will not work now.
News
Gender
End of the Line
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2008
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Government
China Takes Some Small Steps Toward Openness
Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120574435702141375.html
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China Forms New Cabinet, Including Five "Super Ministers"
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/17/content_
7810070.htm
Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
当局不准胡佳的妻子和父亲旁听庭审 (Chinese Authorities to Bar Hu Jia's Wife and Father from Attending His Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/17/china_
rights_hujia/
Human Rights Defenders
贵阳维权人士散发人权宣传材料遭拘留 (Guiyang Rights Defenders Detained for Distributing "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" on the Street)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/17
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Media
辱骂 殴打 铐锁 - 深圳记者采访遭拘禁 (Shenzhen Police Beat and Detain Southern Metropolis Daily's Reporters)
Ming Pao, March 18, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080318/cca1.htm
YouTube Access Blocked in China After Tibet Clips Appear
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 18, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080318/wl_asia_afp/chin
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Olympics
Journalists' Group Says Ban Flouts Rules
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2008
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奥帆赛礼仪小姐“魔鬼训练”直击 (Medal Presenters for the Olympic Sailing Events Receive Harsh Training)
Bandao.cn (available at Xinhuanet), March 18, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2008-03/18/content_
7810706.htm
IOC: Beijing Air Poses 'Some Risk'
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080317/ap_on_re_as/oly_
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Police
Foreigners Grapple with Crime in China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2008
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Protests and Petitions
Students Protest Quietly in Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2008
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Public Health
湖北三洲镇血吸虫病泛滥 (Fresh Water Parasite Widespread in Sanzhou Town, Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/17
/xichongbing/
Tibet
FM Spokesman: Attacks on Chinese Embassies Expose Dalai Coterie's Secessionist Nature
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/18/content_
7810145.htm