Thursday, March 27, 2008

March 27, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush Calls Hu to Urge Tibet Talks
BBC March 27, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7315691.stm

Corruption
2,100 Local Officials Punished for Misconduct
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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Human Rights
China, Others Rebuked in Britain's Human Rights Report
Voice of America, March 26, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-26-voa57.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Du Daobin (杜导斌)
网络作家杜导斌受当局更严密监控 (Internet Writer Du Daobin Closely Monitored by Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/du/


Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
杨春林儿子抗议法警电击父亲 (Yang Chunlin's Son Protests Against Police Abuse of His Father)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/yang_chunlin/


Olympics
Australian Opposition Leader Says no to Olympic Boycott
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/27/
content_7867614.htm


是否抵制北京奥运会在德国和欧洲各界引起广泛讨论 (Public Discussion Stimulated in Europe on Whether to Boycott Olympic Games)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/aoyun2/


Sarkozy Raises Prospect of Olympic Boycott
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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Population
更多专家建议中国调整计划生育政策 (Experts Suggest Adjustments of China Family Planning Policy)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/familyplanning/


Protests and Petitions
军转干部网上抱怨住房安置被行政拘留10日 (Retired Soldier Detained for 10 Days for Complaining Online over Housing Resettlement)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/26/
china_internet_freedom/


广州劳动仲裁案件猛增,海珠区增幅达十五倍 (Guangdong Labor Arbitration Cases Increased after Implementation of New Labor Contract Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
26/labor/


湖北省28个县市民办教师到省政府上访 (Private Teachers from 28 Hubei Counties Petition the Government)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/
26/jiaoshi/


Tibet
660 Held in Tibetan Uprising, China Says
New York Times, March 27, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/asia/
27tibet.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin


Tibet Monks Disrupt Tour by Journalists
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/china_tibet;_ylt=Ak1.
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Bao Tong: Talk To The Dalai Lama
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/26/
china_baotong/


Foreign Journalists Arrive in Lhasa on State-Controlled Trip
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), March 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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Mass Arrests in Tibet; Bush Urges China to Talk
Reuters, March 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USPEK24297420080326


甘孜藏僧对本台说:"杀了一个喇嘛" "我们要自由" (More than 30 Lamas Arrested and 1 Shot Dead in Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/26/lama/