News
Environment
Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China
Washington Post, March 09, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802595.html
Human Rights Defenders - Zhou Mengxin (周孟新)
山东菏泽一民间维权人士取保候审回家 (Civil Rights Defender Zhou Mengxin Released on Bail After 10 Days Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/heze/
Labor
云南残疾大学生应聘教师遭拒 质疑校方就业歧视 (Disabled Yunnan Student Questions School's Employment Discrimination)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2008-03/11/
content_7764406.htm
Labour Law Lacked Consultation, Says Expert
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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9f3615ab40998110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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北京：失业人员三次无故拒绝工作将被停发失业保险金 (Unemployment Insurance Will Be Suspended After Rejection of 3 Reasonable Job Opportunities)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/
11/content_7762521.htm
Picky Chinese Workers Spell End of Cheap Labor
Reuters, March 10, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/
idUSPEK918420080310
Land Policy
福建泉州东园村2000余农民联合举报政府侵权 (Fujian Farmers Jointly Report Illegal Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/nongmin/
Law
Gaps in Prosecution, Judicial Work Reports
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.
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Population
China One-Child Policy to Stay in Place
Associated Press ( available at YahooNews), March 10, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_as/
china_one_child_policy_2;_ylt=Ak3xl0VeEj5f1.RfotTT
cilPzWQA
Protests and Petitions
广东博罗台资木器厂因劳动合同发生工潮
Five Workers Arrested During Protests over Labor Contract
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/
china_labor_strike/
广西钟山县2000村民灌溉水遭污染 (More than 2000 Villagers in Guangxi Affected by Polluted Water)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/water/
四百多工人到随州市政府集会请愿 (More than 400 Hubei Workers Jointly Send Petition to City Government Over Employment Conditions)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/
03/10/suizhou/
四川徵地移民上访索偿 (Sichuan Immigrants Petition over Illegal Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/10/
china_land_corruption/
Public Health
青海：13项规定减轻群众就医负担 (Qinghai Health Department Issues New Regulations for Medical Relief)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762139.htm
China Plans 20 bln Yuan to Narrow Rural-Urban Health Care Gap
Xinhuanet, March 10, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/10/content
_7759416.htm
Social Security
重庆发放首批统一制式社保卡 (Chongqing Issued First National Social Security Cards)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762053.htm
沈阳特困农民就医实行“零起付” (Shenyang Authorities Provide Free First Consulation to Poor Farmers)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-03/11/
content_7762582.htm
Tibet
China Detains Tibetan Monks Protesting on Key Anniversary
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/
2008/03/10/tibet_protest/
流亡藏人发起“徒步回西藏”行动 (Tibetans in Exile Launch "Walk Back to Tibet" Action)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/
10/tibetan/
Three Gorges
三门峡水库遗害 失地移民要地权 (Aftermath of the Three Gorges: Displaced Want Land Ownership)
Voice of America, March 08, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2008-03-08-
voa35.cfm