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Tibet
Tibetans Around China Feel Fallout From Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2008/03/19/tibet-arrest/
The movement of Tibetans is being monitored and controlled across China. Beijing universities with a significant Tibetan student enrollment have been cordoned off by local police. Tibetan students report being under surveillance, unable to contact their families, and unable to return to their homes.
News
Bilateral Ties
British PM talks with China on Tibet
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 19, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080319/ap_on_re_eu/britain_china
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West’s Perception of Tibet Angers Beijing
Financial Times, March 19, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/229ac4d6-f5d8-11dc-8d3d-000077b07
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Corruption
上海政府通告拘束各级官员参与企业应酬 (Shanghai Officials at Every Level Restricted from Participating in Business)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/19/china_corruption
_shanghai/
Land Policy
成都铁佛村2000农民失地又失房 (2000 Farmers Lose their Land and Homes in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/19/tiefocun/
Media
中国第一个维权广告遭封杀未能见报 (China’s First “Rights Defense Ad” Blocked from Print in Newspaper)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/19/guanggao/
Olympics
China Brushes Off Boycott Call, Says Torch Still Heading to Tibet
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 19, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080319/ts_afp/chinaunresttibet
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国际人权组织呼吁抵制京奥开幕式 (International Human Rights Groups Call for a Boycott of the Olympics Opening Ceremony)
Voice of America, March 19, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2008-03-19-voa24.cfm
Sponsors Caught in Political Crossfire
Associated Press (available at South China Morning Post), March 20, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7
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Politics
Tibet Leader in Spotlight After Anti-China Protests
Reuters, March 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK152052
Protests and Petitions
访民关注西藏问题和胡佳开庭 (Petitioners Closely Following Hu Jia's Case and the Tibet Situation)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/19/fangmin/
连云港农民代表上访被拘留 (Jiangsu Farmer Petitioners Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/19/china_petition
_detain/
深圳工人举巨额横幅游行抗议 要求劳动局遵守劳动法 (Migrant Workers in Shenzhen Protest for Adherence to the Labor Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/19/gong/
Tibet
China Announces Arrests in Tibet Crackdown
Reuters, March 19, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26733920080320
Number of Rioters Surrendering to Police Rises to 170 in Lhasa
Xinhuanet, March 19, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/20/content_7823360.htm
Officials Keep Silent on Reports of Dead Protesters in Gansu
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d
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