March 31, 2009

News
Environment
四川河道污染政府砌牆遮醜 (Authorities in Sichuan Build A Wall to Cover up An "Irreversibly Polluted" River Behind)
Ming Pao Immediate News, March 31, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090331/ca21539a.htm

Food Security
Nine Arrested for Selling Pigs Fed with Banned Chemical
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/31/content_11103667.htm

Hong Kong
British Human Rights Activist Jailed in Hong Kong
Telegraph.co.uk, March 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/5074488/British-human-rights-activist-jailed-in-Hong-Kong.html

June 4th
香港民间团体筹备六四晚会及七一大游行 (HK NGO's Preparation for "Tiananmen Vigil", "July 1st Demonstration" Under Way)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-03272009084452.html

港支联拟邀王丹参加纪念六四活动 (HK Alliance Plans to Invite Wang Dan to Join Tiananmen Commemoration Activities in HK)
Voice of America, March 26, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-03-26-voa47.cfm?rss=topstories

Tiananmen Art Sculptor to Ask: May I Visit HK?
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce6a221406930210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
China Shuts Down 162 Porn Video Websites
China Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7631438.htm

Police
More Youths Die in Police Custody
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3737e3defda50210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
广西来宾市凤凰镇发生徵地冲突 (Guangxi Villagers Clash with Police over Government Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_clash-03302009105116.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
Hard-to-Cure TB Poses New Global Health Threat
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dangerous_tb

Hospital Chiefs Removed After HCV Infections
Shanghai Daily, March 31, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=396082

China Facing HIV 'Plague' as New Cases Leap 45 Per Cent
Telegraph.co.uk, March 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5075542/China-facing-HIV-plague-as-new-cases-leap-45-per-cent.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monk Killed in Clash in Western China
Reuters, March 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52T2FV20090330

XUAR
China Cracks Down in Muslim West
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_re_as/as_china_restive_west

March 30, 2009

News

Disasters
China: 37 Die in 2 Unrelated Bus Accidents
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_on_re_as/as_china_bus_crash

Education
重点学校腐败案频发 根治中小学教育腐败利刃何在 (Corruption Widespread in Prestigious Primary and Secondary Schools)
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/30/content_11098602.htm

中国农村大学生比例下降显著 预示教育危机 (Ratio of Rural Students in Colleges Falls)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/da-03272009223802.html

Government
公安部发布政府信息公开工作年度报告 (Ministry of Public Security Releases Annual Report on Open Government Information)
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/28/content_11088706.htm

Law
最高法院全面部署贯彻实施国家知识产权战略 (Supreme Court Releases Opinions on Implementation of IPR Strategy)
Xinhuanet, March 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/29/content_11097270.htm

Media
Grieving Parents Gain Clout in China
Washington Post, March 28, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032703292.html

Police
Family in Plea for a Second Autopsy
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395934.htm

Protests and Petitions
云南盐津县三人"上访"扰乱社会秩序被判刑 (Three Yunnan "Petitioners" Sentenced for Disturbing Social Order)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0330/09/55L2UO4E0001124J.html

Casinos Blamed for Clashes on Hainan
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=036cbc54c2350210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
Rural Areas Targeted in Crackdown on HFMD
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395935.htm

Religion
One Billion Souls to Save
Times Online, March 28, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article5960010.ece

Society
Book Stokes Nationalism in China
Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123836150260267093.html

State Security
Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
New York Times, March 29, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html

Related News
Analysts Dismiss 'Cyber Spy' Claims
China Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7628028.htm

Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network
Munk Center for International Studies, March 29, 2009
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13731776/Tracking-GhostNet-Investigating-a-Cyber-
Espionage-Network

Soldier Stabbed in SW China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090330/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetattack

Tibet
Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7629310.htm

Tibet's Panchen Lama, Beijing's Propaganda Tool
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetreligion50years2ndleadfo
cus

Related News
China Turns to Buddhism to Calm Tibet, Taiwan Tensions
China Post, March 29, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/29/202057/China-turns.htm

March 27, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
China Fury at US Military Report
BBC, March 26, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7965084.stm

Children
18 Children Die of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease in China
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/27/content_11081960.htm

Filthy hospital in N China Responsible for Deaths of Five Newborn Children
Xinhuanet, March 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/27/content_11082263.htm

Environment
Radioactive Material Lost in China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/wl_asia_afp/chinanuclearmissing

Government
Consumer Website Takes Cash to Silence Business Complaints
Shanghai Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090327/article_395574.htm

与隐私权相冲突？ 新疆阿勒泰地区官员财产申报制遭质疑 (Does Xinjiang's Asset Reporting System Conflict with Right to Privacy?)
Legal Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-03/27/content_1060670.htm

调查显示两百多名私营企业主已进入地方党委 (Survey Shows Over 200 Private Business Proprietors also in Local Party Committees)
Net Ease, March 27, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0327/04/55CTC8I50001124J.html

Law
视点观察:深圳罗湖区率先全国试行刑案量刑辩论机制 (District in Shenzhen First to Test "Debate System" for Sentencing)
Legal Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-03/27/content_1061001.htm

China Milk Scandal Terms Upheld
BBC, March 26, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7965236.stm

Police
被捆15小时 广西"法官死在看守所案"内幕揭开 (Inside Story on Judge who Died in Detention Center in 2007)
Net Ease, March 27, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0327/02/55CMLTBQ0001124J.html

牢头狱霸之治 (Rule by "Prison Bullies")
Nanfang Weekend, March 26, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfzm/200903260110.asp

Protests and Petitions
China Deploys 1,000 Policemen in Rioting Town
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/27/content_7621134.htm

Tibet
外交部发言人秦刚赠送外媒记者3.14事件光碟 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Responds to Tibet Video)
Net Ease, March 26, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0326/19/55BRJTMK0001124J.html

Tibet Serf Debate Shadows China's "Emancipation day"
Reuters, March 26, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52Q05U20090327

March 26, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Congress Rallies in Support of Taiwan
Taipei Times, March 26, 2009
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/03/26/2003439425

Related news:
China Slashes US Congress Resolution on Taiwan
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/26/content_7617765.htm

Pentagon Says China's Military Power Grows as Intentions Still Unclear
Voice of America, March 25, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-25-voa68.cfm

Disasters
Local Court Is China’s First to Accept a Tainted-Milk Suit
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/world/asia/26milk.html

Internet Censorship
Film of Tibet Violence May Have Prompted China to Block YouTube
Times Online, March 26, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5975252.ece

Related news:
China Says Tibet Video Is 'a Lie'
BBC, March 25, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7962717.stm

June 4th
Blogger's T-shirt Gesture Breaks Taboo on Tiananmen Rebellion
Times Online, March 25, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5973959.ece

《天安门时报》首发式在澳大利亚墨尔本举行 (New "Tian An Men Times" Publication Kicks Off in Melbourne)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Tiananmentime-03252009155949.html

Land Policy
上海强拆迁重伤业主 冤民大同盟办公被抓 (Shanghai Homeowners Injured in Demolition Disagreement; "Chinese Alliance of the Aggrieved" Propaganda Officer Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-03252009093222.html

Law
最高法：干预法院独立办案将被追责 (Supreme People's Court: Those Interfering with the Court's Independent Handling of a Case Will be Called to Account)
The Beijing News, March 26, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/03-26/008@024255.htm

Related information:
人民法院第三个五年改革纲要（2009－2013） (Third Five-Year Reform Plan for the People's Courts (2009-2013))
Supreme People's Court, March 25, 2009
http://www.dffy.com/faguixiazai/xf/200903/20090325145222.htm

Police
北京城管殴打小贩千人围观　当局拘留小贩威吓目击者 (Thousands Look on as Beijing Urban Management Official Beat Vendor; Authorities Detain Vendor and Threaten Witnesses)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengguan-03252009083220.html

Politics
瓮安被撤职县委书记复出 调任黔南州财政局副局长 (County Party Cadre Sacked after Weng'an Protests Resurfaces as Director of Finance Bureau in Nanzhou)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 26, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903260027.asp

Protests and Petitions
One Dead in China Village Feud: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090325/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrest

State Security
Foreign GPS Users Risk Arrest
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e83c6df857e30210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetans Stage Farm Boycott
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-boycott-03252009173908.html

March 25, 2009

News

Labor
China Raises Jobless Migrant Count to 23 Million
Reuters (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/25032009/323/china-raises-jobless-migrant-count-23-million.html

Law
Pioneering Jet Crash Lawsuit Proceeds
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090325/article_395400.htm

Media
YouTube Blocked in China, Google Says
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/technology/internet/25youtube.html

Police
Inmate Deaths Shine Light on China Detention Abuse
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_as/as_china_inmate_deaths

Related News
China Daily Assails Prisoner Abuses
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/world/asia/25china.html

Politics
Calls for Chinese Pardons Grow
Asia Times Online, March 25, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KC25Ad01.html

Protests and Petitions
Call for Calm after Violent Protest in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090325/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrest

Related News
海南村民再互鬥5人傷 (More Violence in Hainan Overnight)
Ming Pao, March 25, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090325/ca31544k.htm

Public Health
真实新医改 (The Real New Medical Reforms)
Caijing Magazine, March 16, 2009
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2009-03-15/110120981.html

Society
Mocking the Censors
McClatchy Newspapers (via YahooNews.com), March 24, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_china/20090325/wl_mcb_china/china200903mockingthe
censorshtml

State Security
New Security Concept Evolves
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c8de221406930210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Begins Gun Crackdown to Ensure Social Stability
Xinhuanet, March 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/24/content_11064272.htm

河北将在所有乡镇建立“社会治安志愿者协会” (Hebei to Establish "Public Security Volunteer Associations" in Towns and Villages)
Xinhuanet, March 24, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/24/content_11063120.htm

Tibet
South Africa Peace Forum Canceled Over Dalai Lama Controversy
Washington Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/24/AR2009032400585.html

Related News
China reasserts opposition to Dalai Lama's travels
Reuters, March 24, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE52N21M20090324

XUAR
An Ancient Culture, Bulldozed Away
Washington Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032302935.html

March 24, 2009

News
Death Penalty
China Spearheads Surge in State-sponsored Executions
The Independent, March 24, 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-spearheads-surge-in-statesponsored-executions-1652595.html

Environment
廣州深圳食水水源未達標 (Potable Water Quality Still Not Acceptable in Guangdong)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1078372/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔呼吁中国国庆大典赦免政治犯 (Ching Cheong Calls on China to Pardon Political Prisoners on 60th Anniversary of PRC Founding)
Voice of America, March 23, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-03-23-voa38.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波获准再度与家人见面 (Liu Xiaobo Granted Opportunity to Meet with Family Again)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_liuxiaobo-03232009120117.html

Human Rights Defenders
法院维持对倪玉兰的原判 (Ni Yulan's Original Sentence of Two Years Upheld)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-03232009114433.html

上海韩立法及冯正虎失去行踪 (Whereabouts of Shanghainese Activists Han Lifa and Feng Zhenghu Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-03232009083808.html

June 4th
Student Body Attacked for Stance on June 4 Book
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=66959077eb330210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
學生會評議會質疑風波平息 六四特刊 城大生敲定出版 (City University Decides to Publish Special Volume on June Fourth)
Apple Daily, March 24, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12529550

國殤之柱損毀 作者指舊患 　 擬來港修補 (HK Pillar of Shame Statue Damaged; Galschiot, Banned from Entering HK in 2008, To Try to Visit to Fix)
Apple Daily, March 24, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12529549

Labor
重慶化工廠塌造料台12死 (12 Casualties in Chongqing Chemical Plant Accident)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1078370/1.html

Land Policy
Land Use Payments Suggested by Draft Law
Shanghai Daily, March 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090323/article_395191.htm

沪宁铁路镇江暴力逼迁 居民半夜家中遭殴 (Zhenjiang Villagers Beaten in the Middle of Night by Thugs Hired to Dismantle Home to Make Way for Shanghai-Ningbo Rail Link)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhenjiang-03232009160009.html

Law
防止“同案不同判”法官自由裁量必须给足理由 (In Order to Prevent Different Judgments for the Same Cases, the Justice Must Give Sufficient Reasoning in Judgment)
Southern Metropolis News, March 24, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903240024.asp

Protests and Petitions
1,000 Workers Block Road to Demand Defaulted Salary
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/22/content_7603840.htm

Public Health
山东菏泽否认20人因手足口病死亡 (Heze, Shandong Officials Deny that 20 Have Died from Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2009
http://news.cyol.com/content/2009-03/24/content_2594660.htm

Related news:
手足口病疫情：名单外的死亡患儿 (Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: More Deaths
than Recorded)
Southern Metropolis News, March 24, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903240032.asp

Two Babies Die of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease In E. China
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/24/content_7610006.htm

Taiwan
Tibetans to Get Taiwan Residency in June
China Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/03/24/201363/Tibetans-to.htm

Tibet
Riot Shows Desperate Tibetans May Defy Security
Reuters, March 23, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52M15F20090323

西藏青年作家更噶仓央在藏东被捕 (Tibetan Writer and Activist Kunga Tseyang Arrested in Golog TAP, Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-03232009165418.html

March 21-23

News

Bilateral Ties
China and US both Claim Victory after WTO Ruling on Piracy
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=a24f8f561d920210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
China Quake School Toll Stirs Grim Findings and Anger
Reuters, March 22, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE52L05E20090322

Environment
Province Supplying Beijing Water Drying Up: State
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090322/wl_asia_afp/chinawaterdrought

June 4th
Ex-soldier in 1989 China Crackdown Reportedly Held
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_re_as/as_china_crackdown_veteran

Police
公安部决定开展“人民警察核心价值观”讨论活动 (Public Security Ministry Holds Discussion on "Core Values" of Police)
Xinhuanet, March 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/20/content_11039329.htm

Protests and Petitions
河南一钢铁公司拖欠工人工资和保险金导致群体事件 (Owed Backwages Sparks "Mass Incident" in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/he-03222009164252.html

Public Health
河南手足口病瞞報兩官被炒 (Official Dismissed for Covering Up Foot and Mouse Disease in Henan)
Ming Pao News, March 22, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090322/ca72343c.htm

Blood Donor Scam Claims Farmer's Life
Shanghai Daily, March 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090320/article_394899.htm

Society
周勍获中文笔会自由写作奖 透视食品安全著作大陆被删 (Zhou Qing, Writer Who Exposed Food Safety Concerns, Given Chinese PEN Freedom Award)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhou-03222009141934.html

State Security
Three Die in Bomb Attack at Mine Office
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=36d9e6984e420210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Guard Shot Dead in Attack
BBC, March 20, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7954712.stm

Chinese 'Spy' Urges US to Press on Rights
Agence France-Presse (via Google), March 20, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ipXYPkPBNnz9RtuBT4RrTEiKDd
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Tibet
Monks Held After Qinghai Police Attack
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), March 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090323/article_395155.htm

Panchen Lama Calls for Support of China's Communist Party
Voice of America, March 23, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-22-voa7.cfm

New Video of Torture Exposes Chinese Brutality in Tibet
Telegraph.co.uk, March 20, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/5023967/New-video-of-torture-
exposes-Chinese-brutality-in-Tibet.html

March 20, 2009

News
Corruption
China's Corruption Goes from Covert to Overt
Asia Times Online, March 20, 2009
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KC20Ad01.html

Disasters
Chinese Artist Pushes for Full Account of Earthquake's Casualties
International Herald Tribune, March 20, 2009
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/19/asia/quake.php

Related news:
豆腐渣樓砸死1790學生 (1790 Students Died in Poorly-constructed Schools Toppled in Earthquake)
Singtao Daily, March 20, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1074386/1.html

Parents Say Sichuan Quake School Not Built to Code
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Internet Censorship
河北整治互联网低俗之风 关闭整顿近600违规网站 (Hebei Shuts Down 600 Websites during Crackdown)
China News Agency, March 19, 2009
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/14562/8992473.html

Media
Rights Groups Worried by Chinese Media Crackdown
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_as/as_china_media_controls

记者称在湖南遭城管殴打 向省委书记写求助信 (Xiaokang Reporter Chen Yong Beaten by Urban Management Officials while Reporting in Hunan)
Chongqing Morning Post, March 19, 2009
http://fl.cqnews.net/daya/200903/t20090319_3111821.htm

Police
Suspect Dies with Police: Case Reopened
Shanghai Daily, March 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090320/article_394850.htm

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Protesters Attempt Bold March on City Heart
Reuters (available at YahooNews), March 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090319/wl_nm/us_china_protest

Related news:
70北京市民中南海示威 (70 Beijingers Demonstrate outside Zhongnanhai)
Singtao Daily, March 20, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1074382/1.html

Public Health
Bad Rabies Vaccines Still Said to Be a Health Threat
Shanghai Daily, March 20, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090320/article_394874.htm

Officials Punished over Outbreak
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c58730c42af10210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
河南民权手足口病疫情得到控制 (Outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
under Control in Henan)
China Business News, March 20, 2009
http://finance.ifeng.com/roll/20090320/462093.shtml

河南民权县瞒报手足口疫情 病历只字不提(No Word on the Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Epidemic in Medical Records)
China National Radio, March 18, 2009
http://news.sohu.com/20090318/n262862676.shtml

State Security
250,000 Cameras Watching You in Guangzhou
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=45da30c42af10210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
四川甘孜县两周内拘50藏人 (50 Tibetans Arrested over Past Two Weeks in Garze, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xizang-03192009102916.html

March 19, 2009

Top News

Law
Beijing Human Rights Law Firm Shut Down
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090319/wl_asia_afp/chinarightslaw

Yitong, a Beijing law firm known for taking on sensitive cases, was ordered to shut down for six months on Tuesday, purportedly for allowing one of its lawyers to practice without a license. Lawyers at the firm believe the real reason for the shutdown is the participation of several of the firm’s lawyers in an effort to institute a direct election in the Beijing Lawyers Association.

Related Information
Beijing Law Firm Yitong is Shut Down for Six Months; Staff Lawyers Ordered to Turn in Licenses
Human Rights in China, March 18, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/145101

News

Disasters
Chart May Hold Clues to Flaws in Quake Schools
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=405bf1a0f7a10210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
300 students hit by food poisoning
Shanghai Daily, March 19, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=394778

Fifteen Arrested for Selling Pigs Fed Banned Additives
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 18, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/18/content_7592915.htm

Government
China Tells Officials to Cut Spending on Foreign Trips
China Post, March 19, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/03/19/200734/China-tells.htm

吉林省建立监管立体责任制度 (Jilin Establishes Supervision System to Monitor Stimulus Money Usage)
Xinhuanet, March 19, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/19/content_11034936.htm

June 4th
Soldier's Story a New Look at Tiananmen Crackdown
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_as/as_china_crackdown_veteran

Land Policy
浙江出台农村土地经营权流转新规定 (Zhejiang Releases New Regulations for Transfer of Land Use Rights)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tudi-03182009103425.html

Media
“围堵山西省委大楼”违法帖子发布者被行政拘留 (Man Detained for Posting Fake News of Demonstration in Shanxi)
Xinhuanet, March 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/18/content_11031849.htm

Police
2 Teen Inmates Die in Custody
Shanghai Daily, March 19, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090319/article_394752.htm

Protests and Petitions
再见！宣传与谎言 (30 Scholars, Lawyers, and Artists Issue Open Letter Bidding "Farewell to Propaganda and Lies”)
Radio France Internationale, March 18, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12702.asp

津沪两市逾千原新疆建设兵团人员示威请愿 (Former Employees of Xinjiang Construction Corp Protest for Adequate Compensation in Old Age)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qingyuan-03182009151446.html

中国信访问题系列调查: 上访的代价 (The Costs of Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinfang3-03182009101925.html

Public Health
新疆再發現假糖尿病藥 (More Fake Diabetes Medication Discovered in Xinjiang)
Ming Pao, March 19, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090319/ca41025i.htm

March 18, 2009

News

Corruption
制度性腐败长期当道 官员财产申报制又泡汤 (Measure Requiring Officials to Report Assets Fails to Pass Again, Some Suspect High-level Opposition)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fubai-03172009111123.html

Disasters
One Killed, Six Injured in Inner Mongolia Blast
Xinhuanet, March 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/18/content_11030902.htm

Education
Graduates Retreat to Rural China
Financial Times, March 17, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc64e30a-1315-11de-a170-0000779fd2ac.html

Hong Kong
FCC Tibet Talk Beijing 'Didn't Like' Is Put Off
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=b1250a3b20510210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
中国当局否认曾经骚扰和迫害高智晟家属 (Chinese Officials Deny Harassing Gao Zhisheng's Family)
Radio France Internationale, March 17, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12674.asp

June 4th
前六四戒严部队军人谈20年心路历程 (Former Soldier Writes Open Letter to Hu Criticizing June 4 Crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/June4-03172009090749.html

Law
China's Milk Victims Complain of Intimidation
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk

北京忆通律师事务所被罚停业六个月 (Decision Reached to Shut Down Yitong Law Firm for Six Months)
Radio France Internationale, March 17, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12675.asp

Police
China's Detention System Urged to Reform to Curb Police Violence
Xinhuanet, March 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/18/content_11030449.htm

Related News
Senior Officer Detained in Death-in-Custody Inquiry
Shanghai Daily, March 18, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=394653

Police Officers Banned From Nightclubs
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=d106fff8bb410210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
港人深圳示威抗议 道出内地百姓心声 (Hong Kongers Stage Protest in Downtown Shenzhen)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fazhi-03172009134141.html

Public Health
Yunnan Official to Help Gravel Disease Workers
Shanghai Daily, March 18, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090317/article_394547.htm

Tibet
Case Packed With TNT Found in Tibet Capital: Report
Reuters, March 18, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52H0T420090318

Wily Tibetan Messengers Outfox Censors of 'Great Firewall' of China
Times Online, March 18, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5927557.ece

XUAR
Uygur to be Tried for Reporting 'Fatal' Beating
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ef0a804ed5510210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
新疆阿克苏地区公安机关严惩网上散布谣言者 (Tough Punishment in Xinjiang for
"Spreading Rumors" Online)
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/17/content_11029481.htm

March 17, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defender- Yao Fuxin (姚福信)
China Labour Leader Freed after 7 Years in Jail
Agence France-Presse (via Google), March 17, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZCINfI4r4UzOK3o0zYwqaxTvL0
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Prominent labor activist Yao Fuxin (姚福信) was released from prison on Monday after serving out his seven-year term. Yao was detained in 2002 after speaking at a peaceful demonstration on behalf of workers demanding back wages and pension payments and charged with “subversion of state power.” Yao endured beatings and persecution from other inmates while in prison.

Related News
Labor Leader Activist Yao Fuxin is Released after Completing Seven-Year Term
Human Rights in China, March 16, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/143850

Food Security
Fake Food Cases in '08 at 76,500
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/16/content_7581236.htm

河南毒奶粉受害者家长因拒领补偿金受恐吓 (Father Threatened for Refusing Tainted Milk Compensation Money)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-03162009165101.html

Hong Kong
Diplomats Voice Fears over Macau Entry Row
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=16c3f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Journalist Stranded in Thailand
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/Stranded-03162009115613.html

Labor
陕西安康首例“黑砖厂虐工案”一审主犯被判刑 (Sentencing Reached in Shaanxi Brick Kiln Case)
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/17/content_11024593.htm

Media
Officials Ban Media from Plagiarism Court Case
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=632ef2a880600210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
3 More Prison Deaths Highlight Need for Reform
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c717f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Arrested after Dam Relocation Protest
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=7ed6f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

大陆两万名复员军官投诉总政治部 (20 Thousand Demobilized Officers File Complaint against Military)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jundui-03162009133902.html

Public Health
Gravel Factory Link to Fatal Disease
Shanghai Daily, March 16, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=394418

Religion
Vatican Sets Up Chinese Web Site
China Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/03/17/200391/Vatican-sets.htm

Society
Crime Warning in Guangdong
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6af6f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

State Security
中國加強監管外國人測繪 (China to Strengthen Supervision over Surveying and Mapping by Foreigners)
Ming Pao, March 16, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090316/ca11511c.htm

Tibet
'Modern Redesign' of Lhasa Approved
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=d6e8045777210210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Bomb Blast in Tibetan Area: Police
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090317/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestblast

XUAR
China Jails 2 Ethnic Minorities for Protests
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_china_restive_west

March 14-16, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Beijing Raises Stakes with Tit-For-Tat Deployment in South China Sea
Times Online, March 16, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5912597.ece

Food Security
记者走访：大部分饭馆用的面粉都含有增白剂 (Most Flour Used in Restaurants Include Bleach)
Economic Information Daily, March 16, 2009
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1037/8964390.html

Related news:
小心：馒头中有敌敌畏 (Be Careful: There's DDVP in Your Steamed Buns)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/man-03132009224415.html

Hukou
上海户籍新政不是被迫作秀 符合条件人员会逐年增加 (Trial Shanghai Hukou Policy Not Just for Show; Qualified Residents to Increase Each Year)
People's Daily, March 16, 2009
http://sh.eastday.com/qtmt/20090316/u1a548443.html

Related information:
持有《上海市居住证》人员申办本市常住户口试行办法 (Provisional Measures on Bidding for a Permanent Shanghai Hukou by Holders of a Shanghai Residence Permit) Shanghai Municipal People's Government, February 23, 2009
http://sh.eastday.com/qtmt/20090223/u1a539714.html

Human Rights Defenders
曾节明泰国申请避难 谴责联合国难民署拒绝面谈 (Dissident Zeng Jieming Unable to Meet with UN Official in Thailand to Apply for Refugee Status)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/refuge-03132009162441.html

Labor
甘肅兩日兩礦難 再死7人 (Another Seven Dead in Two Days in Gansu Mine Disaster)
Ming Pao, March 15, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1068723/1.html

Law
最高法将出台受理信息公开案件的司法解释 (SPC to Issue Explanation on Hearing Open Government Information Cases Soon)
The Beijing News, March 16, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0316/03/54GCGMT10001124J.html

Macao
Hong Kong Democrats Barred from Macau
Reuters, March 16, 2009
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=893442

Related news:
5 Hong Kong Pan-Democrats Denied Entry into Macao
Apple Daily, March 16, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20090316&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11866&art_id=12496591

Protests and Petitions
26 Police Injured in Fight with 200 Oil Workers, Group Says
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a79ef2a880600210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Taiwan
China to Let Taiwan in World Health Assembly: Report
Taiwan News, March 14, 2009
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=892598

Taiwan Pushes for Removal of Anti-Secession Law
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=135ef2a880600210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Chinese Police 'Search Houses in Lhasa for Non-Tibetans'
Telegraph.co.uk, March 13, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4984659/Chinese-police-search-houses-in-Lhasa-for-non-Tibetans.html

Tibetan Exiles Report Small Protests ahead of Sensitive Anniversary
Voice of America, March 16, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-16-voa1.cfm?rss=asia

EU Parliament Slammed for Tibet Resolution
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/13/content_7578360.htm

March 13, 2009

Top News

Human Rights Defenders – Yang Zili (杨子立) and Zhang Honghai (张宏海)
因言获罪四君子两人获释 杨子立张宏海八年刑满 (Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai Released after 8 Year Imprisonment)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangzili-03122009141204.html

Yang Zili (杨子立) and Zhang Honghai (张宏海) were released after serving out their eight year sentences. Two of four members of the political discussion society New Youth Study Group who were imprisoned for their political activities in 2001, both were convicted of “subversion of state power” and endured harsh abuses in prison. The other two imprisoned group members, Xu Wei (徐伟) and Jin Haike (靳海科) remain in prison serving out their ten year sentences.

Related News
Beijing Intellectuals Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai Released after
Eight Years in Prison
Human Rights in China, March 12, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/141758

News

Education
Frustration Voiced over Poor State of Higher Education
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ff6d0d1099bff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China Dissident's Family Flee to U.S.
Reuters (available at YahooNews), March 13, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090313/ts_nm/us_china_rights

Related News
Family of Missing Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Arrives in U.S.
Human Rights in China, March 11, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/141421

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Dissidents Honoured with Rights Award
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=91ad0d1099bff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 4th
六四期间北大实行严格的门卫制度 (Beijing University Gates Will Be Heavily Guarded for June 4 Duration)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-03122009104036.html

Police
Officials Decry Prison Torture
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=f720ab6441eff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News
Inspection of Prisons to be Intensified
China Daily, March 13, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/13/content_7575427.htm

中国大幅增加公共安全支出 (Huge Increases Go to Public Security Budget)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gongan-03122009105717.html

Protests and Petitions
Villagers Battle Police over Land
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=814c0d1099bff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Religion
广州家庭教会遭打压被迫转入地下 (Official Repression Forces Guangzhou House Church Underground)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangzhou-03122009105844.html

Rural Issues
China Plans Subsidies for Unemployed Migrants
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap_on_re_as/as_china_migrants

Tibet
China Says Willing to Meet Dalai Lama's Envoys
Reuters, March 13, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52C0R520090313

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Tibet to Step Up Legislation, Law Enforcement to Fight Splittism
Xinhuanet, March 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/12/content_11000221.htm

Tibetan Areas No-Go Zones for Foreign Media
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=d01d51a76d8ff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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九寨沟封山拒游客 业者揣测和西藏情势有关 (Sichuan's Jiuzhaogou Blocked to
Tourists)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-03122009160645.html

青海甘肃藏区封城
旅游路线成武警专线 (Tibetan Regions of Qinghai and Gansu under Lockdown)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-03122009105426.html

XUAR
新疆男子掛疆獨旗判囚8年 (Man in Xinjiang Sentenced to 8 Years for Flying East Turkestan Flag)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090312/ca41345i.htm

March 12, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese FM, U.S. State Secretary Meet on Bilateral Ties, Other Issues
Xinhuanet, March 12, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/12/content_10994814.htm

U.S. Tries to Play Down Naval Confrontation with China
Reuters, March 12, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52958S20090312

Disasters
Safety Watchdog to Probe Fatal Blast in E China
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/12/content_7572093.htm

Environment
Further Study on Beijing's Waste Plant Ordered After Public Protest
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=230f5538f56ff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

环保审批拦下千亿元投资 (Environmental Examinations Block Tens of Billions in Investments)
The Beijing News, March 12, 2009
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/1143/2009/03-12/008@024315.htm

京城運河黑如墨汁 (Beijing Canal Black as Ink with Pollution)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1065482/1.html

Government
公务员全国统考将设试点 (Trial National Civil Service Exam to Take Place This Year)
The Beijing News, March 12, 2009
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/1136/2009/03-12/008@024310.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟的夫人耿和女士及子女已离开中国 (Gao Zhisheng's Wife and Children Leave China)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-03112009164653.html

Human Rights Defenders
Leading Dissident 'Exiled' to Chinese Northwest
Telegraph.co.uk, March 11, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4974333/Leading-dissident-exiled-to-Chinese-northwest.html

Law
China's SARS Hero Demands Apology for Detention
Reuters (available at YahooNews), March 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090312/hl_nm/us_china_tiananmen


高法副院長案 尚無定論 (Still No Conclusion in Civil Case against Huang Songyou, Former Vice-President of the Supreme People's Court)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1065484/1.html

Media
两会期间多个网站频遭攻击 (Several Websites Attacked during "Two Meetings")
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-03112009085409.html

Politics
少與內地委員互動 港區政協錯失交流機會 (HK Representatives Had Little Interaction with Mainland Representatives during CPPCC)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1065480/1.html

Protests and Petitions
After Complaints Fail, Chinese Try Protests
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 12, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap_on_re_as/as_china_chasing_justice

China Wins Gold as Protesters Come to Their Censors
Washington Post (via Sydney Morning Herald), March 12, 2009
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/china-wins-gold-as-protesters-come-to-their-censors/2009/03/11/1236447311303.html

两会期间上访遭打压　被关押访民绝食抗议 (Petitioners Traveling to Beijing Continue to Be Detained; Detained Petitioner Goes on Hunger Strike in Protest of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-03112009085144.html

Tibet
China Pillories US over Tibet, Extends Travel Ban
Associated Press (via Google), March 11, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAMqM2_Dwudz52KLQeY2ZKFQq9-gD96RR4PO0

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Tibet Our Internal Affair, US Told
China Daily, March 12, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/12/content_7570631.htm

Dalai Lama Hopes Beijing Will Use More Commonsense
Reuters (via Boston.com), March 11, 2009
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/03/11/dalai_lama_hopes_beijing_will_use_more_commonsense/

March 11, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
China and U.S. Clash on Naval Fracas
New York Times, March 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/world/asia/11military.html

Related News
Top Military Officers Lash Out at US Espionate
China Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/10/content_7564826.htm

China Foreign Minister in US amid Tibet, Navy Rifts
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacytibet

China Urges US to Drop Tibet Resolution
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/10/content_7564826.htm

Corruption
Prosecutors Investigate 2,687 Officials
Shanghai Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090311/article_393850.htm

Disasters
Dorm Collapse Buries Seven China Rail Workers: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/wl_asia_afp/chinarailaccidentconstruction

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Plans Protest against Macau Curbs
Taiwan News, March 11, 2009
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=888590

Media
'Web Vital in Corruption Fight'
China Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/11/content_7566013.htm

Olympics
In China, Would-Be Protesters Pay a Price
Washington Post, March 11, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/10/AR2009031003725.html

Politics
委员建议处理群体性事件慎用警力 (Committee Member Urges Caution when Using Police Force during Mass Incidents)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/11/content_10987741.htm

中共高层成立专门小组应对敏感纪念日确保社会稳定 (Government Creates Special Team to Ensure Stability during Sensitive Anniversaries)
Radio France Internationale, March 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12545.asp

Protests and Petitions
宁夏首次为“老上访户”召开听证会 (Ningxia Convenes First Public Hearing for Petitioners)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/11/content_10990115.htm

State Security
Police Probe Explosions in Qinghai Province
Shanghai Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090311/article_393819.htm

Tibet
China Keeps Tight Security Grip on Tibet
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/wl_afp/chinatibet50yearsdalaispeechrights

Related News
Tours in Disarray over Sichuan Ban
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=1a6a1c7d841ff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Dalai Lama Says China Has Turned Tibet into a ‘Hell on Earth’
New York Times, March 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/world/asia/11tibet.html

Related News
Tibet 'Has Seen 50 Years of Freedom'
China Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/11/content_7565730.htm

世界各地纪念西藏起义50周年 (Tibet Uprising Marked around the World)
Radio France Internationale, March 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12550.asp

Related News
Tibetan Exiles Rally in Canada
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090310/wl_canada_afp/chinatibet50yearsunrestcanadap
rotest

歐洲多個城市聲援藏獨活動 (European Cities Express Support for Tibet Independence)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca22245c.htm

百多藏獨分子企圖潛入西藏
(Over a Hundred 'Separatists' Detained while Attempting to Enter Tibet)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca22001c.htm

尼泊爾韓國藏民反華示威
(Protests in Nepal and Korea against Chinese Rule over Tibet)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca21722c.htm

Tibetans in Taiwan Mark Anniversary of 1959 Uprising
China Post, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/11/199599/Tibetans-in.htm

March 10, 2009

News
Gender
Work Woes Dog China's Women
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/women-03092009103628.html

Human Rights Defenders
陈西境外记者采访前遭拘留　郭永丰两会期间失踪 (Guizhou Dissident Chen Xi Detained before Interview with Japanese Journalist)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-03092009095313.html

Labor
內蒙礦井泄不明氣體6人亡 (Unknown Poisoned Gas Kills Six Mine Workers in Inner Mongolia)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca21211m.htm

人大法工委﹕勞動法不會改 (Labor Contract Law Will Not Be Amended)
Ming Pao (via Sina), March 10, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1062625/1.html

Media
Plea to Jam 'Hostile' Radio in Volatile Border Areas
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11e3fd6ab8bef110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
Radio, TV Coverage Needs to Improve
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), March 10, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090310/article_393662.html

Politics
China Strives to Weed out Judicial Corruption
Xinhuanet, March 10, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/10/content_10985029.htm

China’s Leaders See a Calendar Full of Trouble
New York Times, March 10, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/world/asia/11china.html

Protests and Petitions
从天安门到马家楼 访民京城频频被抓（视频,图） (Petitioners Detained from Tiananmen to Majialou)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-03092009094612.html

湖北郧西访民到京上访被截访人员拘留并被押送 (Hubei Petitioners Forcibly Returned Home after Traveling to Beijing to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, March 9, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yunxi-03092009165947.html

Public Health
Chinese Lawmakers Press for Smoking Control
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/10/content_7562854.htm

Taiwan
Taiwan Defense Minister Denies Think Tank Aimed at Contacts with China
Taiwan News, March 9, 2009
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=887003

Related news:
Official: Taiwan Wants Chinese Military Contacts
Associated Press (via China Post), March 9, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/09/199415/Official%3A-Taiwan.htm

Tibet
Bomb Hits Tibetan-populated Area ahead of Uprising Anniversary
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2774eedad2cef110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Considers Tibet a Sovereignty Issue
Voice of America, March 9, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-09-voa10.cfm

China on Alert for Unrest on Key Tibet Anniversary
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090310/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

Related news:
A Focus of Tibetan Ire: Mining
Washington Post, March 10, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902878.html

Advisor: No Extra Security Forces in Tibet on March 10
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 10, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/10/content_7562625.htm

Tibetans Rally 50 Years after Uprising
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090309/wl_asia_afp/chinatibet50yearsusprotest

西藏增兵數萬 氣氛緊張 (Tens of Thousands of Reinforcements Sent into Tibet for Anniversary)
Ming Pao (via Sina), March 10, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1062618/1.html