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

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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