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

Related news:
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/