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

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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