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: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)
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
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:Taiwan
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
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