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

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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

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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

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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