Monday, March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009

News

Disasters
China: 37 Die in 2 Unrelated Bus Accidents
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090327/ap_on_re_as/as_china_bus_crash

Education
重点学校腐败案频发 根治中小学教育腐败利刃何在 (Corruption Widespread in Prestigious Primary and Secondary Schools)
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/30/content_11098602.htm

中国农村大学生比例下降显著 预示教育危机 (Ratio of Rural Students in Colleges Falls)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/da-03272009223802.html

Government
公安部发布政府信息公开工作年度报告 (Ministry of Public Security Releases Annual Report on Open Government Information)
Xinhuanet, March 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/28/content_11088706.htm

Law
最高法院全面部署贯彻实施国家知识产权战略 (Supreme Court Releases Opinions on Implementation of IPR Strategy)
Xinhuanet, March 29, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/29/content_11097270.htm

Media
Grieving Parents Gain Clout in China
Washington Post, March 28, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032703292.html

Police
Family in Plea for a Second Autopsy
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395934.htm

Protests and Petitions
云南盐津县三人"上访"扰乱社会秩序被判刑 (Three Yunnan "Petitioners" Sentenced for Disturbing Social Order)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0330/09/55L2UO4E0001124J.html

Casinos Blamed for Clashes on Hainan
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=036cbc54c2350210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
Rural Areas Targeted in Crackdown on HFMD
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090330/article_395935.htm

Religion
One Billion Souls to Save
Times Online, March 28, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article5960010.ece

Society
Book Stokes Nationalism in China
Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123836150260267093.html

State Security
Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries
New York Times, March 29, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/technology/29spy.html

Related News
Analysts Dismiss 'Cyber Spy' Claims
China Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7628028.htm

Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network
Munk Center for International Studies, March 29, 2009
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13731776/Tracking-GhostNet-Investigating-a-Cyber-
Espionage-Network
Soldier Stabbed in SW China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090330/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetattack

Tibet
Tibet to Reopen to Foreign Tourists
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7629310.htm

Tibet's Panchen Lama, Beijing's Propaganda Tool
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetreligion50years2ndleadfo
cus
Related News
China Turns to Buddhism to Calm Tibet, Taiwan Tensions
China Post, March 29, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/29/202057/China-turns.htm