Wednesday, March 04, 2009

March 4, 2009

News
Economic Development
Communist Party Elders Criticize China's Stimulus Plan
International Herald Tribune, March 03, 2009
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/03/asia/04china.php

Environment
Contamination Case Prompts Plant Closures
Shanghai Daily, March 04, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090304/article_393019.htm

江蘇鹽城7名官員因水污染事件受處分 (Seven Yancheng, Jiangsu Officials Disciplined for Water Pollution Case)
China News Agency, March 04, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/107/1/1/1055891/1.html

Food Security
Top Court Official's Vow Gives Hope to Families of Milk Scandal Victims
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a25dc005d3dcf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
山東法庭受理毒奶粉索償 (Shandong Court Hears Milk Compensation Case)
Ming Pao, March 04, 2009
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20090304/ccb1.htm

Government
Massage Details Posted Carelessly
Shanghai Daily, March 04, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090304/article_393015.htm

Human Rights Defenders
东北维权律师袁显臣近日宣判 (Heilongjiang Barefoot Lawyer Yuan Xianchen's Sentence to Be Announced Soon)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-03032009081419.html

Land
广东廉江失地村民代表被抓(视频) (Representative for Lianjiang, Guangdong Villagers Who Lost Land Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shidi-03032009130307.html

Macao
HK Professor and Politicians Denied Macau Entry
Agence France-Presse (via Google), March 04, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfDsEKD74Ji5Lr6YzMMPLJjCxNRQ

Related news:
Lawmakers Demand Answers on Macau Blocking HK People
South China Morning Post, March 04, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bf12884b210df110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
In China, Despair Mounting among Migrant Workers
Washington Post, March 04, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/03/AR2009030303287.html

Police
Police Charged over Death-in-Custody Case
Shanghai Daily, March 04, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090304/article_393060.htm

Protests and Petitions
政协会议大会堂开幕 会场外气氛紧张到处抓捕访民 (Tensions High and Petitioners across China Detained as CPPCC Opens)
Radio Free Asia, March 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-03032009082603.html

Society
社科院报告称公民身份证信息泄露严重 (CASS Rule of Law Report: Citizens' Identity Information Not Kept Confidential; Leaked Easily)
The Beijing News, March 03, 2009
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-03-03/032615245012s.shtml

Tibet
'No Tibetan Protests' in Sichuan
BBC, March 03, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7920656.stm