Children
Police Crack Child Trafficking Ring
China Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-02/27/content_7517650.htm
Death Penalty
Death Sentence for Corrupt Official
Shanghai Daily, February 27, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200902/20090227/article_392457.htm
Disaster
防災減災日定為5月12日 (Disaster Relief and Precaution Day Set for May 12)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090302/ca11733a.htm
Economic Development
4萬億方案成效遭質疑 (Effectiveness of the State Council's 4 Trillion Yuan Economic Plan Questioned during Two Sessions)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1052966/1.html
Food Security
全国人大常委会高票通过食品安全法 ("Food Safety Law" Passes in NPC by Wide Margin)
Xinhuanet, February 28, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-02/28/content_10916865_1.htm
Related news:Media
China Food Safety Remains "Grim"
Reuters, March 2, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE5210WK20090302
Exposure of Corrupt Guangdong Boss in Media Sends out Warning
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=03708e9dee2cf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
中宣部統一口徑 避煽民族情緒 (Propaganda Tightens Media Message on Eve of Two Sessions)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1052964/1.html
Politics
Highlights of Premier Wen's Reply to Netizens
Xinhuanet, March 2, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/02/content_10926958.htm
Protests and Petitions
Chinese Police Take Away Petitioners
The China Post, February 28, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/02/28/198041/Chinese-police.htm
两会前夕外地访民躲避监控到京上访 (Petitioners Evade Security to Travel to Beijing during Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/2-03012009152807.html
Public Health
Chronic Diseases Increasing
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), March 1, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090301/article_392680.htm
State Security
京60萬人參與兩會安保 (600K Work Security in Beijing during Two Sessions)
Ming Pao, March 2, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1052965/1.html
Related news:Tibet
Taskforces Set Up to Keep Lid on Protests
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd25fee0158bf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Chinese Forces Surround Tibetan Monastery after Protest: Activists
Agence France-Presse, March 2, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090302/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrights
Tibetan Monk 'Shot' while on Fire
BBC, February 28, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7916544.stm
国务院新闻办发表《西藏民主改革五十年》白皮书 (State Council Information Office Issues White Paper, "50 Years of Democratic Reform in Tibet" )
China News Service, March 2, 2009
http://gb.news.sina.com/ch/chinanews/102-101-101-101/2009-03-02/00173678696.html
Related information:
White Paper: Tibetan People Suffered from Feudal Serfdom, Darker than Medieval Europe
Xinhuanet, March 2, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/02/content_10929067.htm