Tuesday, March 03, 2009

March 3, 2009

News

Children
Gas Poisoning Leaves 3 Students Dead, 2 in Coma in NW China
Xinhuanet, March 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/03/content_10933083.htm

Corruption
政协委员:取消网上反腐举报实名制 防打击报复 (CPPCC Recommends Abolishing "Real Name" System for Reporting Corruption)
Xinhuanet, March 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/03/content_10933373.htm

Food Security
Courts Start Accepting Milk Cases
China Daily, March 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/03/content_7529705.htm

Government
Beijing Pushed for Economic Disclosure
Financial Times, March 03, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1eff6064-0759-11de-9294-000077b07658.html

宁夏泾源县委书记责成打人镇干部向村民道歉
Ningxia Official Orders Cadres to Apologize for Beating Villagers
Xinhuanet, March 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/03/content_10933399.htm

兩會首次設網絡訪談室 (Two Sessions Set Up Online Chatroom)
Ming Pao, March 02, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090302/ca12037a.htm

Villages Targeted for Transparent Reform
China Daily, February 28, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-02/28/content_7522009.htm

Labor
China's Labor Disputes Last Year Nearly Double of 2007
Xinhuanet, March 03, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/03/content_10933481.htm

Media
中宣部内部通告 要求遵从官方口径报导 (Ministry of Propaganda Orders Media to Follow Government Orders)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-03022009083823.html

Police
奥运前警枪击土地维权村民记者助上告被判十一年 (Reporter who Helped Villagers after Police Shooting Sentenced to 11 Years)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangji-03022009170144.html

Politics
Villages Targeted for Transparent Reform
China Daily, March 03, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2009-02/28/content_7522009.htm

Protests and Petitions
Beijing Vendors Fight Counterfeiting Crackdown
International Herald Tribune, March 02, 2009
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/02/asia/02piracy.php

两会前大陆学者提特赦惹关注 (Chinese Scholars Appealed for Amnesty for Political Prisoners ahead of Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/teshe-03022009091632.html

Society
內地身分證資料泄露嚴重 (Serious Leaks Exist in Personal Identification Information)
Ming Pao, March 03, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090303/ca20756a.htm

State Security
Capital's Security Checks Rival Olympics Efforts
South China Morning Post, March 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=9eede963128cf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetan Monastery 'Surrounded' After Protest by Monks
Agence France-Presse (available at South China Morning Post), March 03, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ce3de963128cf110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

West 'Uses Tibet to Attack China'
BBC, March 03, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7918713.stm