Wednesday, March 11, 2009

March 11, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
China and U.S. Clash on Naval Fracas
New York Times, March 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/world/asia/11military.html
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Top Military Officers Lash Out at US Espionate
China Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/10/content_7564826.htm

China Foreign Minister in US amid Tibet, Navy Rifts
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), March 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacytibet

China Urges US to Drop Tibet Resolution
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/10/content_7564826.htm

Corruption
Prosecutors Investigate 2,687 Officials
Shanghai Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090311/article_393850.htm

Disasters
Dorm Collapse Buries Seven China Rail Workers: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/wl_asia_afp/chinarailaccidentconstruction

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Plans Protest against Macau Curbs
Taiwan News, March 11, 2009
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=888590

Media
'Web Vital in Corruption Fight'
China Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009npc/2009-03/11/content_7566013.htm

Olympics
In China, Would-Be Protesters Pay a Price
Washington Post, March 11, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/10/AR2009031003725.html

Politics
委员建议处理群体性事件慎用警力 (Committee Member Urges Caution when Using Police Force during Mass Incidents)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-03/11/content_10987741.htm

中共高层成立专门小组应对敏感纪念日确保社会稳定 (Government Creates Special Team to Ensure Stability during Sensitive Anniversaries)
Radio France Internationale, March 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12545.asp

Protests and Petitions
宁夏首次为“老上访户”召开听证会 (Ningxia Convenes First Public Hearing for Petitioners)
Xinhuanet, March 11, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/11/content_10990115.htm

State Security
Police Probe Explosions in Qinghai Province
Shanghai Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090311/article_393819.htm

Tibet
China Keeps Tight Security Grip on Tibet
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 11, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/wl_afp/chinatibet50yearsdalaispeechrights
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Tours in Disarray over Sichuan Ban
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=1a6a1c7d841ff110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Dalai Lama Says China Has Turned Tibet into a ‘Hell on Earth’
New York Times, March 11, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/world/asia/11tibet.html

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Tibet 'Has Seen 50 Years of Freedom'
China Daily, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/11/content_7565730.htm
世界各地纪念西藏起义50周年 (Tibet Uprising Marked around the World)
Radio France Internationale, March 10, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/111/article_12550.asp

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Tibetan Exiles Rally in Canada
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 10, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090310/wl_canada_afp/chinatibet50yearsunrestcanadap
rotest

歐洲多個城市聲援藏獨活動 (European Cities Express Support for Tibet Independence)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca22245c.htm

百多藏獨分子企圖潛入西藏
(Over a Hundred 'Separatists' Detained while Attempting to Enter Tibet)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca22001c.htm

尼泊爾韓國藏民反華示威
(Protests in Nepal and Korea against Chinese Rule over Tibet)
Ming Pao, March 10, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090310/ca21722c.htm

Tibetans in Taiwan Mark Anniversary of 1959 Uprising
China Post, March 11, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2009/03/11/199599/Tibetans-in.htm