March 24, 2009

News
Death Penalty
China Spearheads Surge in State-sponsored Executions
The Independent, March 24, 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-spearheads-surge-in-statesponsored-executions-1652595.html

Environment
廣州深圳食水水源未達標 (Potable Water Quality Still Not Acceptable in Guangdong)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1078372/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔呼吁中国国庆大典赦免政治犯 (Ching Cheong Calls on China to Pardon Political Prisoners on 60th Anniversary of PRC Founding)
Voice of America, March 23, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-03-23-voa38.cfm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波获准再度与家人见面 (Liu Xiaobo Granted Opportunity to Meet with Family Again)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_liuxiaobo-03232009120117.html

Human Rights Defenders
法院维持对倪玉兰的原判 (Ni Yulan's Original Sentence of Two Years Upheld)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_lawyer-03232009114433.html

上海韩立法及冯正虎失去行踪 (Whereabouts of Shanghainese Activists Han Lifa and Feng Zhenghu Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-03232009083808.html

June 4th
Student Body Attacked for Stance on June 4 Book
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=66959077eb330210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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學生會評議會質疑風波平息 六四特刊 城大生敲定出版 (City University Decides to Publish Special Volume on June Fourth)
Apple Daily, March 24, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12529550

國殤之柱損毀 作者指舊患 　 擬來港修補 (HK Pillar of Shame Statue Damaged; Galschiot, Banned from Entering HK in 2008, To Try to Visit to Fix)
Apple Daily, March 24, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12529549

Labor
重慶化工廠塌造料台12死 (12 Casualties in Chongqing Chemical Plant Accident)
Ming Pao, March 24, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1078370/1.html

Land Policy
Land Use Payments Suggested by Draft Law
Shanghai Daily, March 23, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090323/article_395191.htm

沪宁铁路镇江暴力逼迁 居民半夜家中遭殴 (Zhenjiang Villagers Beaten in the Middle of Night by Thugs Hired to Dismantle Home to Make Way for Shanghai-Ningbo Rail Link)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhenjiang-03232009160009.html

Law
防止“同案不同判”法官自由裁量必须给足理由 (In Order to Prevent Different Judgments for the Same Cases, the Justice Must Give Sufficient Reasoning in Judgment)
Southern Metropolis News, March 24, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903240024.asp

Protests and Petitions
1,000 Workers Block Road to Demand Defaulted Salary
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/22/content_7603840.htm

Public Health
山东菏泽否认20人因手足口病死亡 (Heze, Shandong Officials Deny that 20 Have Died from Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease)
China Youth Daily, March 24, 2009
http://news.cyol.com/content/2009-03/24/content_2594660.htm

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手足口病疫情：名单外的死亡患儿 (Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: More Deaths
than Recorded)
Southern Metropolis News, March 24, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903240032.asp

Two Babies Die of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease In E. China
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 24, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/24/content_7610006.htm

Taiwan
Tibetans to Get Taiwan Residency in June
China Post, March 24, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/03/24/201363/Tibetans-to.htm

Tibet
Riot Shows Desperate Tibetans May Defy Security
Reuters, March 23, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52M15F20090323

西藏青年作家更噶仓央在藏东被捕 (Tibetan Writer and Activist Kunga Tseyang Arrested in Golog TAP, Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-03232009165418.html