March 26, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Congress Rallies in Support of Taiwan
Taipei Times, March 26, 2009
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/03/26/2003439425

Related news:
China Slashes US Congress Resolution on Taiwan
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/26/content_7617765.htm

Pentagon Says China's Military Power Grows as Intentions Still Unclear
Voice of America, March 25, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-25-voa68.cfm

Disasters
Local Court Is China’s First to Accept a Tainted-Milk Suit
New York Times, March 25, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/world/asia/26milk.html

Internet Censorship
Film of Tibet Violence May Have Prompted China to Block YouTube
Times Online, March 26, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5975252.ece

Related news:
China Says Tibet Video Is 'a Lie'
BBC, March 25, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7962717.stm

June 4th
Blogger's T-shirt Gesture Breaks Taboo on Tiananmen Rebellion
Times Online, March 25, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5973959.ece

《天安门时报》首发式在澳大利亚墨尔本举行 (New "Tian An Men Times" Publication Kicks Off in Melbourne)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Tiananmentime-03252009155949.html

Land Policy
上海强拆迁重伤业主 冤民大同盟办公被抓 (Shanghai Homeowners Injured in Demolition Disagreement; "Chinese Alliance of the Aggrieved" Propaganda Officer Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qiangchai-03252009093222.html

Law
最高法：干预法院独立办案将被追责 (Supreme People's Court: Those Interfering with the Court's Independent Handling of a Case Will be Called to Account)
The Beijing News, March 26, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/03-26/008@024255.htm

Related information:
人民法院第三个五年改革纲要（2009－2013） (Third Five-Year Reform Plan for the People's Courts (2009-2013))
Supreme People's Court, March 25, 2009
http://www.dffy.com/faguixiazai/xf/200903/20090325145222.htm

Police
北京城管殴打小贩千人围观　当局拘留小贩威吓目击者 (Thousands Look on as Beijing Urban Management Official Beat Vendor; Authorities Detain Vendor and Threaten Witnesses)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengguan-03252009083220.html

Politics
瓮安被撤职县委书记复出 调任黔南州财政局副局长 (County Party Cadre Sacked after Weng'an Protests Resurfaces as Director of Finance Bureau in Nanzhou)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 26, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfjx/200903260027.asp

Protests and Petitions
One Dead in China Village Feud: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090325/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrest

State Security
Foreign GPS Users Risk Arrest
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e83c6df857e30210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetans Stage Farm Boycott
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet-boycott-03252009173908.html