Friday, March 27, 2009

March 27, 2009

News

Bilateral Ties
China Fury at US Military Report
BBC, March 26, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7965084.stm

Children
18 Children Die of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease in China
Xinhuanet, March 27, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/27/content_11081960.htm

Filthy hospital in N China Responsible for Deaths of Five Newborn Children
Xinhuanet, March 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/27/content_11082263.htm

Environment
Radioactive Material Lost in China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 27, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090327/wl_asia_afp/chinanuclearmissing

Government
Consumer Website Takes Cash to Silence Business Complaints
Shanghai Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200903/20090327/article_395574.htm

与隐私权相冲突? 新疆阿勒泰地区官员财产申报制遭质疑 (Does Xinjiang's Asset Reporting System Conflict with Right to Privacy?)
Legal Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-03/27/content_1060670.htm

调查显示两百多名私营企业主已进入地方党委 (Survey Shows Over 200 Private Business Proprietors also in Local Party Committees)
Net Ease, March 27, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0327/04/55CTC8I50001124J.html

Law
视点观察:深圳罗湖区率先全国试行刑案量刑辩论机制 (District in Shenzhen First to Test "Debate System" for Sentencing)
Legal Daily, March 27, 2009
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-03/27/content_1061001.htm

China Milk Scandal Terms Upheld
BBC, March 26, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7965236.stm

Police
被捆15小时 广西"法官死在看守所案"内幕揭开 (Inside Story on Judge who Died in Detention Center in 2007)
Net Ease, March 27, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0327/02/55CMLTBQ0001124J.html

牢头狱霸之治 (Rule by "Prison Bullies")
Nanfang Weekend, March 26, 2009
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/nfzm/200903260110.asp

Protests and Petitions
China Deploys 1,000 Policemen in Rioting Town
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/27/content_7621134.htm

Tibet
外交部发言人秦刚赠送外媒记者3.14事件光碟 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Responds to Tibet Video)
Net Ease, March 26, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0326/19/55BRJTMK0001124J.html

Tibet Serf Debate Shadows China's "Emancipation day"
Reuters, March 26, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52Q05U20090327