Tuesday, March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009

News
Environment
四川河道污染政府砌牆遮醜 (Authorities in Sichuan Build A Wall to Cover up An "Irreversibly Polluted" River Behind)
Ming Pao Immediate News, March 31, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090331/ca21539a.htm

Food Security
Nine Arrested for Selling Pigs Fed with Banned Chemical
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/31/content_11103667.htm

Hong Kong
British Human Rights Activist Jailed in Hong Kong
Telegraph.co.uk, March 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/5074488/British-human-rights-activist-jailed-in-Hong-Kong.html

June 4th
香港民间团体筹备六四晚会及七一大游行 (HK NGO's Preparation for "Tiananmen Vigil", "July 1st Demonstration" Under Way)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-03272009084452.html

港支联拟邀王丹参加纪念六四活动 (HK Alliance Plans to Invite Wang Dan to Join Tiananmen Commemoration Activities in HK)
Voice of America, March 26, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-03-26-voa47.cfm?rss=topstories

Tiananmen Art Sculptor to Ask: May I Visit HK?
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ce6a221406930210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Internet Censorship
China Shuts Down 162 Porn Video Websites
China Daily, March 30, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/30/content_7631438.htm

Police
More Youths Die in Police Custody
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3737e3defda50210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
广西来宾市凤凰镇发生徵地冲突 (Guangxi Villagers Clash with Police over Government Land Grabs)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_clash-03302009105116.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
Hard-to-Cure TB Poses New Global Health Threat
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 31, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dangerous_tb

Hospital Chiefs Removed After HCV Infections
Shanghai Daily, March 31, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=396082

China Facing HIV 'Plague' as New Cases Leap 45 Per Cent
Telegraph.co.uk, March 30, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5075542/China-facing-HIV-plague-as-new-cases-leap-45-per-cent.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monk Killed in Clash in Western China
Reuters, March 30, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52T2FV20090330

XUAR
China Cracks Down in Muslim West
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 30, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_re_as/as_china_restive_west