Thursday, March 11, 2010

March 11, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
美国考虑从法律上挑战中国对互联网的审查 (U.S. Considers Challenging Chinese Internet Censorship through Law)
Radio France Internationale, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19927.asp

Children
Parents of Missing Teenagers Win in New Trafficking Law
China Daily, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9570173.htm

Civil Society
Activists Test China's Openness Vows
The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703943504575095610544157840.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Writers, Scholars Call for Release of Top China Dissident
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/36202

Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
China: Protester Is Sentenced
New York Times, March 10, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/world/asia/11briefs-chinaprotester.html

Related information:
Shanghai Petitioner to Serve 18 Months of Reeducation-Through-Labor after Shouting Slogans
上海上访人士因呼喊口号被劳教18个月
Human Rights in China, March 9, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173391
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18359
Human Rights Defenders
China's Troublemakers Bond over 'Drinking Tea'
Associated Press, March 11, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/03/10/chinas_troublemakers_bond_over_drinking_tea/

冯正虎艾未未微博遭删 网友大战新浪 (Deletion of Feng Zhenghu and Ai Weiwei’s Sina Microblogs Leads to Anti-Sina Wave amongst Netizens)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fzh-03102010104552.html

Law
Central China Province Broadcasts Court Trial Live Online
Xinhua News Agency, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9570001.htm

违法行为教育矫治法列入今年立法计划 (Law on Education and Rehabilitation of Illegal Activities Added to 2010's Legislative Program)
Legal Daily, March 11, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2010-03-11/070617199520s.shtml
Related news:
Government and Policy China to Speed Up Legislation on Reforming Reeducation
China Daily, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9569977.htm
Media
Beijing Editor Punished for Editorial Urging Reform of Unpopular Registration System
The Canadian Press, March 10, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5heE0GwvZQPsU5nXJc5-ZVehpt4ww

Google Chief Sees Outcome "Soon" in China Row
Reuters, March 10, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1016272720100310

Journalists Must Face New Exam
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ed0ae01e98847210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
Detention Order Is Revoked: Police Apology Due to Mistakes
China Daily, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9570196.htm

Protests and Petitions
两会期间严打上访 (Crackdown on Petitioning in Beijing during NPC, CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-03102010103519.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Risks Chinese Ire to Back Uighurs
Reuters, March 10, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6291FI20100310