March 12, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Australian Authors Protest China Visa Refusal
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/wl_nm/us_australia_china_author

Children
Shanghai Police Arrest 47 Child Trafficking Suspects
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=76a89f1b99095210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Civil Society
Beijing Tightens Rules on Foreign Funding of NGOs
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f1eab989ed47210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Economic Development
“铁公机”负重提速 ("Railway, Highway & Airport" Massive Construction Projects Accumulate Huge Debt Obligations)
Caijing Magazine, March 01, 2010
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2010-02-28/110386294.html

Government
NPC Delegates Say the Darnedest Things
The Wall Street Journal, March 08, 2010
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/03/08/npc-delegates-say-the-darnedest-things/

Hong Kong
香港支联会五名常委和四五行动一名成员被捕 (Activists Including Five "Hong Kong Alliance" Members Arrested for Protesting Liu Xiaobo's Sentence Last December)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/HK-alliance-03112010102104.html

Hukou
Urbanizing China Long Way from Residence Reform
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/wl_nm/us_china_parliament_hukou

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
EU, US Calls for Dissident's Release Rejected
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0fb00e8446195210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
NPC Deputy Calls for Petitioners to Be Jailed for 15 Years
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0c2ab989ed47210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
人代倡判監上訪者 網民狂轟 (Proposal to Jail "Illegal Petitioners" Draws Fierce Criticism)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100312/caa3.htm

Media
Google Says Talks with China Ongoing
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wl_asia_afp/chinausitmediarightsinternetgoogle

Police
Death in Detention Sparks Question
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/death-03102010170812.html

Protests and Petitions
致信两会反映暴力拆迁 《无锡日报》员工被关学习班（组图 ("Wuxi Daily" Employee Detained and Sent to Law Classes after Sending Letter to NPC, CPPCC to Reveal Violent Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuxi%20-03112010113339.html

State Security
高院今年嚴打分裂顛覆罪 (Supreme People's Court to "Strike Hard" on Subversion)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100312/caa1.htm

Tibet
China Steps up Security Crackdown in Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights

XUAR
Western Regions Need More Legal Resources, Top Judge Says
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2042ab989ed47210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD