March 23, 2010

Top News of The Day

Internet Censorship
Google Raises Stakes in China Censorship Row
The Guardian, March 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/22/google-china-shut-down-censorships

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Interview: Sergey Brin on Google’s China Move
New York Times, March 23, 2010
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/interview-sergey-brin-on-googles-china-gambit/

Google China: Hacking Bid that Quickly Grew into a Clash of Titans
The Guardian, March 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/23/google-china-hacking-bid-clash

Google 'Thinks Out of Box' onChina: Activists
Agence France-Presse (via The Sydney Morning Herald), March 23, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/google-thinks-out-of-box-on-china-activists-20100323-qro5.html

China: Google Breaks Promise, Totally Wrong to Stop Censoring
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9625554.htm

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Writers Body Urges Google to Keep Copyright Promise
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/22/content_9623932.htm

Shrug of Online Indifference to Google's Threat
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), March 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=45f0222fc8687210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

网民致中国政府和谷歌公开信 呼吁不可忽视网民利益 (Chinese Netizens' Open Letter to Chinese Gov't and Google: Netizens' Interests Should Not Be Ignored)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/google-03222010093656.html

News

Corruption
Rio Tinto Defendants Plead Guilty
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9625426.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yang Tianshui (杨天水)
异见作家杨天水准备狱中绝食 家属呼吁关注 (Dissident Writer Stages Hunger Strike in Prison; Family Calls for Attention)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangtianshui-03222010155439.html

Internet Censorship

云南实现对全省3620家网吧实时监控 (Yunnan Authorities Monitor 3,620 Internet Cafes in Real Time)
Spring City Evening, March 23, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2010-03-23/104919922817.shtml

Labor
Race on to Find Trapped Miners
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9625679.htm

Police
Police Chiefs Go back to School
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9626738.htm

Suspect's Death Raises Stink
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9626719.htm

Protests and Petitions
福州六老人北京自杀抗暴 家人被判杀人罪遭严刑拷打 (Six Elderly Petitioners Attempt Suicide to Protest Abusive Treatment in Beijing; Family Members Detained, Tortured and Convicted of Murder)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zisha-03222010094128.html

Public Health
女艾滋病患者欲动手术遭多家医院拒绝 (HIV Positive Woman Rejected by Hospitals)
China Radio International, March 23, 2010
http://news.china.com.cn/rollnews/2010-03/23/content_1191092.htm

Gas Poisoning Strikes 55 in South China Food Plant
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/22/content_9623300.htm

Tibet
两年来至少50名藏人因向境外发送信息遭拘押 (At Least 50 Tibetans Detained for Sending Info Abroad over The Past Two Years)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-03222010171138.html