March 25, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
US Congress Takes Up Internet Censorship Issue
Associated Press, March 25, 2010
http://www.kcbs.com/bayareanews/US-Congress-Takes-Up-Internet-CensorShip-Issue/6651231

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Congress Slams China and Microsoft, Praises Google
CNN, March 25, 2010
http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/24/technology/china_google_hearing/

Corruption
Official 'Used Public Land to Build Mansion'
China Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/25/content_9638382.htm

廣州選 5星級廁所　網民斥腐敗 (Guangzhou's Designation of 5-Star Toilets Leads to Cries of Corruption from Netizens)
Apple Daily, March 25, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100325&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13858689

Human Rights Defenders
上海基督徒沈佩兰被镇政府人员带走 (Shanghainese Petitioner Shen Peilan Taken Away by Township Officials)
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/5-03242010110426.html

Land Policy
Residents Protest Repeated Relocation
China Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/25/content_9638188.htm

Law
Rio Trial Ends, Verdict Could Take Some Time
Reuters, March 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62K21020100324

Media
Go Daddy Draws Line in China
The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703312504575141983884666038.html

谷歌風波 內地禁 18類報道 (Asahi Shimbun: China Bans 18 Types of Reports in Wake of Google Announcement)
Apple Daily, March 25, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20100325&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13859842

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中宣传部四道禁令媒体噤声 (Central Propaganda Department Demands Silence from Media on Four Items)
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-03242010101621.html

女记者采访火灾被数保安像抓小鸡一样架走 (Beijing Times Reporters Dragged Away by Security while Covering Fire )
Southern Daily, March 25, 2010
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-03/25/content_10438366.htm

外交部：谷歌事件不应与中美关系挂钩 (MFA: Google Incident Not Affiliated with Sino-American Ties)
Southern Daily, March 24, 2010
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-03/24/content_10398159.htm

Related news:
Google's Withdrawal Pushing Itself into Corner
Xinhua News Agency, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9637649.htm

Life after Google Proves no Problem
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201003/20100325/article_432210.htm

Police
Farmer in Custody Dies
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432190&type=National

Police Chief to be Accountable for Abnormal Death in Cell
Xinhua News Agency, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9635103.htm

Public Health
Toxic Dinner-plastic Case Unfolds
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432208&type=National

Investigation Links Jabs to Illness
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432119&type=National

40萬大學生經常想自殺 (Survey: 2.1% University Students Regularly Contemplate Suicide)
Apple Daily, March 25, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100325&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13858661

Taiwan
Consensus Reached on Keeping Death Penalty for Time Being
China Post, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/03/24/249565/Consensus-reached.htm