March 26, 2010

News

Death Penalty
Two Abductors Executed in Kidnapping Crackdown
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9644113.htm

Man on Death Row for Killing Snorer-chum
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9644055.htm

Disasters
Thirsty Villagers Struggle to Find Water as Drought Persists
Xinhua News Agency, March 25, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/25/c_13224948.htm

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两部门要求全国团员及少先队员每人捐一瓶水 (Members of Communist Youth League, Young Pioneers Urged to Donate A Bottle of Water per Person)
China Youth Daily (via Yahoo! News), March 26, 2010
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/10-03-/1055/2k15q.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
国际社会继续关注高智晟律师下落 (International Community Continues to Express Concern over Missing Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaozhisheng-03252010142211.html

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师恳请司法部为山西疫苗受害者提供法律帮助 (Rights Defense Lawyers Call on Ministry of Justice to Allow Legal Aid for Vaccine Victims in Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-03252010161334.html

Labor
4 dead in SW China Colliery Gas Outburst
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9646400.htm

2 Dead, 9 Trapped in N China Colliery Blast
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/25/content_9643996.htm

Law
全国律协会长首谈“不作为” 称自己并非傀儡 (President of All China Lawyers Association (ACLA) Discusses Article 306 of Criminal Law)
China Newsweek (via Xinhua News Agency), March 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/25/content_13245226_2.htm

Media
Chinese Companies Debate Links with Google
Financial Times, March 26, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb71e0bc-3831-11df-8420-00144feabdc0.html

Migrant Workers
Why Migrant Workers Are Shunning China's Factories
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8586672.stm

Religion
Vatican Warns Bishops Not to Attend National Meeting
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edb09b8100697210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society
School Killer Wanted to Take Revenge on Society
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9644723.htm

Tibet
西藏比如县小学生和平示威公安进驻学校 (Tibetan Students Stage Peaceful Demonstration Shouting Slogans Calling for "Dalai Lama's Return to Tibet")
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Tibet-03252010100358.html

XUAR
Beijing Protests Swiss Asylum for Uygurs
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), March 26, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ab2a877826497210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD