March 27-29, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Missing Chinese Dissident Lawyer Gao Zhisheng 'Alive'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 29, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8591566.stm

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Wife Confirms Dissident Chinese Lawyer Is Alive
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 29, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

News

Children
Child Death Rates Highlight Urban-rural Split
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5502ec8d2ea97210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Drought Affects 24 Million People in Yunnan
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-03/26/content_9650812.htm

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Fights Break Out over Scarce Drinking Water
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc088437ea5a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

200 People Rescued from Snowstorms in Xinjiang
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/28/content_9653142.htm

Freedom of Movement
China Bars Noted Scholar From Planned Trip to U.S.
New York Times, March 29, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/world/asia/27china.html

Hong Kong
Democracy Rally Stand-off Ends in Arrest of Student
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3245987da15a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
毒奶粉維權家長明受審 (Tainted Milk Activist's Trial to Begin Tomorrow)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100329/caa2.htm

谢福林兄弟两人“偷电”被判刑6年 (Hunan Activist Xie Fulin and His Brother Both Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for "Stealing Electricity")
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_verdict-03262010122246.html

Labor
152 Trapped in North China Coal Mine Flooding
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/28/content_9653105.htm

Land Policy
China's Forced Evictions Cause Instability
Reuters, March 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62R13U20100328

Law
Bar on Diplomats at Trial of Rio Tinto Executive a 'Breach of Law'
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4e188437ea5a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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Rio China Trial Defendant Says Treated Fairly: Lawyer
Reuters, March 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62P1YA20100326

Media
‘Dove’ Pun on Google Causes a Stir in China
Financial Times, March 29, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1bb64130-3a83-11df-b6d5-00144feabdc0.html

Mainland Media Feisty Despite Beijing's Efforts
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=51588437ea5a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Dozens Injured in Wild Street Brawl
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/29/content_9653442.htm

Farmer Dies, Dad Injured in Fire Protest
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/29/content_9653963.htm

Public Health
广东疫苗受害家长到省疾病控制中心门口抗议 (Guangdong Parents of Children Who Get Sick After Vaccination Protest at Province-level Disease Control Center)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-03282010152521.html

State Security
China Spends Record Amount Targeting Domestic Security Threats
The Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7532354/China-spends-record-amount-targeting-domestic-security-threats.html

Tibet
Tibetans Reported Detained
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detained-03262010155455.html

XUAR
Uyghur’s Release Sought
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/gheyret-niyaz-03252010154625.html