March 01, 2010

Disasters
China Reports At Least 29 Injured in Yunnan Quake
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Education
Government to Increase Spending on Education
China Daily, March 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/01/content_9515384.htm

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教育經費支出17年未達標 (China's Education Spending Never Reaches Its Four-percent-of-GDP Target Set in 1993)
Ming Pao, March 01, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100301/caa1.htm

中國政府放權學校自主辦學 (Authorities Plan to Allow Greater School Autonomy)
China News Service (via Ming Pao), February 28, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100228/ca71210p.htm

Related Information:

國家中長期教育改革和發展規劃綱要(2010-2020年)全文 (National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020): Full text)
China News Service, March 01, 2010
http://big5.china.com.cn/policy/txt/2010-03/01/content_19492625.htm

Government
温总理网上"真情对话"遭网民"打假" (Wen Jiabao Chats with Internet Users, Criticized for His Hypocritical Speech)
Radio France Internationale, February 28, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19728.asp

Hukou
內地13報社論同斥戶籍制 (13 Papers Publish Joint Editorial Criticizing Current Household Registration System)
China Review News (via Sina), March 01, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1442185/1.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhang Sizhi (张思之)
Losing Hope: The Defence Lawyer Who Always Loses
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7a14f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
My Dear Husband Liu Xiaobo, The Writer China Has Put behind Bars
The Guardian, February 28, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/28/liu-xia-china-dissident-xiaobo

Labor
The Beautiful Game's Ugly Secret Exposed
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3822f80295f07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
China's National People's Congress - Democracy in action
The Economist, February 25, 2010
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15580832

Protests and Petitions
Dissidents And Petitioners Targeted Before NPC Session
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2e1aa93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Shanghai World Expo
Olympics-style Blowout Rejected for Expo Opening
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0bc9a93fd7517210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
China Raises Profile of Its Choice of Dalai Lama's No 2
Reuters, February 28, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62007920100301

XUAR
Discriminatory Job Notice Comes as No Surprise to Uygurs
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0f00c6d14a07210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD