March 02, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)
China Writer Blocked from Going to German Festival
Associated Press, March 02, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmS19vCSQuOscmUllwS3YlX2mqeAD9E69VT80

On March 1, 2010, dissident writer Liao Yiwu (廖亦武) was taken off a plane bound for Beijing by police in Chengdu; he was en route to Germany, where he had planned to fly on his way to attend lit.Cologne, a literature festival. Liao then was interrogated at a local police station for several hours. Upon his release, he was told not to leave his house “during this period.” In response, Liao, the author of the internationally-acclaimed The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up,issued a public letter to his German readers, whom he had hoped to meet at the festival.

Related information:
Barred from Traveling, Writer Liao Yiwu Speaks to German Readers in Open Letter
廖亦武被禁离境 发表致德国读者公开信
Human Rights in China, March 01, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org//public/contents/173374
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18347

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Chinese Author Put under House Arrest
Deutsche Presse Agentur, March 01, 2010
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/article332211.ece

News
Bilateral Ties
U.S. Official's Visit Signals Thaw in China Ties
The Wall Street Journal, March 02, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704754604575095091771389002.html

Environment
Widespread Dry Spell Hits 11m
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-02/26/content_9508436.htm

Food Security
Parent of China Melamine Victim Receives Compensation
Xinhua News Agency, March 01, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/01/c_13192999.htm

Hukou
Chinese Newspapers in Joint Call to End Curb on Migrant Workers
The Guardian, March 01, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/01/chinese-newspapers-migrant-workers-rights

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Chinese Editorials Assail a Government System
New York Times, March 01, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/world/asia/02china.html

京郊打工子弟寒假后集体失学 教育为拆迁利益让路 (Beijing Migrant Workers' Children Cannot Attend School after Winter Break)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dagong-03012010161032.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
China's 'Terminal' Activist Vows to Fight On
Agence France-Presse, March 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100301/wl_asia_afp/chinarightslawjapan

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上海国保警察沈国良用车撞冯正虎 (Shanghai's State Security Barrel into Feng Zhenghu in Patrol Car)
Radio France Internationale, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19745.asp

Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士刘安军被软禁 公安驾车两度撞向冯正虎 (Beijing Activist Liu Anjun Put under House Arrest; Harassment of Feng Zhenghu Continues)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/feng-03012010095402.html

Labor
One Dead, 31 Trapped in Latest Coal Mine Tragedy
China Daily, March 02, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/02/content_9521797.htm

Media
全国政协委员严琦语出惊人：取缔社会网吧 (CPPCC's Yan Qi's Astounding Remarks: Ban Internet Cafes )
Chongqing Morning Post, March 02, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/2010lh/u1a5051967.html

Military
China PLA Officer Urges Challenging U.S. Dominance
Reuters, March 01, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6201CC20100301

Police
China Police Ordered to Resign Over Detainee 'Torture'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 01, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8543744.stm

Public Health
Hepatitis B Activist Wins Right to Work in Test of New Anti-bias Rules
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8c1fe5bf20a17210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Top US Court Dismisses Uighur Guantanamo Appeal
Agence France-Presse, March 02, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100302/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojusticeuighur_20100302021151

中国拒绝日本支持“疆独”学者入境 日媒关注 (China Denies Entry for Pro-Xinjiang Independence Japanese Scholar)
Global Times, February 28, 2010
http://world.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-03/729246.html