Thursday, March 18, 2010

March 18, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
UK Voices 'Serious Concern' on China's Rights Record
Associated Press, March 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100317/wl_uk_afp/britainrightschinareport

Children
Four Child Traffickers Seized in E.China
China Daily, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/17/content_9605793.htm

Food Security
绿色和平称中国超市出售转基因大米 (Greenpeace: Genetically-modified Rice Being Sold in Chinese Supermarkets)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mi-03172010093408.html
Related news:
GM Rice Found in Chinese Supermarkets: Greenpeace
The Independent, March 17, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/gm-rice-found-in-chinese-supermarkets-greenpeace-1923245.html
Government
Shelters Part of Long-term Civil Defense Plan
China Daily, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9606194.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Anjun (刘安军)
阳光公益刘安军被扣留多日后获释 (Rights Activist Liu Anjun Released after Several Days of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_liuanjun-03172010130010.html

Labor
Six Killed in Construction Site Accident in S China
China Daily, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/17/content_9605880.htm

Macao
Chui Shrugs Off Questions about Greater Democracy in Macau
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dfe7d37296c67210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Multilateral
He Yafei Expounds China's Human Rights Policy
Xinhua News Agency, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9607983.htm

Law
Rio Staff Face China Trial on March 22
Reuters, March 18, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-46987720100317

《反虐待动物法》意见稿公布 (Anti-Cruelty to Animals Law Draft for Solicitation of Opinions Released to Public)
The Beijing News, March 18, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-03/18/content_77401.htm
Related news:
《反虐待动物法》有助动物保护 (Anti-Cruelty to Animals Law Helps the Protection of Animals)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dongwu-03172010094123.html
黄松有终审判无期 (Former VP of Supreme People's Court Huang Songyou's Life Sentence for Taking Bribes Upheld)
The Beijing News, March 18, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0318/66186.shtml

Politics
官隱瞞疫情象徵性處罰 (Officials Concealing Epidemics Given Symbolic Penalties)
Apple Daily, March 18, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100318&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13832434

Public Health
疑疫苗肇禍 山西百童或死或殘 (100 Shanxi Children Dead or Injured, Suspected Due to Vaccine)
Ming Pao, March 18, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1461727/1.html
Related news:
China Says Probing Report on Deadly Faulty Vaccines
Reuters, March 18, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62H0G620100318