Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟哥哥：三月初接到高智晟来电报平安 (Gao Zhisheng's Brother: I Received Notice from Gao That He Is Well in Early March)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Gao-03182010110348.html
News
Bilateral Ties
China Refutes British Report on Human Rights
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9611042.htm
Food Security
中國人年吃 300萬噸坑渠油 毒性是砒霜 100倍 外出食 10餐有 1餐中招 (3 Mil Tons of Carcinogenic Cooking Oil Injested by Chinese Each Year)
Apple Daily, March 19, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100319&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13836787
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Old Oil Used in '1 in 10 Meals'
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9611395.htm
“代表选举不能丢了广泛代表性” (NPC Legislative Affairs Committee Deputy Director: Campaigns Would Make Elections a Thing for the Wealthy)
The Beijing News, March 19, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0319/66363.shtml
Hong Kong
17 Per Cent of Workers Earn Less than HK$33 an Hour
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=471ba5a83f177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Law
China Warns Australia Not to Politicize Rio Tinto Spying Case
Voice of America, March 19, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Warns-Australia-Not-to-Politicize-Rio-Tinto-Spying-Case-88423782.html
Draft Law Highlights Ban on Cruelty to Animals
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9611306.htm
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Supporters of Liu Xiaobo Plead Not Guilty to Unlawful Assembly
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bdd3db00d7177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
四川高法立案受理谭作人上诉申请 (Sichuan Court Accepts Tan Zuoren's Appeal Application)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-dissident-03182010114300.html
Labor
Hepatitis B Test is Not Vital for Civil Servants
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9610982.htm
Protests and Petitions
北京成立信访矛盾研究中心 (Beijing Establishes Country's First Petitioning Conflict Research Center)
Xinhua News Agency, March 18, 2010
http://www.bj.xinhuanet.com/bjpd_sdzx/2010-03/18/content_19284059.htm
Taiwan
Amnesty International Urges Taiwan to Scrap Death Penalty
Reuters, March 19, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62H11Q20100318
Tibet
Tibetans Take to the Streets to Mark Uprising
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=958da5a83f177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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甘肅藏青示威 20人被捕 (20 Detained in Gansu Tibetan Student Protest Commemorating Anniversary of Unrest)
Sing Tao Daily, March 19, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1463002/1.html