March 30, 2010

News
Civil Society
北大轄下維權NGO突被殺 (Peking U "Cancels" Ties with Four Rights Defense NGOs)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1474285/1.html

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NGOs Fear Tighter State Curbs after University Cuts Links
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c8c8af7c5daa7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

郭建梅称北大撤中心不应该 (Women's Rights Activist Guo Jianmei: PKU's Actions Unnecessary)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beida-03292010140020.html

Corporate Social Accountability
China Mining Company Causes Unrest in Niger
Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2010/0329/China-mining-company-causes-unrest-in-Niger

Death Penalty
Amnesty Slams China for Silence on Execution Toll
Reuters, March 30, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T00620100330

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Wife Wants Dissident to Leave China
Associated Press, March 30, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2010/03/30/2003469282

电话采访高智晟：高律师希望近期回北京家 (Phone Interview with Gao Zhisheng: Gao Wishes to Return to Beijing Home in Near Future)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaozhisheng-03292010171931.html

Human Rights Defenders
趙連海今自辯堅持無罪 (Tainted Milk Activist Zhao Lianhai to Maintain Innocence in Today's Trial)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1474286/1.html

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当局拒绝赵连海家人旁听庭审 (Zhao's Family Forbidden to Attend Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_milk_baby-03292010130042.html

Law
China's Prosecutors Told to Set Up Briefing System
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/29/content_9658778.htm

Rio Tinto China Employees Get Prison Terms
The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304370304575151032293098898.html

Media
Google Says China Services Partially Blocked
Financial Times, March 30, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bf52edf0-3b84-11df-a4c0-00144feabdc0.html

Migrant Workers
Cheap Overseas Workers Used as Plant Hub Feels Labor Pinch
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432651&type=National

Police
Official Dies in Detention
China Daily, March 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/30/content_9658992.htm

Protests and Petitions
山东菏泽300多退休人员集体上访求医保 (300+ Shandong-based Retired Soldiers Petition for Medical Insurance)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/yibao-03292010151651.html

Shanghai World Expo
China to Crack Down on Illegal Expo Publications
China Daily, March 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/30/content_9658874.htm

上海限售菜刀水果刀 嚴防利器襲擊案 (Shanghai Limits Sale of Kitchen Knives as Precaution against Attacks)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1474287/1.html