March 07, 2011

Top news
Jasmine Rallies
Beijing Says "Jasmine Protest" Calls Doomed to Fail
Reuters, March 06, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/06/us-china-unrest-idUSTRE7222RA20110306

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China State Paper Warns 'Jasmine Rallies'
Agence France-Presse, March 05, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110305/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunrestinternetmideastmedia

自觉维护社会和谐稳定 (Conscientiously Protect Social Harmony and Stability)
Ren Siwen, Beijing Daily, March 05, 2011
http://www.bjd.com.cn/10jbgd/201103/t20110305_664250.html

当局阻止茉莉花集会多人被抓 指境内外散步虚假信息 (Authorities Obstruct Third "Jasmine" Rally, Many Detained, Call to “Stroll” Labeled Fake)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/me-03062011163432.html

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浙江民主党成员聚会被阻 四川枉成明因茉莉花再被拘 (Zhejiang Democratic Party Meeting Crashed, Sichuan Activist Wang Chengming Detained)
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-03042011095417.html

天安门示威者被逮捕德国记者被扣留 (Tiananmen Demonstrators, German Reporter Detained)
Deutsche Welle, March 05, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6460118,00.html

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China's Foreign Minister Says Police Did Not Beat Foreign Reporters at Protest Areas
Associated Press, March 07, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hTxyo4QYsWk5THcE_o6jbqomxyLw

China Tracks Foreign Journalists, Unnerved by Mideast Turmult
New York Times, March 06, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/world/asia/07china.html

News
Civil Society
Beijing 'Keeps Firm Hand on NGO Finances'
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d01344638db8e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Graft: A Major Problem for China's Leaders
Agence France-Presse, March 05, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110306/wl_asia_afp/chinacongressnpccorruption

景德镇国土局被盗案嫌犯偷配妻子钥匙转走钱 (Husband's Theft Led to Land Ministry's Missing Money)
Shandong Business Daily, March 07, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0307/03/6UGTUQ8P00014AED.html

Food Security
Refreshing Honesty as Top Leader 'Embarrassed' by Food Safety
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=185344638db8e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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王岐山谈食品安全连称责任大 (Wang Qishan Talks about the "Big" Responsibility of Food Safety)
Beijing Times, March 6, 2011
http://beijing.jinghua.cn/c/201103/06/n3314249.shtml

Hong Kong
'Two Systems' Doesn't Trump 'One Country', Vice-president Says
South China Morning Post, March 05, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=28c2fa5c5718e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

萬人上街反財案 (~10K Take to the Street to Protest Budget)
Ming Pao, March 07, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2036323/1.html

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113 Arrested after Anti-budget Protesters Clash with Police
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e1f044638db8e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
4 Officials Sacked as 6 Dead in China Coal Mine Blast
Xinhua News Agency, March 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/04/content_12118649.htm

Law
李其宏代表提出 对未成年人应有专门的刑法和刑诉法 (NPC Rep: Criminal Law for Juvenile Transgressors Needed)
Legal Daily, March 06, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/zt/content/2011-03/06/content_2500285.htm

Media
红歌和莎翁作品一样都是人类优秀文化 (Party Songs and Shakespeare Both Cultural Marvels)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 07, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/b/59/b59a51a3c0bf9c52/Blog/e5b/142f73.html

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重庆卫视停商业广告《天天红歌会》代替黄金档电视剧 (Chongqing Station Replaces Prime Time with Party Time)
Radio Free Asia, March 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hong-03022011134211.html

Migrant Workers
秦希燕代表为解决拖欠农民工工资问题支招 (Representative Suggests Adding New Cadre Scorecard Criteria to Help Migrant Workers Get Paid)
Legal Daily, March 06, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/zt/content/2011-03/06/content_2500266.htm

Poverty
China to Basically Eradicate Poverty by 2020
Xinhua News Agency, March 07, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011npc/2011-03/07/content_12124979.htm

Public Health
Plans to Pay Organ Donors
Shanghai Daily, March 07, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=465583

Two Sessions
'Social Governance' Debuts in 5-year Plan
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=251c7c0e8078e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Internal Security Spending Jumps Past Army Budget
Reuters, March 05, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/05/us-china-unrest-idUSTRE7222RA20110305

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“国家账本”的变与不变 (This Year's Budget Is Bigger, But Is It Better?)
The Beijing Times, March 07, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-03/07/content_2500658.htm

Full text of the budget, government work report, and NDRC national economic and social development draft plan at:
China NPC 2011: The Reports
China Real Time Report, March 5, 2011
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/03/05/china-npc-2011-reports-full-text/

Clampdown on Hangzhou Activists
Radio Free Asia, March 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-03042011123151.html

Tibet
As Bloody Anniversary Nears, China Touts 'Stability,' Growth in Tibet
CNN, March 07, 2011
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/china.tibet/index.html

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Tibet Leader Says Separatism Still a Threat
Associated Press, March 06, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110306/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet

XUAR
Uyghur Historian Given 7 Years
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/tursunjanhezim-03062011164000.html