March 17, 2011

News
Corruption
中山神湾土地窝案七人受贿千万 (Land Graft Case Implicates 7 Taking Over RMB 10mln in Guangdong)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 17, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-03/17/content_1313306.htm

Food Security
本市封存河南进京生猪产品 (Beijing Halts Live Pig Imports from Henan)
Beijing Evening News, March 17, 2011
http://bjwb.bjd.com.cn/html/2011-03/16/content_380054.htm

Related news:
河南瘦肉精猪肉事件涉及县市畜牧局长停职 (Henan Animal Husbandry Official Suspended for "Skinny Pork" Additives)
China News Service, March 16, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110316/u1a5788645.html

Labor
Poisoned Workers at Suzhou Plant Demand Compensation from Apple
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=391443a25aebe210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
近千拆迁户扛煤气罐散步 武汉强拆户刺人案开庭 (Nearly 1,000 Take to the Streets as Demolition Murder Trial Begins)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-03162011102536.html

Law
The Jury's Out
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=47d3de8a579be210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

报告:中国检控危害国家安全人数或下降 (Report: Prosecution of State Security Cases on the Decline)
Voice of America, March 16, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110316-Prosecutions-state-security-down-118070364.html

Related information:
Official Data Show State Security Arrests, Prosecutions Remained at Historic Levels in 2010
Dui Hua Foundation, March 15, 2011
http://www.duihuanews.org/2011/03/official-data-show-state-security.html

断指六年 幼童难办残疾人证 (Six-year Battle for a Child's Disability Certificate)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 17, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2011-03/17/content_1313559.htm

检察官杨斌为自焚民工求情 (Prosecutor Asks for Light Sentence for Self-immolating Worker)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mg-03162011154836.html

Media
China Closes AIDS Website
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/website-03162011155736.html

Police
套牌车撞死人 交警成被告 (Police Sued after Repeat Traffic Offender Kills Child)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 17, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-03/17/content_1313314.htm

Protests and Petitions
“禁用互联网等煽动非法集会”令比法大 网上谈花被捕者众 (Detained Activist Refused Documentation, Legal Council)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/js-03162011120736.html

Public Health
Ethical Dilemma Due to Man's Kidney Transplant
Shanghai Daily, March 17, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=466432

Freewheeling Market for Stem Cells in China
Caixin, March 16, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-03-16/100237147_1.html

Public Health
帶糞藥盒製餐巾紙 髒過廁紙 (Napkins Dirtier than Toilet Tissue)
Ming Pao, March 17, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110317/cab1.htm

Related news:
专家呼吁建立纸杯国家标准 (Expert Calls for National Paper Cup Standards)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 17, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2011-03/17/content_1313359.htm

Taiwan
China Aims New Missile at Taiwan
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2011
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_645751.html

Tibet
Tibetan Monastery Sealed Off after Self-immolation
Agence France-Presse, March 17, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110317/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights

Related news:
Tibet Protest March Attacked
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/protests-03162011152810.html