March 18, 2011

Top news
Jasmine Rallies
中国当局加大对维权人士的打压力度 (Rights Activists Still Missing on "Jasmine's" One-month Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ch-03172011124523.html


News
Bilateral Ties
Future US Envoy May Worship at Chinese 'House Church'
Agence France-Presse, March 18, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iiBkC2ha_QzHNjqBGWLrNLkkumZQ

Corruption
河南年审计官员2500余人严查权钱交易 (With RMB 951mln in Question, Dozens Disciplined, Investigated after Henan Annual Audit)
China News Service, March 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110318/u1a5792612.html

Death Penalty
China to Execute Philippine Drug Mules: Envoy
Agence France-Presse, March 17, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110317/wl_asia_afp/chinaphilippinesdrugstraffickingcrimediplomacy

Food Security
China Detains 22 in Latest Food Scandal - Report
Reuters, March 17, 2011
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE72G5SY20110317

Pig Blood Curd Hit by Food Scare
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5863daddab4ce210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
重庆查获近万斤涉嫌“福尔马林”保鲜血旺 (Chongqing Raid Finds Food Formaldehyde Fresh)
China News Service, March 17, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2011-03/17/c_121197641.htm

瘦肉精为何屡禁不止？ (Why "Skinny Meat" Continues to Rear Its Ugly Head)
Deutsche Welle, March 17, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14919883,00.html

Related news:
记者称河南出瘦肉精事件非偶然：5年前曾有报道 ("Skinny Meat" Reports Date Back 5 Years in Henan, Reporter)
China Youth Daily, March 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110318/u1a5792273.html

Human Rights Defenders
China Opposes Uighur Activist's Australia Visit
Associated Press, March 17, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110317/ap_on_re_as/as_china_australia_uighur

“链子门”曾荣康将出狱“被监住”　老虎庙遭受搬家威胁 (Police Pressure Leaves Activists Homeless, Broke, and Tired)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ch-03172011093514.html

Government
广东多县政府网成摆设 内容更新量普遍较低 (County-level Gov't Websites Little More Than Decoration in Guangdong)
Southern Daily, March 18, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110318/u1a5791767.html

Law
Rare Jail Access Offered in Case of Chinese Fugitive
The Globe and Mail, March 17, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/rare-jail-access-offered-in-case-of-chinese-fugitive/article1945090/

Military
解放軍少將：民工荒影響招兵 (Money, Values Drying the Well of Military Applicants)
Ming Pao, March 18, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2046747/1.html

Protests and Petitions
陕西八县退伍老兵静坐　烟台军转维权受压 (Hundreds of Pensionless Shaanxi Veterans Protest; Military Petitioner Beaten)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sx-03172011161104.html

Tibet
川藏人自焚死亡引发抗议 千警进驻阿坝戒严多人被捕 (After Monk's Death, 1,000 Soldiers Make Arrests, Impose Martial Law)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-03172011093458.html