March 02, 2011

Top news
Protests and Petitions
Fearing Protests, China Bars Foreign Reporters from Shopping District
McClatchy Newspapers, March 02, 2011
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/01/109638/fearing-protests-china-bars-foreign.html

For audio recordings of the simultaneous English translation of the MFA conference, see:
A Long Afternoon at the Chinese Foreign Ministry
McClatchy Blog: China Rises, March 2, 2011
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/china/2011/03/what-is-it-like-to-sit-through-roughly-an-hour-and-a-half-of-chinese-foreign-ministry-press-conference-your-answer-is-here.html

Related information:
Foreign Journalists Face Off with Foreign Ministry
China RealTime Blog, March 2, 2011
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/03/02/foreign-journalists-face-off-with-chinas-foreign-ministry/

Related news:
China Blames Foreign Media for Police Fracas
Reuters, March 01, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/01/us-china-media-idUSTRE72025B20110301

White House Warns China on Reporter Harassment
Agence France-Presse, March 01, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110301/pl_afp/chinaunrestrightsusmediajournalistswhouse

驻京外国记者遭殴打不是偶然事件 (Beatings of Beijing's Foreign Correspondents Not Accidental)
Deutsche Welle, March 02, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14881681,00.html

北京茉莉花禁令引热议 访民被堵截无处安身 (Amid "Jasmine" Heat, Petitioners Refused Lodging in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-03012011102104.html


News
Environment
赤壁市自来水月最低消费5吨 (Hunan City Puts Residents' Monthly Water-use Minimum at 5 Tons)
The Beijing Times, March 01, 2011
http://news.jinghua.cn/351/c/201103/01/n3312695.shtml

Food Security
Ban on Flour Additives
Xinhua News Agency, March 02, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=465157

Related information:
卫生部等7部门关于撤销食品添加剂过氧化苯甲酰、过氧化钙的公告 (The Ministry of Health Joins Six Departments in Banning the Sale of Food Additives Benzoyl Peroxide and Calcium Peroxide)
Ministry of Health, March 1, 2011
http://www.moh.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/mohwsjdj/s7891/201103/50787.htm

国内拟禁用双酚A婴儿奶瓶 或致癌和性早熟 (China to Prohibit BPA Baby Bottles)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 02, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/xjb/content/2011-03/02/content_20607830.htm

Related news:
Plastic Baby Bottles Still on Sale
Shanghai Daily, March 02, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=465155

Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
众网友清剿五毛 艾未未发起采访活动 (Ai Weiwei to 50 Cent Party: Let Me Interview You)
Radio Free Asia, March 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-03012011104819.html

Law
Legal Pitfalls: Even If They Avoid Politics, Foreign Businesspeople Are Not Immune from the Vagaries of Chinese Justice
South China Morning Post, March 02, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9d2497a8f417e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
富士康男员工受联防队"伏击" 口袋鼓走得快 (Foxconn Employee "Ambushed" for Full Pockets, Fast Walking)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 02, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2011-03/02/content_20603326.htm

Politics
最高法首次推出审判执行新闻手册 (High Court Issues First Annual Casework Report)
Legal Daily, March 02, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.cn/index_article/content/2011-03/02/content_2492082.htm

Population
Nursing Homes Close Doors to Many
China Daily, March 02, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/02/content_12099275.htm

Society
Revamped China History Museum Skips Taboo Subjects
Agence France-Presse, March 01, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110301/wl_asia_afp/chinaculturemuseumpoliticshistory