March 09, 2011

Top news
Jasmine Rallies
“好一朵美丽的茉莉花”不能开在新华社 (Xinhua News Agency Searches Its Reporters for "Jasmine Flowers")
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/moli-03082011155721.html

U.S. Urges China to Halt Detention of Activists
Reuters, March 08, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/us-china-usa-idUSTRE72769R20110308

Two Sessions
中国近百位公民呼吁撤销刘翔等人政协委员资格 (~100 Call for the Removal of Celebrity CPPCC Members Like Liu Xiang)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lx-03082011103456.html


News
Corruption
银河证券前高管涉贪千万判死缓 (Former Securities Exec Given Suspended Death Sentence for Swindling Public Funds)
Beijing News, March 09, 2011
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2011-03/09/content_208452.htm

Environment
Pollution Blocking Water Path
China Daily, March 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/09/content_12139314.htm

Food Security
Food Safety Laws No More Than Words on Paper, Senior Official Says
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=783f59912369e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
Narrow Social Life Traps Women in Poverty
China Daily, March 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-03/09/content_12139293.htm

Land Policy
Chinese Farmers Moved into Apartments in Land Grab
Associated Press, March 08, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/08/AR2011030801145.html

Law
政協委員促取消嫖宿幼女罪 (CPPCC Delegate: Abolish Crime of Sex with Minors, Charge Offenders with Rape, which Has Stronger Penalties)
Central News Agency, March 09, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110308/ca22155c.htm

看守所条例修订案上报 在押者判决前有望见家属 (Detainees May Get Pre-Sentencing Family Visists following New Amendment)
Legal Daily, March 09, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-03/09/content_2505318.htm

Media
China Media Push into the Web
The Wall Street Journal, March 09, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703386704576186402009111630.html

Export of Books Set for Bright New Page
China Daily, March 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011npc/2011-03/09/content_12139593.htm

Related information:
《瞭望》：新闻出版“走出去”机遇 (News and Publications See Chance to Take Off Overseas)
Outlook, March 8, 2011
http://lwgcw.net/NewsShow.aspx?newsId=19237

Protests and Petitions
代表两会开支民众关注　吴华英北京上访遭拘 (Fujian Petitioner Wu Huaying Detained for 10 Days, HK Businessmen Present Mainland Corruption Grievances)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hui-03082011105727.html

押返原籍遇車禍 湖南訪民8重傷 (Bus Crashes as Detained Petitioners Escorted out of Beijing, 8 Severely Injured)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110309/caa2.htm

Public Health
Shanghai Sees Cancer Rate Jump
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0de59912369e210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

钟南山:滥用抗生素责任在医生 后果非常严重 (NPC Rep on Antibiotic Abuse, High Drug Prices, Scant Hospital Competition, Heathcare Reform and the Flu)
Qiangjiang Evening News, March 08, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/jk/2011/03-08/2891258.shtml

Society
人代：中國貧富差距40倍一成家庭擁45%財產 「派糖」難解決不公 (NPC Rep: Rich Earn 40 Times More Than Poor, 45% of Assets Owned by 10% of Families)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110309/caa1.htm

XUAR
Uyghur Prisoner Denied Medical Care
Radio Free Europe, March 08, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/medical-03082011145740.html

China's Xinjiang 'Still Ethnically Divided'
Agence France-Presse, March 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110308/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangrightsmideastreligion

Related news:
China Says Lessons to Learn in Muslim Xinjiang from Mideast Unrest
Reuters, March 8, 2011
http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFTOE72702B20110308

Chinese Official Touts Softer Line on Restive West
Associated Press, March 8, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfBJkL99H-7Gr_LRezRqzL7iokew