Tuesday, March 15, 2011

March 15, 2011

Top news
Two Sessions
Intriguing Reference to Privatisation Results in Many Raised Eyebrows
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ffc14ee13e4be210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Milk Activist a Taboo Topic at NPC Session
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=73edb683465be210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


News
Disasters
Hollow-brick Buildings Blamed for Quake Deaths
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ebc73c0fc74be210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
山东泰安拒捕枪杀民警案被告人被判死刑 (Murder Charges End in Death Sentences in Shandong Police Shooting)
Xinhua News Agency, March 15, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110315/u1a5784892.html

Environment
国家林业局:中国荒漠化土地300年才能治理完 (Forestry Administration: Control of Desertification Will Take 300 Years)
Economic Information Daily, March 15, 2011
http://news.southcn.com/z/2011-03/15/content_21270904.htm

四川万源52个乡镇旱情持续 城区限时供水 (Water Supply Limited in 52 Sichuan Villages as Drought Continues)
China National Radio, March 14, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110314/u1a5784739.html

郑州西流湖污染严重 污水值最高超标110倍 (Pollutants 110 Times Higher Than Standard in Filthy Zhengzhou Lake)
Dahe Daily, March 15, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110315/u1a5785697.html

Food Security
工業鹽製酸菜熱賣 (Industrial Salt Popular Pickler in Liaoning)
Ming Pao, March 15, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110315/cag1.htm

Hukou
北京称劳动者进京是历史必然 放开户籍还没条件 (Official: Unrelated to Population Control, Beijing Not to Loosen Household Registration System)
Beijing Morning Post, March 15, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110315/u1a5785012.html

Labor
Man Denied Teacher's Job over White Cell Count
Shanghai Daily, March 14, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=466210

Law
China to Prosecute 24 over Deadly Shanghai Fire
Associated Press, March 14, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110315/ap_on_re_as/as_china_fire

Media
China, Vietnam 'Biggest Prisons for Netizens'
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/internet-03142011202035.html


Related information:
The New Media: Between Revolution and Repression – Net Solidarity Takes on Censorship
Reporters Without Borders, March 11, 2011
http://en.rsf.org/the-new-media-between-revolution-11-03-2011,39764.html

HK Firms Help Mainlanders Get around the 'Great Firewall'
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb513c0fc74be210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
艾滋病人 “地下”就诊现状 (AIDS Patients Forced Underground to Find Medical Help)
Outlook, March 15, 2011
http://www.lwdf.cn/wwwroot/dfzk/current/250973.shtml

Society
人民日报:现在还有八种人不幸福 (Petitioners Round out Official List of Eight Types of Unhappy People)
People's Daily, March 15, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/2011lh/u1a5785283.html

Tibet
Protest Monk Held amid Clampdown
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/uprising-03142011151005.html

Tibet Jails Are Like Guantanamo, Says Ex-political Prisoner
IANS, March 14, 2011
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=29241