Monday, March 21, 2011

March 21, 2011

Top news
Jasmine Rallies
“茉莉花散步行动”连续五个星期天在中国各地如期举行 (Jasmine Rallies Continue in Week Five)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-03202011173102.html
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第五波茉莉花关注梧桐命运 大批维权人士失踪无音讯 (Many Activists Missing during Fifth Rally)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/js-03182011100425.html

News
Corruption
河南新乡破获系列非法出版案 处理71名公职人员 (71 Henan Officials Involved in Illegal Publishing Ring)
People's Daily, March 21, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110321/u1a5796598.html

Government
新华调查:石家庄一居民区预收5年水费事件调查 (Shijiazhuang Residents Told to Pay Water Utilities 5 Years in Advance)
Xinhua News Agency, March 20, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110320/u1a5796385.html

Human Rights Defender – Li Jianqiang (李建强)
中国律师李建强联合国上访声明 (Rights Defense Lawyer Li Jianqiang to Petition UN for Freedom to Practice Law in China)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/li-03202011170423.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
刘晓波连续数月音信全无 (Months Pass with No Word from Liu Xiaobo)
Deutsche Welle, March 20, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14925669,00.html

Human Rights Defender – Tian Xi (田喜)
艾滋病患者田喜健康堪忧 维权人士探望王译遭拒 (In Re-education Through Labor, AIDS Activist's Health Declines, Visitors Refused)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tx-03182011092013.html

Labor
陕西潼关1名矿主瞒报偷采金矿致9死事件 (After 9 Deaths, Shaanxi Mining Chief Held)
Xinhua News Agency, March 19, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110319/u1a5795200.html

Law
Hospital Pays Out over Illegal Hepatitis Check
Shanghai Daily, March 19, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=466607

“铁锤教授”肖传国刑满获释 (Professor Jailed after Attacking Anti-Fraud Activist Released, Victims Fears Revenge)
The Beijing Times, March 21, 2011
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2011-03/21/content_642081.htm

Media
杭州網民散佈涉核謠言被拘 (Hangzhou Netizen Detained for Proliferating Radiation Rumors)
China News Service, March 21, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20110320/gba1.htm

Google Accuses China of Interfering with Gmail Email System
The Guardian, March 20, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/20/google-gmail

Reporters See New Level of Censorship
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=65aa6e2d5aece210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Multilateral
China Expresses Regret over Allied Strike on Libya
Associated Press, March 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110320/ap_on_re_as/as_china_libya

Politics
China Displays a Bold Face to World
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0db51ad5dc3de210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

The Bureaucrats Have Been Warned
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b5741c7893de210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Opening Up Takes New Form as Hunan Official Airs Views
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=609b79886b9ce210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
国内罕见药物研发空白致患者无药可医 (R&D Void Leaves Mainlanders without Meds for Rare Diseases)
Guangzhou Daily, March 21, 2011
http://news.dahe.cn/2011/03-20/100654487.html

Rural Issues
河北保定农机补贴问题调查:企业竞相行贿 (Corruption Linked to Agricultural Subsidies in Hebei)
Xinhua News Agency, March 21, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110320/u1a5796141.html

Tibet
China Frees 7 Tibetan Monks Detained after Protest
New York Times, March 18, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/asia/19tibet.html

'Thousands' Join Monk's Funeral
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/funeral-03182011124132.html