Wednesday, March 23, 2011

March 23, 2011

News
Corruption

边上缴红包,边了难受贿 (Former Municipal Environment Official Gets 6 Year Jail Term for Accepting Bribes)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, March 21, 2011
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2011-03/21/content_2446757.htm

Education
拆迁户叹上学难 贡儿珍拍板 (Relocation Bureaucracy Becomes Educational Barrier)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 23, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/G/html/2011-03/23/content_1317825.htm

Environment
西江上游污染有压力 (Expert: Upstream Industry Threatens Xi River Drinking Water)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 23, 2011
http://epaper.oeeee.com/G/html/2011-03/23/content_1317821.htm

Government
山西公布260个领导公开手机号 145个无法联系 (50%+ Numbers Released by Shanxi Gov't Unreachable)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 22, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2011-03/22/content_21636960.htm

Human Rights Defender – Rebiya Kadeer
Activist Says China Cracks Down on Ethnic Uighurs
Associated Press, March 23, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110323/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_china

Human Rights Defenders
Third Prominent Dissident Faces 'Tofu Buildings' Subversion Trial
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=afd9a4f6c7ede210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
陕西子长县发生山体崩塌一家砖厂3人身亡 (Shaanxi Brick Factory Landslide Kills 3)
Xi'an Daily, March 22, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110322/u1a5800183.html

贵州19人死亡煤矿事故调查:长期非法生产无人管 (After 19 Die, Investigation Finds Long-term Illegal Mining Production, No Oversight)
Xinhua News Agency, March 23, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110323/u1a5802172.html

Land Policy
邢台村民与施工方流血冲突 十多人被打伤当局封锁民间消息 (Developer's Thugs Injure over 10 Villagers in Bloody Hebei Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xt-03222011101647.html

福州三百访民请愿多人被打 近七旬老人昏迷倒地 (Security Beat Evicted Protesters in Fuzhou, 70 Year Old Loses Consciousness)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fz-03222011104101.html

Law
Lawyers Call for Shake-Up of Legal Aid
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8459a4f6c7ede210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

In Pursuit of Clarity: Recent Revisions to the Police Code
Caixin, March 22, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-03-22/100239753.html

Media
China Rejects Google Claims of E-mail Interference
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 22, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12816042

Police
“放飞”50发子弹 牵出涉枪大案 (Policeman Supplied Weapon-selling Gang)
Southern Daily, March 22, 2011
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2011-03/22/content_6939548.htm

Protests and Petitions
中国茉莉花将继续散步 南京梧桐树静坐被秋后算账 (Jasmine Rallies to Continue in Week Six)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/moli-03222011111740.html

两会过后被拘访民陆续获释 因遭虐打需入院疗伤 (Released Petitioners Head from Detention to Doctor)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0322-sj-03222011141548.html

Public Health
卫生部修订规章增加室内公共场所禁烟规定 (Health Ministry Expands Indoor Smoking Ban)
Xinhua News Agency, March 22, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110322/u1a5800917.html

云南部分医院套取新农合资金 男性报销妇科费用 (Some Yunnan Public Hospitals Defrauding the System)
The Beijing Times, March 23, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110323/u1a5801032.html

Tibet
Monks Face New Restrictions
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/restrictions-03222011144757.html