Wednesday, March 30, 2011

March 30, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Rights Group Says Oil Pipelines through Burma Lead to Abuses
Voice of America, March 29, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Rights-Group-Says-Oil-Pipelines-Through-Burma-Lead-to-Abuses-118869269.html

Corruption
喀什贪官落马 夫妻双双获刑 (Corrupt Kashgar Official Gets Life Imprisonment, Wife Gets 15 Years)
Xinjiang Daily, March 30, 2011
http://epaper.xjts.cn/ftp/site1/xjdsb/html/2011-03/30/content_107438.htm

Death Penalty
China Executes Filipinos for Drug Trafficking
Al Jazeera, March 30, 2011
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/asia-pacific/2011/03/201133044117175610.html

Environment
Xinjiang Beauty Spot Pipeline Fear
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b89fd704a520f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
It's a Duty to Ask Beijing, Court Told
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b00cd704a520f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hukou
The Slow Decay of Household Registration Reform
Caixin, March 30, 2011
http://english.caing.com/2011-03-30/100243111.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China Dismisses UN Calls to Release Rights Lawyer
Agence France-Presse, March 29, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110329/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsun
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耿和:高智晟失踪带来的精神折磨难以承受 (Geng He: Hard to Bear Psychological Torture of Disappeared Husband)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/genghe-03292011112309.html
Human Rights Defenders
China Warns UN Not to Interfere as Dissidents Are Rounded Up
The Independent, March 30, 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-warns-un-not-to-interfere-as-dissidents-are-rounded-up-2256738.html
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China Arrests 3rd Dissident, Chinese-Australian Writer Resurfaces
Reuters, March 30, 2011
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/30/uk-china-dissent-idUKTRE72T1EQ20110330


China's Ai Weiwei Plans Studio Abroad
Agence France-Presse, March 29, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110329/wl_asia_afp/chinaartpoliticsgermany

Land Policy
Boss Held after Forced Demolitions
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=467603

云南电站逾万移民不满补偿安置堵路抗议 (Moved for Yunnan Hydropower Station, Over 10,000 Block Streets in Protest of Ill Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yunnan-03292011110637.html

RFA独家:桂林原国企宿舍遇强拆 住户控诉官商勾结违规逼迁 (Utility Cuts, Violence Ensue after Residents Close Gate on Illegal Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guilin-03292011160532.html

Law
重庆政府称李庄有遗漏罪行 (Beijing Lawyer Li Zhuang to Stand Trial on New Charges)
Economic Observer, March 30, 2011
http://www.eeo.com.cn/Politics/by_region/2011/03/30/197685.shtml

Media
Missing Australian Writer Contacted in China
Associated Press, March 30, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110330/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_china_writer_disappears

Top Columnist Loses Job
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/columnist-03292011132501.html
Related news:
《南方周末》評論員笑蜀被炒中共整肅輿論 逼放「學術假」 ('Southern Weekly' Commentator Xiao Shu Sacked, Party PR Prefers 'On Sabbatical')
Apple Daily, March 29, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?&iss_id=20110329&sec_id=15335&art_id=15117514
Police
重庆城管打小贩 大批警察增援群众围观 (Source: Hawker Crackdown Leads to Beatings, Arrests in Chongqing)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-03292011111344.html

江西豫章监狱拟引入红歌会改造失足者 (Prisons Nationwide Pick Party Sing-alongs as Path to Reform)
China News Service, March 30, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110330/u1a5813788.html

Population
广西:怀孕14周擅自终止妊娠 3年内不准再生育 (Guangxi Puts 3-year Pregnancy Ban on Women Electing Abortion)
Nan Guo Zao Bao, March 30, 2011
http://news.cqwb.com.cn/NewsFiles/201103/30/437043.shtml

Rural Issues
副省长称甘肃逾97%村庄无消防水源及灭火设施 (Vice Governor: Over 97% of Guizhou Villages Lack Fire-fighting Infrastructure)
China News Service, March 29, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110329/u1a5813331.html

Tibet
Dozen Tibetans Held in New Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/crackdown-03292011123523.html