Hong Kong

习近平呼吁香港顾全大局维护稳定 (Heir Apparent Xi Calls for Hong Kong to Look at the Big Picture and Consider Everyone's Interests to Maintain Stability)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 08, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120308_xijinping_hongkong.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

国际三八妇女节中国女权受关注 (Women's Rights in the Spotlight on Int'l Women's Day)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/38-03082012114944.html

Related information:
HRIC Honors Female Rights Defenders in China
中国人权向中国女维权人士致敬
Human Rights in China, March 08, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5908
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5909

Law

China Parliament Unveils Dissident Detention Powers
Reuters, March 08, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/08/us-china-npc-law-idUSBRE8270BP20120308

Related information:
关于《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法修正案（草案）》的说明 (Explanation on the Draft Amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law)
National People's Congress, March 08, 2012
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/lfdt/2012-03/09/content_1705698.htm

Official Denies 'Secret Detention' in China
Xinhua News Agency, March 09, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/08/content_14791934.htm

Media

重庆两会代表团开放日记者受阻 (100+ Journalists Prevented from Entering Briefing Room on Open Day of Questions for Chongqing NPC/CPPCC Delegation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 09, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120309_china_chongqing_npc.shtml

Politics

汪洋两会纵谈改革政治文化 (Guangdong Party Head Speaks Openly on Reform of the Political Culture)
China RealTime Report, March 08, 2012
http://chinese.wsj.com/big5/20120308/rlw111049.asp

Protests and Petitions

上海两会访民遣返后拘留 访民透露敏感年截防措施 (Shanghainese Petitioners in Police Custody after Being Returned from Petitioning Trip to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fm-03082012094507.html

Tibet

Tibetan Writer Calls for End to Self-Immolations
The Associated Press, March 09, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/tibetan-writer-calls-end-self-immolations-030627376.html

Related Information:
吁请藏人再勿自焚: 压迫再大也要留住生命 (Calling for an End to Self-immolations)
Woeser, Arjia Rinpoche, Gade Tsering, March 07, 2012
http://woeser.middle-way.net/2012/03/blog-post_08.html