Internet

China Shuts Political Websites in Crackdown
Agence France-Presse, April 6, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-shuts-political-websites-crackdown-001455858.html

抵制網路謠言 陸協會發倡議書 (Internet Society Issues Proposal on Internet Rumors)
Radio Taiwan International, April 9, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=349523

Related information:
抵制网络谣言倡议书 (Proposal on Resisting Internet Rumors)
Internet Society of China, April 8, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-04/08/c_111750276.htm

June Fourth

Exiled Tiananmen Leaders Ask to Visit China
Agence France-Presse, April 7, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/exiled-tiananmen-leaders-ask-visit-china-005132017.html

Related information:
王丹等人要求中国政府允许他们回国看看
Wang Dan and Others Appeal for Permission to Visit China
Human Rights in China, April 6, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5949
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5948

Land Policy

最高法：补偿不公禁止强拆 (Supreme People's Court: No Fair Compensation, No Demolition)
The Beijing News, April 10, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/04/10/192984.html

Related information:
关于办理申请人民法院强制执行国有土地上房屋征收补偿决定案件若干问题的规定
Supreme People's Court, April 9, 2012
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/17608004.html

XUAR

Six Uyghurs on Terror List
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/terror-list-04062012151240.html

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未：當局令拆網絡鏡頭 (Ai Weiwei: Authorities Ordered That My Cameras Be Turned Off)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/Inews/20120405/ca40840p.htm

倪玉兰被超期羁押逾月 律师控审判长非法拘禁 (Lawyers Call Illegal Detention as Ni Yulan Remains in Detention for over a Month)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-04042012093731.html

清明节当局严控悼念民主先烈 港支联会发起献花“六四”活动 (Authorities Keep Strict Control over Memorials for Democracy Activists during Qingming)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-04042012093750.html

Inner Mongolia

内蒙爆发征地抗议，多人遭逮捕 (Many Detained in Inner Mongolian Land Protest)
Deutsche Welle, April 4, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15858312,00.html

June Fourth

趙紫陽女﹕六四總有一天平反 (Zhao Yiyang's Daughter: Tiananmen Shall One Day Be Redressed)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2627057/1.html

Labor

Worker Pay Subpar in China, Report Says
Shanghai Daily, April 5, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/04/05/Worker+pay+subpar+in+China+report+says

Politics

官媒发文悼耀邦，释改革派意愿？ (Does Eulogy of Hu Yaobang in Official Press Explain Reformists' Wishes?)
Deutsche Welle, April 4, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15859321,00.html

Protests and Petitions

Assets Protesters Held by Police
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0178930cc4e76310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

Tibetan Singer, Others Sentenced
Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/sentenced-04032012135005.html

Civil Society

NGOs Say Easing of Registration Rules Is Limited
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=09b7fd2f14e66310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
赵树凯：广东NGO管理迈出最重要一步 (State Council Research Zhao Shukai: Guangdong's NGO Administration an Important Step Forward)
Caixin, March 31, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-03-31/100375282.html

Human Rights Defenders

我不愿意离开中国 (Ai Weiwei: I Don't Want to Leave China)
Deutsche Welle, March 31, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15851411,00.html

Related news:
艾未未在家设网络镜头公开生活 (Ai Sets Up Webcams around Home in Reference to 24-hour Police Surveillance)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 3, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120403/news_20120403_55_830803.htm

Internet

China Micro-blog Comments Back after Rumour 'Clean Up'
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 3, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17594006

Inner Mongolia

China Detains 22 after Inner Mongolia Protest: Group
Reuters, April 3, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/03/us-china-innermongolia-idUSBRE83205K20120403

Population

學者建議中國結束一孩政策 (Scholar Proposes an End to One-child Policy)
Ming Pao, April 3, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120402/ca11711c.htm

Religion

何清涟：中共的政治文化与宗教有着与生俱来的内在紧张关系 (He Qinglian: There's an Innate Tension between the CPC Political Culture and Religion)
Radio France International, March 30, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120430-何清涟：中共的政治文化与宗教有着与生俱来的内在紧张关系

Tibet

藏区自焚抗议升级 青海17位师生遭逮捕、判刑 (Qinghai: 17 Students and Teachers Arrested, Sentenced following Protest)
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-04022012163852.html

XUAR

Demolishing Uyghur Identity
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kashgar-demolition-04022012181802.html

Civil Society

Most US NGOs Not Registered
China Daily, March 31, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/31/content_14956368.htm

Environment

China to Flood Nature Reserve with Latest Yangtze Dam
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/29/us-china-dam-idUSBRE82S0GG20120329

Hong Kong

Persevere for Democracy, Suu Kyi Tells HK Activists
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Persevere-for-democracy-Suu-Kyi-tells-HK-activists

Thousands March against Hong Kong's Next Leader
Agence France-Presse, April 1, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-march-against-hong-kongs-next-leader-142818505.html

Related news:
不要中聯辦亂港 1.5萬人西征 (150K March in Protest, Calling That They Do Not Want the China Liaison Office to Rule Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, April 2, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120402&sec_id=4104&art_id=16212596

Internet

16网站关闭 新浪腾讯微博停评论 京严查网上造谣拘六人 (2 Microblogs Suspend Comments, 6 People Detained, 16 Sites Closed for "Spreading Rumors")
Sing Tao Daily, April 1, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/16網站關閉-新浪騰訊微博停評論-京嚴查網上造謠拘六人-220823326.html

Related news:
China's Major Microblogs Suspend Comment Function to 'Clean Up Rumors'
Xinhua News Agency, March 31, 2012
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7775525.html

Politics

中共党报罕见坦承 中国社会处于敏感期 (Party Paper Gives Rare Acknowledgement of Sensitive Times)
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/Zhongguominganqi-04022012030748.html

Protests and Petitions

Woman, Baby Detained since February
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/woman-baby-03302012104410.html

Public Health

Hand-foot-mouth Disease Keeps Spreading in China
China Daily, March 31, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/31/content_14961629.htm

Tibet

阿坝两自焚藏人1死1命危 吊唁藏民与武警对峙 (Sichuan: 1 Monk Dead, 1 Critical from Burns Sustained in Suicide Attempt)
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-04012012120112.html

Gender

China's Gender Imbalance Still Grave
Xinhua News Agency, March 29, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/29/content_14946037.htm

Hong Kong

人民网称梁振英"同志"引港媒议论 (HK Media Comment on Use of "Comrade Leung" on New Chief Executive's People's Online Profile)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 30, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120330_hk_comrade_cyleung.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

偷漏稅上訴失敗 艾未未罰 1500萬 (Appeal Fails, Ai's Company Fined 15mil)
Apple Daily, March 30, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20120330&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=16204274

Politics

China’s Leaders Seek Unity after Ouster of Bo Xilai
The New York Times, March 30, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/30/world/asia/chinas-leaders-seek-unity-after-ouster-of-bo-xilai.html

Chinese Lawyer Tells of Torture
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/6663581/Chinese-lawyer-tells-of-torture

重慶事件致左派學者分化 (Chongqing Affair Leading to Split in Leftist Scholars)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120330/caa1.htm

Protests and Petitions

沈阳拆迁户吊挂假人抗拆 (Shenyang: Evictees Hang Dummy in Protest)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 30, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/79c/ed9679.html

Tibet

印度警方对藏人高度戒备 (Indian Police Take Precautions against Protesting Tibetans)
Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15848304,00.html

西藏精神领袖达赖喇嘛获邓普顿奖 (Dalai Lama Awarded 2012 Templeton Prize)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2012/03/120329_dalai_templeton.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei Refused Public Hearing for Tax Case
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/29/ai-weiwei-refused-public-hearing

Gao Zhisheng, Detained Chinese Lawyer, Visited by Family
The New York Times, March 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/world/asia/family-reports-prison-visit-with-long-missing-chinese-rights-lawyer.html

Internet

Online Tributes to Zhao Ziyang Pass Censors
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Online-tributes-to-Zhao-Ziyang-pass-censors

Multilateral

BRICS Summit Shadowed by Tibet Protests
Agence France-Presse, March 29, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/brics-summit-shadowed-tibet-protests-210849281.html

Politics

兩會期間被迫封口 押解回渝 (Zhang Mingyu Kept under Watch during NPC/CPPCC)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120329/caa2.htm

Protests and Petitions

江苏苏州三名维权村民到北京上访后失踪 (Three Jiangsu Petitioners Go Missing in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/suz-03282012152743.html

Religion

江苏公安阻牧师见外媒强迫旅游 (Police Escort Pastor onto "Trip" to Keep Him from Meeting with Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/js-03282012095141.html

Tibet

四川阿壩再有藏僧自焚亡 (Another Monk Self-Immolation in Ngawa, Sichuan)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120329/ca41515a.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Government Wins Appeal in Maids' Battle for Residency
Reuters, March 28, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-hongkong-abode-filipino-idUSBRE82R0CB20120328

国务院决定任命梁振英为香港特别行政区第四任行政长官 (State Council Appoints Leung Chun-ying HK's New Chief Executive)
Legal Daily, March 28, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-03/28/content_3465433.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Independent Candidate Stripped, Beaten
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liu-ping-03272012102859.html

高智晟家人获准前往监狱探望 (Imprisoned Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Permitted Family Visit)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120328_gaozhisheng_alive.shtml

Protests and Petitions

江苏丹阳上访女精神病院关10年 (Jiangxi Petitioner Locked in Psychiatric Hospital for 10 Years)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 28, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/53/e53a0a2978c28872/Blog/b32/129ae0.html

Tibet

Dalai Lama Seen as Instigator and Solution in China-Tibet Struggle
Voice of America, March 27, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Dalai-Lama-Seen-as-Instigator-and-Solution-in-China-Tibet-Struggle-144450435.html

Related news:
Dalai Clique's Separatist Attempt Doomed to Fail: Tibet Governor
EastDay, March 28, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/120328/u1a6453641.html

Tibetan Exiles Rally around Delhi Self-Immolator
The New York Times, March 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/world/asia/tibetan-exiles-rally-around-delhi-self-immolator.html

外交部：反对美国会议员借涉藏问题干涉内政 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Voices Opposition to U.S. Senate Panel's Resolution on Tibet)
China News Service, March 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-03-28/181624188959.shtml

Related news:
US Senate Panel Cites China Repression in Tibet
The Associated Press, March 27, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/27/us-senate-panel-cites-china-repression-in-tibet/

Death Penalty

全球執行死刑激增 陸仍居首 (China Still #1 in Executions)
Central News Agency, March 27, 2012
http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aOPL/201203270190.aspx

Hong Kong

Media Hail Historic Win But Warn of Challenges Ahead
South China Morning Post, March 27, 2102
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2a5f20aa1f46310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor

China Blames Cover-up for Mining Rescue Delay
China Daily, March 27, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/26/content_14917015.htm

Media

毕节驻贵阳办官员问记者：你是为人民还是为党服务 (Guiyang Official to Journalists: Do You Serve the People or the Party?)
Caijing, March 27, 2012
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2012-03-27/111777425.html

Related news:
Official: Journalists Should Serve the Party, Not the People
Shanghai Daily, March 27, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/03/27/Official+journalists+should+serve+the+Party+not+the+people

Politics

Primetime Dramas Return to Chongqing 'Red Channel'
China Daily, March 26, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/26/content_14917630.htm

Tibet

Four Held over Anti-Chinese Protests
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detain-03252012155013.html

第二位流亡藏人在印度自焚 (India: A Second Tibetan in Exile Self-Immolates in Protest)
Deutsche Welle, March 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15838650,00.html

XUAR

新疆喀什襲擊案主犯判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Kashgar Attack)
Ming Pao, March 27, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120327/ca20842p.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Elite Heed Beijing, Pick Leung Leader
The Associated Press, March 25, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/hong-kongs-elite-heed-beijing-pick-leung-leader-052546840.html

Related information:
胡椒抗衝擊 梁當選「第一噴」 政團4．1大遊行抗梁 (Police Use Pepper Spray on Anti-Leung Protestors)
Ming Pao, March 26, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120326/gab1.htm

梁振英：特區有責任就23條立法 (Leung Chun-ying: The SAR Is Responsible for National Security Legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 25, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120325/news_20120325_55_828602.htm

Hong Kong's Messy Election Campaign
The New York Times, March 24, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/opinion/hong-kongs-messy-election-campaign.html

Pair Held over Hacking of Mock Poll
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af885b67e0a46310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

香港能否继续“独特” (Can Hong Kong Continue Being "Unique"?)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15837799,00.html

Related information:
内地真心愿意香港继续“独特” (China Sincerely Wants HK to Continue Being "Unique")
Global Times, March 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/pl/2012-03-26/075224174450.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

被拘押的广西维权律师杨在新转为监视居住 (Yang Zaixin Moved from Detention to Residential Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-03232012141721.html

Related information:
Guangxi Lawyer Yang Zaixin Put under Residential Surveillance after Nine Months in Detention
被羁押的广西维权律师杨在新转成监视居住
Human Rights in China, March 23, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5936
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5937

June Fourth

June 4 Reversal Not Seen Soon
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/reversal-03232012111552.html

Labor

广州鞋厂三千工人罢工获成果 深圳上千工人要求补偿 (Striking Workers at Guangzhou Shoe Factory See Results)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-03232012114810.html

Land Policy

Peasants' Land Grabbed after Wen Visit
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=de05aad5bef36310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics

Champion of Change
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1d46639b4a36310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related information:
Bo Xilai’s Ouster: Implications for the Country
薄熙来下台后的隐忧
Human Rights in China, March 20, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5935
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5923

Hong Kong

Anger at 'Beijing Media Meddling'
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Anger-at-Beijing-media-meddling

Hackers Attack Hong Kong "Civil Referendum" ahead of Poll
Reuters, March 23, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/us-hongkong-election-idUSBRE82M0AS20120323

Internet

被拘网友申请行政复议听证 (Netizen Detained for Post Applies for Administrative Review)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 23, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/c62/645def.html

Politics

Online Rumour Fills Information Void in Jittery China
Agence France-Presse, March 23, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/online-rumour-fills-information-void-jittery-china-070446848.html

Security Officials Summoned to Beijing
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/security-03222012102026.html

中国：缺乏政治信息透明度使公众极度焦躁 (Lack of Transparency in Politics Leads to an Anxious Public)
Radio France Internationale, March 23, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120323-中国：缺乏政治信息透明度使公众焦躁

Prisons

衛生部承諾取消死囚器官捐獻 (Ministry of Health: China to Abolish Prisoner Organ Donations)
Yangtse Evening Post, March 23, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2615221/1.html

Religion

北京守望教会信徒被国安人员骚扰 江苏山东都发生信徒被打压事件 (Beijing: House Church Members Harassed by State Security Officers)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-03222012103019.html

Bilateral Ties

独立笔会批评伦敦书展屈服中国压力 (Independent Chinese PEN Criticizes London Book Fair for Caving to Chinese Pressure)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/uk/2012/03/120320_book_fair.shtml

Related:
A Chinese Reporter’s Journal of the Frankfurt Book Fair
法兰克福书展日记
China Rights Forum, 2009, no. 4
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3180
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/node/3487/3180

Hong Kong

Beijing Switches Sides in the Race for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive
The New York Times, March 21, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/world/asia/beijing-switches-support-in-race-for-hong-kong-chief.html

Liaison Office Man Airs Pre-election Polling Curbs
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a671bfa5d3536310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

为呼吁释放刘晓波举办作品朗诵会 (Readings of Liu Xiaobo's Works Held to Call for His Release)
Deutsche Welle, March 21, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15824365,00.html

Land Policy

6 Jailed for Killing Woman in Forced Demolition
Shanghai Daily, March 22, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/03/22/6+jailed+for+killing+woman+in+forced+demolition

Politics

Party Steps Up Efforts to Keep Generals in Line
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=8e754a63cc536310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

北京对藏区戒备森严壁垒 (Beijing Puts Heavy Guard on Tibet Borders)
Radio France Internationale, March 21, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120321-北京对藏区戒备森严壁垒

甘肃藏区僧人政府门前示威 (Gansu: Tibetan Monks Demonstrate before Local Government)
Deutsche Welle, March 21, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15823689,00.html

XUAR

Pressuring the Families of Uyghur Refugees
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/pressure-03212012185048.html

Civil Society

Number of NGOs in China Grows to Nearly 500,000
China Daily, March 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/20/content_14875389.htm

Government

Civil Service Exams Called Too Personal
China Daily, March 21, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/21/content_14876265.htm

Hong Kong

Long Hair's Jailing Stirs Civil Rights Concerns
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=21703c64b0136310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

“《零八宪章》永不过时” ("Charter 08 Is Timeless")
Deutsche Welle, March 20, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15821032,00.html

Law

司法部促律师忠于国家拥党 (Ministry of Justice Calls for Lawyers to Pledge Loyalty in Party)
Ming Pao, March 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2613539/1.html

China Orders Lawyers to Pledge Allegiance to Communist Party
Reuters, March 21, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/21/us-china-lawyers-idUSBRE82K0G320120321

Politics

Wen Lays Ground for Tiananmen Healing
Financial Times, March 20, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/13c6fcb2-7285-11e1-9be9-00144feab49a.html

Tibet

藏人自焚旨在从压迫中解脱出来 (Tibetans Seeking to Extricate Selves from Oppression through Immolation)
Radio France Internationale, March 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120320-藏人自焚旨在从压迫中解脱出来

Hong Kong

Rowdy HK Poll Is Embarrassing Beijing: Analysts
Agence France-Presse, March 20, 2012
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/03/20/2003528262

Human Rights Defenders

Activist Said to Be Missing in China
The New York Times, March 19, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/20/world/asia/chinese-activist-is-missing-rights-group-says.html

Law

中国刑诉秘密拘捕条款引爆反弹 (Negative Repercussions of Secret Detentions Clause)
Yazhou Zhoukan, March 19, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120319-中国刑诉秘密拘捕条款引爆反弹

North Korea

China Arrests Ten Defectors, Guide
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/defectors-03192012153422.html

Politics

Reports: Chinese Politician Sacking Tied to Probe
The Associated Press, March 20, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/reports-chinese-politician-sacking-tied-probe-024044208.html

重慶官媒：堅決擁護中央 (Chongqing Official Media: We Resolve to Support Beijing)
Ming Pao, March 19, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120319/ca12307c.htm

Protests and Petitions

护地村民阻工受袭逾10人受伤 (Sichuan: 10 Villagers Injured in Land Clash)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/clash-03192012101841.html

Tibet

Clampdown Urged on 'Migrant Monks'
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5f9cb414f0b26310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

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继续着力维护社会和谐稳定 (Maintaining Efforts to Uphold Social Stability)
Tibet Daily, March 19, 2012
http://epaper.chinatibetnews.com/xzrb/html/2012-03/19/content_338590.htm

Hong Kong

唐再攻丑闻 梁见步行步 今选委论坛最后交锋 (Final Debate Monday for Hong Kong Chief Executive)
Ming Pao, March 19, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/唐再攻醜聞-梁見步行步-今選委論壇最後交鋒-211114571.html

Internet

京穗深昨起实名发微博 (Real-name Registration for Microblogs Take Effect in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen)
Sing Pao, March 17, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/laxw/layw/201203/t20120317_340785.html

Labor

Labor Union Officials' Contacts Go Public
China Daily, March 19, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/19/content_14864871.htm

Law

China Poised to Limit Use of Mental Hospitals to Curb Dissent
The Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-psychiatric-20120317,0,4595712.story

Politics

Change Is Coming to China – But Will Beijing Lead a Social Revolution?
The Guardian, March 18, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/18/china-beijing-social-revolution

中共权力斗争， 习近平强调保持“党的纯洁” (Xi Jinping Stresses Maintaining the "Purity of the Party" during Internal Power Struggle)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jz-03172012021125.html

Related information:
领导干部要以身作则保持党的纯洁性 (Leading Cadres Must Set an Example to Maintain Purity of the Party)
Qiushi, March 16, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20120316/000250.htm

Tibet

Security Forces Beat Burning Monk, Drag Him Away
Agence France-Presse, March 18, 2012
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2012/03/18/2003528097

自焚事件正在考验中国 (Qinghai: Another Self-Immolation Tests China)
Radio France Internationale, March 18, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120318-自焚事件正在考验中国

Education

Plea as Price Freeze Squeezes Universities
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bba08bf690716310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government

“乌坎经验”不应被过高估计  (The Wukan Experience Should Not Be Overestimated)
Radio France Internationale, March 15, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120315-乌坎经验”不应被过高估计

Hong Kong

New Sign Leung Is Favoured by Beijing
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2f6b8bf690716310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

香港特首三候选人将举行电视辩论 (Televised Debate Friday for Hong Kong's Three Chief Executive Candidates)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120316_hkce_candidate_debate.shtml

Internet

New Media a Powerful Tool, Says Poll
China Daily, March 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/16/content_14845856.htm

网帖称法院副院长偷情 两网友转发、评论被拘 (Sichuan: Two Detained for Reposting Information of Court Official's Affair)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 16, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/f/8a/f8a7e9f5efd72a91/Blog/bf4/3dbba7.html

左派網站遭封殺 改革向右擺 (Leftist Websites Shut Down)
Ming Pao, March 16, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120316/cac1.htm

Related news:
Did Bo’s Ouster Knock Out China’s ‘Red’ Sites?
China RealTime Report, March 16, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/03/16/did-bos-ouster-knock-out-chinas-red-sites/

Tibet

Tibet Exiles See Rise of American-style Politician
The Associated Press, March 15, 2012
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgPFHKgUa0-TLk6JXqLdTWA1ln0Q

XUAR

Uyghur Youths Detained
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/weibo-03152012171616.html

Law

新《刑诉法》在网络抗议声中高票通过 (Uproar Online after New Revision of Criminal Procedure Law Passes)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-03142012113723.html

中国最高法院官员：领导过问司法案件很正常 (Supreme Court Official: It's Perfectly Normal for Our Leaders to Be Involved with Judicial Cases)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-03142012091423.html

Media

Guangdong Fails to Live Up to Great Media Expectations
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3d5b1e3968116310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics

China Ousts Bo Xilai as Chongqing Party Boss
The Guardian, March 15, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/15/china-ousts-bo-xilai-chongqing

溫總﹕知我罪我 其惟春秋 (Wen: They'll Know and Criticize Me for What I've Done)
Ming Pao, March 15, 2012
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/溫總-知我罪我-其惟春秋-能力體制所限留憾-未謀過私利-212207704.html

Tibet

Tibetan Monk Self-immolates in Western China
The Associated Presse, March 15, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/tibetan-monk-self-immolates-western-china-005640754.html

青海藏族僧人自焚引发抗议事件 (Qinghai Protest Follow Monk's Immolation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 14, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120314_tibet_protest.shtml

"西藏是我们永远的故乡" (Protestors: "Tibet Will Always Be Our Homeland")
Deutsche Welle, March 14, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15807754,00.html

Law

China Approves Detention System Reforms
Al Jazeera, March 14, 2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/03/20123145268387804.html

Human Rights Underlined in Procedure Law Revision
Xinhua News Agency, March 14, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/14/content_14833037.htm

Related information:
Upcoming Vote on Revised Criminal Procedure Law Raises Procedural and Censorship Concerns
Human Rights in China, March 13, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/5917