Three Gorges

三峡库区还要搬迁十万人 (Another 10K to Be Moved for Three Gorges Project)
Beijing Evening News, April 17, 2012
http://news.xinmin.cn/rollnews/2012/04/17/14447428.html

Hong Kong

Beijing Rethinks Its HK Policies
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=30d3d825d7bb6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

梁振英：香港明年应停收双非孕妇 (Leung Chun-ying: HK to Stop Accepting Mainland Mothers Who Aren't Married to Locals)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 17, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/04/120417_hk_cyleung_mainland_mums.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

美国驻华大使要求中国释放维权律师倪玉兰夫妇 (U.S. Ambassador to China Calls for Release of Rights Defender Lawyer Ni Yulan)
Radio Australia, April 17, 2012
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/chinese/2012-04-17/美国驻华大使要求中国释放维权律师倪玉兰夫妇/897766

Media

PLA Is Target of Bo Media Blitz
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cff5d825d7bb6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Urged to Ignore Rumors
China Daily, April 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/16/content_15062184.htm

Related:
近年来在社会上产生严重后果的十起网络谣言案例 (Ten Recent Cases of Major Events That Led to Rumors Online)
People's Daily, April 16, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2012-04/16/c_122984169.htm

Protests and Petitions

江西南昌两村民因征地问题上访 遭劫访后被非法关押38天 (Two Jiangxi Villagers Illegally Held 38 Days after Petitioning on Land Issues)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-04162012164909.html

Tibet

Dalai Lama Eyes Reform in China, Fearing 'Revolution'
Agence France-Presse, April 17, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/dalai-lama-eyes-reform-china-fearing-revolution-071703085.html

抗议当局展开爱国教育 数十名理塘藏人遭捕 (Sichuan: Dozens Arrested for Protesting Patriotic Education)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz1-04162012112931.html

Human Rights Defenders

前甘肃警察和异议人士李大伟获释 (Gansu Dissident Li Dawei Released from Prison)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/rolling_news/2012/04/120414_rolling_lidawei_released.shtml

Veteran Gansu dissident and former police officer Li Dawei (李大伟) was scheduled for release from prison on April 14, upon completion of his sentence. Li was convicted of subversion of state power in 2002 and sentenced to 11 years in prison and four years of deprivation of political rights.

Related:
Democracy Activist Is Scheduled for Release after Serving 11 Years for Subversion
“颠覆罪”入狱11年 异议人士李大伟刑满获释
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5963
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5964

Bilateral Ties

All Eyes on China at Book Fair
China Daily, April 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-04/16/content_15053115.htm

Related:
Chinese Dissidents Silenced for London Book Fair
Inter Press Service, April 14, 2012
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107432

中国独立作家为何缺席伦敦书展？ (Why Aren't China's Independent Writers at the London Book Fair?)
Deutsche Welle, April 14, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15883373,00.html

Civil Society

Red Cross Unit Appeals for Donations after Scandal
China Daily, April 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/16/content_15053277.htm

Government

中央要求严禁突击提拔干部 (Beijing Calls for a Halt to the Sudden Promotion of Cadres)
China News Service, April 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-04-16/145024280057.shtml

Related:
China Expecting More Non-communist Officials
Xinhua News Agency, April 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/16/content_15057762.htm

Hong Kong

Police Accused of 'Media Discrimination' at Rally
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3acb472e626b6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

停劉銳紹專欄 記協質疑成報自我審查 (Sing Pao Drops Column of China Watcher Johnny Lau)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 16, 2012
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120415/news_20120415_55_833278.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei: Chinese Government Cannot Censor the Internet
The Telegraph, April 16, 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9206279/Ai-Weiwei-Chinese-government-cannot-censor-the-internet.html

Related:
中国政府的审查永远打败不了互联网
China's Censorship Can Never Defeat the Internet
The Guardian, April 16, 2012
CH: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/16/china-censorship
EN: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2012/apr/16/china-censorship-internet-freedom

Media

收「王立軍」短訊 京記者受查 (Southern Weekly Reporter Investigated for Receiving SMS on Wang Lijun)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2636595/1.html

Politics

Wen's Anti-graft Article Could Point to Bo's Fate
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2cf1177b966b6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related:
让权力在阳光下运行 (Let Power Function in the Sunlight)
Qiushi, April 16, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-04/16/c_122983878.htm

Society

公益组织倡议北京“无动物表演” (Animal Rights Group Calls for No Animal Performances in Beijing)
The Beijing News, April 15, 2012
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2012-04/15/content_331360.htm

Bilateral Ties

Is the London Book Fair Supporting Chinese Censorship?
The Guardian, April 13, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/13/london-book-fair-china-censorship

Human Rights Defenders

China's Ai Weiwei Sues Tax Office in "Evasion" Case
Reuters, April 13, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-china-artist-lawsuit-idUSBRE83C09U20120413

Internet

China Deletes 210,000 Online Posts over 'Rumours'
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-deletes-210-000-online-posts-halt-rumours-085839182.html

国信办：利用互联网造谣传谣违法 (State Internet Information Office: Using the Internet to Spread Rumors Is a Violation of the Law)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 13, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/aac/d16f00.html

Law

First Oath-taking Ceremony Held for Lawyers
China Daily, April 12, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/12/content_15035437.htm

Protests and Petitions

Chongqing District Merger Protests Continue
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0b67322e57a6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

重庆否认万盛骚乱与薄熙来有关 (Chongqing Denies Wansheng Protests Related to Bo Xilai Sacking)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 13, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/04/120413_chongqing_wansheng.shtml

四川藏商土地被没收 数人请愿遭拘押 (Sichuan: Protesters Taken into Custody after Petitioning over Land Expropriation)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sc-04122012123347.html

海南警民冲突持续逾千武警封村 (Hainan: Village Closed Off and People Detained as Clash between Police and Villagers Continues)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/village-04122012094451.html

Environment

China Faces Rubbish Problem
Financial Times, April 9, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3ac0fc10-7ed7-11e1-b009-00144feab49a.html

Hong Kong

Legal Reforms 'Gathering Dust' in Slow System
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1eeceaa9fa1a6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

梁振英：要亲商界，也要亲基层 (Leung Chun-ying: Pro-business and Pro-grass roots)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 12, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/c3d/ce34da.html

Internet

黑客宣称将对中国政府网站发起更多攻击 (Hackers Vow to Increase Attacks on China Govt Sites)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m0410-nu-04112012101815.html

中国网络一度出现国内外联通困难 (Troubles Connecting to Internet Sites Abroad from within China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 12, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/04/120412_china_internet.shtml

Politics

China Carefully Managing Public Reaction to Bo Xilai's Downfall
McClatchy Newspapers, April 11, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/04/11/144825/china-carefully-managing-public.html

薄瓜瓜去向 媒體說法紛紜 (Media Explanations Divided on Bo Ouster)
Ming Pao, April 12, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120412/gaa5.htm

Related:
「薄谷開來」有玄機 (Some Clue as to Why Bo's Wife Is Being Called "Bo-Fu Kailai")
Ming Pao, April 12, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120412/gaa3.htm

Population

One-child Policy to Stay despite Experts' Critique
Shanghai Daily, April 11, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/04/11/Onechild+policy+to+stay+despite+experts+critique

Protests and Petitions

Beijing Evictees Protest Attacks
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/beijing-evictees-04112012105535.html

Economic Development

Push to Privatise SOEs 'a Foreign Plot'
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=906533c51dc96310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong

'Seeking Change, Maintaining Stability'
Xinhua News Agency, April 11, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/11/content_15023880.htm

Related news:
香港观察：地下党，您好 (HK Review: Greetings, Secret Communist Party Member)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 10, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/04/120410_hkreview_secretcommunist.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

倪玉兰夫妇遭重判 数百警出动带走声援者 (Hundreds of Police Detain Ni Yulan's Supporters outside Court Building during Sentencing)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ni-04102012110613.html

Related news:
欧盟呼吁中国政府立即释放倪玉兰 (EU Calls for Immediate Release of Ni Yulan)
Radio France Internationale, April 10, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120410-欧盟呼吁中国政府立即释放倪玉兰

Internet

网络＂造谣者＂扰乱社会秩序？　 央视亮剑警告鼠标危害稳定 (Do Online Rumor-mongerers Disturb Social Order?)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/web-04102012105709.html

North Korea

US to Push China on Refugees
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/refugees-04102012180411.html

Politics

Fall of China Official Roils Chongqing, with Some Public Dissent
Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-bo-20120411,0,5332576.story

Protests and Petitions

網民：重慶示威警民衝突 (Clash between Police and People at Chongqing Demonstration)
Ming Pao, April 11, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120411/ca31122a.htm

Related news:
Bloody Protest against District Merger in C. China Continues: Groups
Kyodo, April 11, 2012
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20120411p2g00m0in100000c.html

Society

Chinese Science Journals Issue Ethics Codes
Xinhua News Agency, April 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/10/content_15017546.htm

Bilateral Ties

China Pressures Japan to Prevent Exiled Uighur Meeting
Reuters, April 9, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/09/us-china-japan-xinjiang-idUSBRE83806W20120409

Human Rights Defenders

China Rights Lawyer Jailed for 2 Years, 8 Months
Reuters, April 9, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/us-china-lawyer-trial-idUSBRE83902H20120410

For more on Ni Yulan, see:
Ni Yulan: Activism at a Glance
Human Rights in China, March 8, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6es0BxP8-A

官报批方励之：对抗无前途 (Party Paper Criticizes Recently Deceased Exiled Dissident Fang Lizhi: Confrontation Is Pointless)
Ming Pao, April 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2631005/1.html

To read the opinion pieces, see:
顺历史而行，个人力量才能激活
Progress Making Dissidents More Obsolete
Global Times, April 9, 2012
CH: http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2012-04/2592227.html
EN: http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/703829/Progress-making-dissidents-more-obsolete.aspx

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