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

Government

More Women Deputies Needed, Says Leading NPC Adviser
The Irish Times, March 08, 2012
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0308/1224313001997.html

女代表能否打破 “玻璃天花板” (Are Female Reps Able to Break the Glass Ceiling?)
Deutsche Welle, March 07, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15792982,00.html

Hong Kong

One Man, One Vote Plea for HK Poll
Financial Times, March 07, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c9318d42-6821-11e1-a6cc-00144feabdc0.html

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未要求废止“不合法”税规 (Ai Weiwei Calls for a Repeal of the "Illegal" Tax Policy)
Deutsche Welle, March 07, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15792207,00.html

郭飞雄：乌坎选举说明中国人能够推进真实的民主 (Interview with Guo Feixiong: Wukan Shows That Chinese People Can Advance True Democracy)
Radio France Internationale, March 07, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120306-郭飞雄：乌坎选举说明中国人能够推进真实的民主

Law

Controversial Law Clause Removed
China Daily, March 08, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/08/content_14788387.htm

Tibet

China Calls Tibetan Immolators Criminals
The Associated Press, March 07, 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-calls-tibetan-immolators-criminals-7543681.html

XUAR

Xinjiang Eyes Militant Links in Pakistan
Reuters, March 07, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d8d29208dbe5310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

新疆区委书记:对恐怖分子不能施仁政 (Xinjiang Party Secretary: No Mercy for Terrorists)
The Beijing News, March 08, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2600483/1.html

Bilateral Ties

China: Foreign Policy Serves Domestic Development
Voice of America, March 06, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China---Foreign-Policy-Serves-Domestic-Development-Countrys-Sovereignty-141555643.html

Hong Kong

Beijing Signals Rethink on HK Delegates
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01aba7bb8d8e5310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

两会官方强调人权重要 各地异议人士自由被限 (Human Rights Emphasized during NPC/CPPCC while Dissidents across China under Restriction)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-03062012094046.html

中国官员罕见回应哈达被软禁事件 (Official Gives Rare Comment on Missing Mongolian Intellectual Hada's Situation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 06, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120306_china_npc_innermongolia.shtml

Law

人大代表建议加快公民信息安全立法 (NPC Delegate Calls for More Legislation on Information Security)
Xinhua News Agency, March 07, 2012
http://tech.sina.com.cn/t/2012-03-07/07476810342.shtml

Law

人大代表建议加快公民信息安全立法 (NPC Delegate Calls for More Legislation on Information Security)
Xinhua News Agency, March 07, 2012
http://tech.sina.com.cn/t/2012-03-07/07476810342.shtml

Security

China Boosts Domestic Security Forces
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/domestic-security-03062012120319.html

Society

China Champions Selfless Patriot to Combat Social Woes
Voice of America, March 06, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Champions-Selfless-Patriot-to-Combat-Social-Woes-141592863.html

Tibet

四川：達賴增藏區分裂活動 (Sichuan Official: Dalai Lama Increased Separatist Activities in the Tibetan Region)
Ming Pao, March 07, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120307/ca31135p.htm

藏人自焚事件何以有增无减 (Why the Increase in Tibetan Self-immolations?)
Radio France Internationale, March 06, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120306-藏人自焚事件何以有增无减