March 24, 2010

News
Disasters
Drought Paralyzes Power Supply
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631695.htm

5.7-magnitude Earthquake Jolts Tibet
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9634999.htm

Internet Censorship
Google Users Report Erratic Service in Beijing
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), March 23, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100324/bs_nm/us_china_google_access

Related News:
Xinjiang Internet ‘Still Limited’
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/gfw-03232010113848.html

Redirection of Users ‘Just a Little Trick’
Financial Times, March 24, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1354c28-366a-11df-8151-00144feabdc0.html

Stance by China to Limit Google Is Risk by Beijing
New York Times, March 24, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/world/asia/24china.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

China Fails to Act against Google as It Tries to Defuse Row
The Daily Telegraph, March 24, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7504952/China-fails-to-act-against-Google-as-it-tries-to-defuse-row.html

Chinese Netizens Divided over Google Move
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8582556.stm

Google Hits Exit Key
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631710.htm

Even if They're Kept On, Many Employees May Want to Go
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5982fcf6a8b87210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
Shanghai Trial of Rio Tinto Staff Ends, No Verdict
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 24, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_rio_tinto_trial

Media
北京女記者採訪遭架走 (Beijing Reporters Carried away from Area near Olympic Sports Centre)
Beijing Times (via Ming Pao), March 24, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100324/ca31301i.htm

Mainland Media Told to Toe Government Line on Dispute
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2f42fcf6a8b87210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Fake Reporters Drill Mines for Hush Money
Xinhua News Agency (via Sina), March 23, 2010
http://english.sina.com/china/2010/0322/310206.html

Land Policy
Sale of Residential Land Temporarily Halted
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631749.htm

Protests and Petitions
湘潭两千村民准备誓死抗拒拆迁 (Over 2,000 Villagers in Hunan Vow to Resist Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-village-03232010120357.html

Public Health
HFMD Disease Kills at Least 5 in Henan Province
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9631388.htm

Society Whistleblower Claims Vaccines Stored Wrong
China Daily, March 24, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9631575.htm

Religion
Vatican Meeting Fails to Iron out China Issues
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5472fcf6a8b87210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

March 23, 2010

Top News of The Day

Internet Censorship
Google Raises Stakes in China Censorship Row
The Guardian, March 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/22/google-china-shut-down-censorships

Related News:
Interview: Sergey Brin on Google’s China Move
New York Times, March 23, 2010
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/interview-sergey-brin-on-googles-china-gambit/

Google China: Hacking Bid that Quickly Grew into a Clash of Titans
The Guardian, March 23, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/23/google-china-hacking-bid-clash

Google 'Thinks Out of Box' onChina: Activists
Agence France-Presse (via The Sydney Morning Herald), March 23, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/google-thinks-out-of-box-on-china-activists-20100323-qro5.html

China: Google Breaks Promise, Totally Wrong to Stop Censoring
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9625554.htm

Related News:
Writers Body Urges Google to Keep Copyright Promise
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/22/content_9623932.htm

Shrug of Online Indifference to Google's Threat
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), March 23, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=45f0222fc8687210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

网民致中国政府和谷歌公开信 呼吁不可忽视网民利益 (Chinese Netizens' Open Letter to Chinese Gov't and Google: Netizens' Interests Should Not Be Ignored)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/google-03222010093656.html

News

Corruption
Rio Tinto Defendants Plead Guilty
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9625426.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yang Tianshui (杨天水)
异见作家杨天水准备狱中绝食 家属呼吁关注 (Dissident Writer Stages Hunger Strike in Prison; Family Calls for Attention)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangtianshui-03222010155439.html

Internet Censorship

云南实现对全省3620家网吧实时监控 (Yunnan Authorities Monitor 3,620 Internet Cafes in Real Time)
Spring City Evening, March 23, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2010-03-23/104919922817.shtml

Labor
Race on to Find Trapped Miners
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9625679.htm

Police
Police Chiefs Go back to School
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9626738.htm

Suspect's Death Raises Stink
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/23/content_9626719.htm

Protests and Petitions
福州六老人北京自杀抗暴 家人被判杀人罪遭严刑拷打 (Six Elderly Petitioners Attempt Suicide to Protest Abusive Treatment in Beijing; Family Members Detained, Tortured and Convicted of Murder)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zisha-03222010094128.html

Public Health
女艾滋病患者欲动手术遭多家医院拒绝 (HIV Positive Woman Rejected by Hospitals)
China Radio International, March 23, 2010
http://news.china.com.cn/rollnews/2010-03/23/content_1191092.htm

Gas Poisoning Strikes 55 in South China Food Plant
China Daily, March 23, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/22/content_9623300.htm

Tibet
两年来至少50名藏人因向境外发送信息遭拘押 (At Least 50 Tibetans Detained for Sending Info Abroad over The Past Two Years)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-03222010171138.html

March 20-22, 2010

News
Corruption
China's Corrupt Communists in the Frame for Graft
The Daily Telegraph, March 22, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7494033/Chinas-corrupt-Communists-in-the-frame-for-graft.html

Disasters
Drought Lingers in China, 51 Million Affected
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/20/content_9616476.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Zhengyou (刘正有)
检察院退回刘正有夫妇案补充调查 (Sichuan Procuratorate Transfers Case of Liu Zhengyou and Hu Yulan Back to Police for Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Liu%20(dissident2)-03192010113849.html

Human Rights Defenders
毒疫苗維權者收恐嚇SMS (Relatives of Victims of Faulty Vaccines and Person Who Reported the Vaccine to Authorities Harassed via SMS)
Ming Pao, March 22, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1465758/1.html

泛蓝谢福林“偷电”案下周重新开庭 (Pan Blue Alliance Member Xie Fulin's Trial for "Stealing Electricity" to Be Reopened on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Xie%20(dissident1)-03192010113121.html

Labor
Three Bodies Found after Six Miners Trapped by Flooding
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/21/content_9619119.htm

Law
Article Reminds Beijing on Need for Rule of Law
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7eac6c91a187210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rio Tinto Four Face Court
Shanghai Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201003/20100322/article_431902.htm

Related news:
China Upholds Ban on Australia's Access to Rio Trial
Reuters, March 22, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62I18V20100319

Rio Tinto Executive Stern Hu 'Will Plead Guilty' to Accepting Bribe in China
Dow Jones Newswires, March 22, 2010
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/rio-tinto-executive-stern-hu-will-plead-guilty-to-accepting-bribe-in-china/story-e6frg906-1225843935410

福州200人圍法院撐網友 (200 Surround Fuzhou Court to Support Netizens on Trial)
Ming Pao, March 20, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1464075/1.html

Media
Chinese Media Slam Google as 'Politicized'
CNET Networks, March 21, 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20000847-93.html

Related media:
A Peek into Google's Global Farce
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9616278.htm

Google in Wrong Game
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/20/content_9617204.htm

Chinese Official’s Threat Sets Off a Media Furor
New York Times, March 22, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/world/asia/22press.html

谷歌或于本周决定在华业务最终命运 (Google May Decide Fate of China Operations This Week)
The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2010
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20100322/tec084331.asp

Related news:
Google Set to Pull out of China over Censorship
Independent Online, March 22, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/google-set-to-pull-out-of-china-over-censorship-1925052.html

Police
Family of Dead Inmate Seek Compensation
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/20/content_9618067.htm

Public Health
Nineteen Hospitalized in Lead Poisoning Case
China Daily, March 22, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/22/content_9619546.htm

呼吸道患者劇增 (Increase in Number Suffering from Respiratory Problems)
Ming Pao, March 21, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1464881/1.html

Protests and Petitions
保钢200多名上访工人在北京遭警方拦堵 (200+ Laid Off Hubei Steelworkers Surrounded by Police upon Arrival at Zhongnanhai to Petition)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/200-03212010180830.html

Religion
Religious Groups Told to Report Finances
South China Morning Post, March 22, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=19b97e9745777210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

罗马教廷开会讨论中国天主教 (Vatican to Hold Plenary Meeting to Discuss China's Catholic Church)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/7-03212010182522.html

Related media:
Chinese Church Officials to Attend Third Straight Plenary Meeting in Vatican
Catholic News Agency, March 20, 2010
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/chinese_church_officials_to_attend_third_straight_plenary_meeting_in_vatican/

XUAR
China's Xinjiang Restores Access to Email, Websites
Agence France-Presse, March 22, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100321/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestinternettelecommunicationsxinjiang

March 19, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟哥哥：三月初接到高智晟来电报平安 (Gao Zhisheng's Brother: I Received Notice from Gao That He Is Well in Early March)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Gao-03182010110348.html

News
Bilateral Ties
China Refutes British Report on Human Rights
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9611042.htm

Food Security
中國人年吃 300萬噸坑渠油　毒性是砒霜 100倍　外出食 10餐有 1餐中招 (3 Mil Tons of Carcinogenic Cooking Oil Injested by Chinese Each Year)
Apple Daily, March 19, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100319&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13836787

Related news:
Old Oil Used in '1 in 10 Meals'
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9611395.htm

Government
“代表选举不能丢了广泛代表性” (NPC Legislative Affairs Committee Deputy Director: Campaigns Would Make Elections a Thing for the Wealthy)
The Beijing News, March 19, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0319/66363.shtml

Hong Kong
17 Per Cent of Workers Earn Less than HK$33 an Hour
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=471ba5a83f177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
China Warns Australia Not to Politicize Rio Tinto Spying Case
Voice of America, March 19, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Warns-Australia-Not-to-Politicize-Rio-Tinto-Spying-Case-88423782.html

Draft Law Highlights Ban on Cruelty to Animals
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/19/content_9611306.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Supporters of Liu Xiaobo Plead Not Guilty to Unlawful Assembly
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bdd3db00d7177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
四川高法立案受理谭作人上诉申请 (Sichuan Court Accepts Tan Zuoren's Appeal Application)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-dissident-03182010114300.html

Labor
Hepatitis B Test is Not Vital for Civil Servants
China Daily, March 19, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9610982.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京成立信访矛盾研究中心 (Beijing Establishes Country's First Petitioning Conflict Research Center)
Xinhua News Agency, March 18, 2010
http://www.bj.xinhuanet.com/bjpd_sdzx/2010-03/18/content_19284059.htm

Taiwan
Amnesty International Urges Taiwan to Scrap Death Penalty
Reuters, March 19, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62H11Q20100318

Tibet
Tibetans Take to the Streets to Mark Uprising
South China Morning Post, March 19, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=958da5a83f177210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
甘肅藏青示威 20人被捕 (20 Detained in Gansu Tibetan Student Protest Commemorating Anniversary of Unrest)
Sing Tao Daily, March 19, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1463002/1.html

March 18, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
UK Voices 'Serious Concern' on China's Rights Record
Associated Press, March 18, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100317/wl_uk_afp/britainrightschinareport

Children
Four Child Traffickers Seized in E.China
China Daily, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/17/content_9605793.htm

Food Security
绿色和平称中国超市出售转基因大米 (Greenpeace: Genetically-modified Rice Being Sold in Chinese Supermarkets)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mi-03172010093408.html

Related news:
GM Rice Found in Chinese Supermarkets: Greenpeace
The Independent, March 17, 2010
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/gm-rice-found-in-chinese-supermarkets-greenpeace-1923245.html

Government
Shelters Part of Long-term Civil Defense Plan
China Daily, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9606194.htm

Human Rights Defender – Liu Anjun (刘安军)
阳光公益刘安军被扣留多日后获释 (Rights Activist Liu Anjun Released after Several Days of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_liuanjun-03172010130010.html

Labor
Six Killed in Construction Site Accident in S China
China Daily, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/17/content_9605880.htm

Macao
Chui Shrugs Off Questions about Greater Democracy in Macau
South China Morning Post, March 18, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dfe7d37296c67210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Multilateral
He Yafei Expounds China's Human Rights Policy
Xinhua News Agency, March 18, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/18/content_9607983.htm

Law
Rio Staff Face China Trial on March 22
Reuters, March 18, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-46987720100317

《反虐待动物法》意见稿公布 (Anti-Cruelty to Animals Law Draft for Solicitation of Opinions Released to Public)
The Beijing News, March 18, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-03/18/content_77401.htm

Related news:
《反虐待动物法》有助动物保护 (Anti-Cruelty to Animals Law Helps the Protection of Animals)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dongwu-03172010094123.html

黄松有终审判无期 (Former VP of Supreme People's Court Huang Songyou's Life Sentence for Taking Bribes Upheld)
The Beijing News, March 18, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0318/66186.shtml

Politics
官隱瞞疫情象徵性處罰 (Officials Concealing Epidemics Given Symbolic Penalties)
Apple Daily, March 18, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100318&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13832434

Public Health
疑疫苗肇禍 山西百童或死或殘 (100 Shanxi Children Dead or Injured, Suspected Due to Vaccine)
Ming Pao, March 18, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1461727/1.html

Related news:
China Says Probing Report on Deadly Faulty Vaccines
Reuters, March 18, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62H0G620100318

March 17, 2010

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China Fails to Dispel Mystery about Missing Dissident
New York Times, March 16, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/world/asia/17china.html

Related news:
China Says Missing Dissident Not Being Tortured
Voice of America, March 16, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-says-Missing-Dissident-Not-Being-Tortured--87785347.html

高智晟国际拯救小组向联合国人权部门投诉 (Group of International Human Rights Specialists Files Official Complaint with UN Human Rights Council on Gao Zhisheng's Situation)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Gao-03162010101918.html

德国呼吁释放高智晟 (Germany Calls for the Release of Gao Zhisheng)
Radio France Internationale, March 16, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_20061.asp

On March 16, 2010, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi (杨洁篪) stated in a news conference with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband that prominent rights defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) had been sentenced on charges of subversion of state power and imprisoned. He did not elaborate further on Gao’s location. Gao Zhisheng, who is well-known for representing politically sensitive cases and for his outspokenness, has been missing since February 2009, when he was seen being forcibly taken from his hometown by more than ten state security officers. In February 2010, the Chinese Embassy in the U.S. stated that Gao was working in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and that he had been in contact with his family; however Gao’s wife, Geng He, denies that she has had any contact with Gao since leaving China.


News
Civil Society
中国收紧NGO外汇捐赠管理 (China Tightens Management of Foreign Currency Donations to NGOs)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 16, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/03/100316_ana_china_ngo_donation.shtml

Environment
As Economy Booms, China Faces Major Water Shortage
The Washington Post, March 16, 2010
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031503564.html

Hong Kong
Arrests Will Be Protest Focus in June 4 Event
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c048f1fcf0867210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
被征农地撂荒近十年 农民复耕被指敲诈勒索 (Guangdong Farmer Who Planted on Requisitioned Farm Land Left to Waste Tried, Accused of Extortion)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 17, 2010
http://gcontent.nddaily.com/f/01/f016e59c7ad8b1d7/Blog/031/136036.html

Media
China Warns Google to Obey Rules Even If It Pulls Out
Reuters, March 16, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62E11L20100316

Related news:
Google Partners in China Issue Plea to Web Giant
The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30001424052748704688604575125420301711134.html

美官與內地網民對話：Google談判不涉美政府 (U.S. Official: Google Negotiations Are between PRC and Google, Not Us)
Ming Pao, March 17, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1460515/1.html

中国官方媒体指责诺贝尔和平奖成为反华工具 (Official Media Censures Nobel Peace Prize as Tool of Anti-China Forces)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Nobel-03162010104504.html

Related information:
诺贝尔和平奖，中国不应躲着走 (China Should Not Hide from the Nobel Peace Prize)
Global Times, March 15, 2010
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-03/745176.html

Protests and Petitions
南通继续羁留两会期间被关押的访民 (Nantong, Jiangsu Authorities Continue to Detain Petitioners despite Calls for Release)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-petitioner-03162010104756.html

Public Health
China Defends Detention of Lead Poisoning Victims Who Sought Medical Help
The Guardian, March 16, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/16/china-lead-poison-victims

Related news:
250 Kids Diagnosed with High Lead Levels
China Daily, March 17, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/17/content_9599800.htm

Taiwan
Public Has Reservations over Death Row Pardons: Premier
Central News Agency, March 16, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1204478

March 16, 2010

News

Corruption
Official Sacked After Diary Excerpts Reveal Sexual Exploits, Graft
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=464996ea1c267210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Drought Forecast to Worsen in Guangxi
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), March 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/16/content_9596003.htm

25 Dead in Central China Coal Mine Fire
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 16, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100316/ap_on_re_as/as_china_coal_mine_fire

Government
Township Officials List All Spending
China Daily, March 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/16/content_9594002.htm

Hukou
Shanghai May Further Relax Hukou System
China Daily, March 16, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/16/content_9594010.htm

Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
当局拒绝家人探望被劳教的毛恒凤 (Authorities Refuse to Allow Mao's Family Visit Her)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_abuse-03152010123202.html

Human Rights Defenders
官報罕見談劉曉波胡佳 (Liu Xiaobo, Hu Jia Mentioned in Chinese State-run Newspaper)
Ming Pao, March 16, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100316/cae1.htm

Internet Censorship

Erasers Purge Cyberspace of 'Bad Press'
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=265996ea1c267210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Google Says China Talks Continue, But Pullout Signs Grow
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), March 15, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100315/bs_nm/us_google_china

Google Exit Would Open a Door for Microsoft

The Wall Street Journal, March 15, 2010

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704588404575124062948976720.html

China Issues Warning to Major Partners of Google
New York Times, March 15, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/world/asia/15google.html

Protests and Petitions
China Compensates Evicted Artists
New York Times, March 15, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/world/asia/16beijing.html

Public Health
94 People in SW China Found to Have Lead Poisoning
China Post, March 15, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/other/2010/03/15/248421/94-people.htm

XUAR
China to Ramp up Investment in Restive Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 15, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100315/wl_asia_afp/chinacongressnpcxinjiangunrest

March 13-15, 2010

News
Civil Society
Latest Gathering Sees Lively Debate
The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703447104575117371552611184.html

Government
Rural Regions Win Equal Electoral Rights
China Daily, March 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010npc/2010-03/15/content_9588155.htm

Law
CPPCC Member Urges More Help for Lawyers from Ethnic Minorities
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ebf34df762d57210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
Google Is Poised to Close China Site
The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703457104575121613604741940.html

Migrant Workers
Millions of Chinese Rural Migrants Denied Education for Their Children
The Guardian, March 15, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/15/china-migrant-workers-children-education

Politics
In Beijing, the People's Circus Is Underway
The Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-china-scene14-2010mar14,0,1195826.story

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Slam Rights Record
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/NPC-03122010123603.html

350人網上聯署促炒湖北省長 中宣部禁報「搶錄音筆事件」 (350 Sign Online Petition Demanding Hubei Governor's Dismissal)
Ming Pao, March 14, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1457251/1.html

Related information:
湖北省长李鸿忠怒斥《人民日报》女记者 (Hubei Provincial Governor Angrily Rebukes Female People's Daily Reporter after Questions on Deng Yujiao Case)
Radio France Internationale, March 07, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19875.asp

人大代表刘庆宁主张刑罚信访者的提案遭强烈抗议 (NPC Delegate's Proposal to Penalize Petitioners Faces Harsh Protest)
Radio Free Asia, March 14, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renda-03142010163838.html

Public Health
四川隆昌县村民血铅中毒人数陆续增加 (Number of Lead Poisoning Cases on the Rise in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-lead-03122010102913.html

Related news:
Lead Poisoning Case Reported in SW China
China Daily, March 15, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/15/content_9588045.htm

Tibet
7 Tibetan Protesters Detained in Nepal
Associated Press, March 14, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1203083

March 12, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
Australian Authors Protest China Visa Refusal
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/wl_nm/us_australia_china_author

Children
Shanghai Police Arrest 47 Child Trafficking Suspects
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=76a89f1b99095210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Civil Society
Beijing Tightens Rules on Foreign Funding of NGOs
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0f1eab989ed47210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Economic Development
“铁公机”负重提速 ("Railway, Highway & Airport" Massive Construction Projects Accumulate Huge Debt Obligations)
Caijing Magazine, March 01, 2010
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2010-02-28/110386294.html

Government
NPC Delegates Say the Darnedest Things
The Wall Street Journal, March 08, 2010
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/03/08/npc-delegates-say-the-darnedest-things/

Hong Kong
香港支联会五名常委和四五行动一名成员被捕 (Activists Including Five "Hong Kong Alliance" Members Arrested for Protesting Liu Xiaobo's Sentence Last December)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/HK-alliance-03112010102104.html

Hukou
Urbanizing China Long Way from Residence Reform
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100311/wl_nm/us_china_parliament_hukou

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
EU, US Calls for Dissident's Release Rejected
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0fb00e8446195210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
NPC Deputy Calls for Petitioners to Be Jailed for 15 Years
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0c2ab989ed47210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
人代倡判監上訪者 網民狂轟 (Proposal to Jail "Illegal Petitioners" Draws Fierce Criticism)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100312/caa3.htm

Media
Google Says Talks with China Ongoing
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wl_asia_afp/chinausitmediarightsinternetgoogle

Police
Death in Detention Sparks Question
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/death-03102010170812.html

Protests and Petitions
致信两会反映暴力拆迁 《无锡日报》员工被关学习班（组图 ("Wuxi Daily" Employee Detained and Sent to Law Classes after Sending Letter to NPC, CPPCC to Reveal Violent Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wuxi%20-03112010113339.html

State Security
高院今年嚴打分裂顛覆罪 (Supreme People's Court to "Strike Hard" on Subversion)
Ming Pao, March 12, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100312/caa1.htm

Tibet
China Steps up Security Crackdown in Tibet
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100311/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights

XUAR
Western Regions Need More Legal Resources, Top Judge Says
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), March 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2042ab989ed47210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

March 11, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
美国考虑从法律上挑战中国对互联网的审查 (U.S. Considers Challenging Chinese Internet Censorship through Law)
Radio France Internationale, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19927.asp

Children
Parents of Missing Teenagers Win in New Trafficking Law
China Daily, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9570173.htm

Civil Society
Activists Test China's Openness Vows
The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703943504575095610544157840.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Writers, Scholars Call for Release of Top China Dissident
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2010
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/36202

Human Rights Defender – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
China: Protester Is Sentenced
New York Times, March 10, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/world/asia/11briefs-chinaprotester.html

Related information:
Shanghai Petitioner to Serve 18 Months of Reeducation-Through-Labor after Shouting Slogans
上海上访人士因呼喊口号被劳教18个月
Human Rights in China, March 9, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173391
http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/public/contents/18359

Human Rights Defenders
China's Troublemakers Bond over 'Drinking Tea'
Associated Press, March 11, 2010
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/03/10/chinas_troublemakers_bond_over_drinking_tea/

冯正虎艾未未微博遭删 网友大战新浪 (Deletion of Feng Zhenghu and Ai Weiwei’s Sina Microblogs Leads to Anti-Sina Wave amongst Netizens)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fzh-03102010104552.html

Law
Central China Province Broadcasts Court Trial Live Online
Xinhua News Agency, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9570001.htm

违法行为教育矫治法列入今年立法计划 (Law on Education and Rehabilitation of Illegal Activities Added to 2010's Legislative Program)
Legal Daily, March 11, 2010
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2010-03-11/070617199520s.shtml

Related news:
Government and Policy China to Speed Up Legislation on Reforming Reeducation
China Daily, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9569977.htm

Media
Beijing Editor Punished for Editorial Urging Reform of Unpopular Registration System
The Canadian Press, March 10, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5heE0GwvZQPsU5nXJc5-ZVehpt4ww

Google Chief Sees Outcome "Soon" in China Row
Reuters, March 10, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1016272720100310

Journalists Must Face New Exam
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ed0ae01e98847210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
Detention Order Is Revoked: Police Apology Due to Mistakes
China Daily, March 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/11/content_9570196.htm

Protests and Petitions
两会期间严打上访 (Crackdown on Petitioning in Beijing during NPC, CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-03102010103519.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Risks Chinese Ire to Back Uighurs
Reuters, March 10, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6291FI20100310

March 10, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
China Warns US against Selling F-16s to Taiwan
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_taiwan_arms

Corruption
政協狠批官員不正風獲掌聲 (CPPCC Deputy Severely Criticizes Political Maladies among Local Officials)
China News Service (via Ming Pao), March 10, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100310/ca31209a.htm

Disasters
云南大旱农作物绝收 742万人饮水困难 (Worsening Water Crisis in Yunnan)
Xinhua News Agency (via Net Ease), March 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0309/20/61C28QKL000146BC.html

Environment
Disaster Warning over Plan to Link Rivers
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ca32a8bd9d347210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China And India Endorse Copenhagen Climate Deal
Reuters, March 09, 2010
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE62826020100309

Freedom of Speech
China Tries Microblogging Top Political Event
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/ap_on_re_as/as_china_microblogging_politics

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Petition Filed at UN over Missing Chinese Lawyer
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100310/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsgaolawun

Human Rights Defenders
北京当局继续打压维权异议人士及访民 (Beijing Authorities Continue to Suppress Rights Defenders And Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, March 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bj-03092010123847.html

Labor
Unions Target Bosses Who Dodge Back Pay
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f033a8bd9d347210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese Factory Halts World Cup Toy Production
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), March 09, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hH_tq5kgG5lwpB8kdfz9CWLzlnqg

Law
Election Law Raises More Questions Than Answers
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=85b4a8bd9d347210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
China Rejects Reform Calls But Rhetoric Softens
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100309/ap_on_re_as/as_china_politics

Rural Issues
Guangdong Villages Battle over Road Use
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4d34a8bd9d347210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=teaser

Tibet
China Accuses Dalai Lama As Tibet Anniversary Looms
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), March 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wl_asia_afp/chinacongressnpctibet

Heavy Security Is The New Normal in China's Tibet
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100308/ap_on_re_as/as_china_taming_tibet

China Says Only Socialism Can 'Save' Tibet
Reuters (via China Post), March 09, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/03/09/247482/China-says.htm

XUAR
$100m Spent on Xinjiang Blizzards Relief Work
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), March 10, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/10/content_9563583.htm

March 09, 2010

News

Corruption
內地今年推官員財產申報制 (China to Implement Declaration System of Officials' Assets)
Beijing Youth Daily (via Ming Pao), March 08, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100308/ca10844i.htm

Government
China's Next Leaders Jockey for Position
The Wall Street Journal, March 07, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703954904575109032555594548.html

Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
毛恒凤再次被判劳教一年半 (Mao Sentenced to One Year, Six Months of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-sentence-03082010103238.html

Human Rights Defenders
Scores of Rights Activists Rounded up or Warned
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6a175d2674e37210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

杨博维权被扣法律工作者执业证 (Authorities Withhold Demobilized Cadre Yang Bo's Lawyer License After His Free Legal Advice for Evicted Farmers)

Radio Free Asia, March 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yb-03082010142522.html

Labor
六成工人认为当前最大不公平是劳动者收入过低 (Survey: Over 60% of Workers View Low Income as Most Unfair)
China News Service, March 09, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/news/2010/03-09/2158472.shtml

Law
全国人大代表政协委员谈司法体制和工作机制改革 (NPC, CPPCC Delegates Discuss Judicial System Reform)
Xinhua News Agency, March 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/08/content_13122847.htm

Electoral Change on Table
China Daily, March 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010npc/2010-03/09/content_9557134_2.htm

Related News
流動者欠保障 上訪者轟做騷 (Voting Rights of Petitioners, Migrant Workers Not Specified)
Ming Pao, March 09, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100309/cam2.htm

Media
China Censors Academy Award Nominations
Voice of America, March 08, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/China-Censors-Oscar-Nominations-86943822.html

Society
China Vows Moves on Property Prices, Health Care
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100308/ap_on_re_as/as_china_politics

Tibet
Adviser Queries Living Buddha Appointments
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=33e8c2025be37210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Delegate Dares to Challenge Official Policy on Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, March 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0d75d2674e37210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

March 06-08, 2010

News
Education
刘基代表：警惕东西部教育差距扩大 (NPC Delegate and University Party Committee Member Warns of Expanding Education Gap between Eastern and Western China)
Xinhua News Agency, March 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-03/07/content_13117542.htm

Gender
China's Women Struggle for a Foothold in Power
Reuters, March 08, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6270FZ20100308

Hong Kong
Deputies Told to Tutor Public on Electoral Reform
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fd31b823f5937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京在两会期间打压香港补选行动升级 (Beijing Increases Opposition to HK General Elections during Two Conferences)
Radio France Internationale, March 07, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19873.asp

Human Rights Defenders
北京基督教家庭教会负责人范亚峰被公安传唤八个小时 (Beijing House Church Activist Fan Yafeng Subpoenaed for 8 Hours)
Radio Free Asia, March 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-03072010152502.html

Media
给手机电脑装“识别软件”？ 网民“内牛满面”无一支持 (Proposal to Put Monitoring Software on PCs and Phones Receives No Support from Netizens)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 05, 2010
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2010-03/05/content_1022519.htm

湖北省长李鸿忠怒斥《人民日报》女记者 (Hubei Provincial Governor Angrily Rebukes Female People's Daily Reporter after Questions on Deng Yujiao Case)
Radio France Internationale, March 07, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/123/article_19875.asp

Migrant Workers
Tables Turn for Migrant Workers
South China Morning Post, March 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8aa0b823f5937210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
上海钓鱼执法事件受害人未获赔俞正声:问责执法者不妥 (Victims of Shanghai Police Entrapment Yet to Be Compensated; Municipal Party Committee Secretary: Law Enforcement Should Not Be Held Responsible)
The Beijing Times, March 08, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-03/08/content_13120217.htm

Public Health
Chinese Experts Stress Need for Basic Health Care
Associated Press, March 07, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iZ2J6GxXq5H15q6GophdmYSPrCPQD9E9KNO00

Religion
Falun Gong Stages Anti-CCP March
Taipei Times, March 08, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/03/08/2003467503

Tibet
China Indicates Hard Line on Dalai Lama Succession
Agence France-Presse, March 07, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gf_1wHbCYwWplEQ4aqA_essCkYpg

Nepal Police Arrest Dalai Lama’s Representative
The Times of India, March 07, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Nepal-police-arrest-Dalai-Lamas-representative/articleshow/5655215.cms

Tibetan Singer Gets Prison
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/court-03052010115917.html

XUAR
198 Convicted for Unrest in China's Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, March 07, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100307/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiang