April 12, 2010

News
Children
Professor with Two Children Is Sacked
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=978628a413de7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Rampant Cheating Hurts China's Research Ambitions
Associated Press, April 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100411/ap_on_re_as/as_china_academic_cheating

Death Penalty
South African Woman Faces Death Sentence in China
Associated Press, April 12, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_china_death_sentence

Environment
Access to Drinking Water Remains Grim during SW China's Worst Drought in a Century
Associated Press, April 09, 2010
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/access-to-drinking-water-remains-grim-during-sw-chinas-worst-drought-in-a-century-90334069.html

Hong Kong
Three Candidates on Chief Justice Shortlist Said 'No Thanks'
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=587ff270482e7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Mainland Muzzles Are Not the Answer
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=620528a413de7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
China Mine Flood Toll Climbs to 35
Associated Press, April 12, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100412/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccident

Land Policy
村民用乡长茶杯被拘续:多人称曾因反征地被拘 (Follow-up on Detained Villager: Many Detained for Being against Land Expropriation)
Beijing News, April 12, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0412/69565.shtml

Law
司法部出台两办法 加强对律师律所执业活动监督 (MOJ Issues Two New Measures to Increase Supervision over Lawyers' Practice)
Legal Daily, April 09, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-04/09/content_2108229.htm

Related information:
律师事务所年度检查考核办法 (Measures on the Examination and Assessment of the Annual Review of Law Firms)
Ministry of Justice, April 8, 2010
http://www.legalinfo.gov.cn/index/content/2010-04/09/content_2108819.htm

律师和律师事务所违法行为处罚办法 (Measures on the Penalties for Illegal Acts of Lawyers and Law Firms)
Ministry of Justice, April 8, 2010
http://www.legalinfo.gov.cn/moj/index/content/2010-04/09/content_2108827.htm

Media
批評作協　《重慶時報》遭整肅 (Staff Fired and Editors under Investigation after Chongqing Times' Scathing Expose of Lavish Meeting of Chinese Writers Association)
Apple Daily, April 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100412&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13919424

Police
Family's Silence over Custody Death Rankles
Shanghai Daily, April 10, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100410/article_433753.htm

湖北公安县称拘留所溺死者尸体有伤 排除被打 (Hubei Police: Wounds Found on Drowned Detainee’s Body; Possibility of Being Beaten Excluded)
China National Radio, April 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100411/u1a5141530.html

Protests and Petitions
上海拆迁户到纽约联合国总部前「上访」 (Shanghainese Evictee Hu Yan "Petitions" in front of New York's UN HQ)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-04112010164450.html

Public Health
Virus Outbreak Causes 40 Child Deaths in China
Associated Press, April 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_he_me/as_china_child_virus

舉報1愛滋個案獎100元 (100 CNY for Each HIV/AIDS Case Reported)
Ming Pao, April 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1487150/1.html

Shanghai World Expo
精神病人 10月底前禁出院 (Mentally Ill Forbidden to Leave Hospital until after Expo)
Apple Daily, April 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100412&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13919422

April 09, 2010

News

Bilateral Ties
China 'Watching' Kyrgyzstan
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kyrgyzstan-04082010111654.html

Death Penalty
3 Japanese Drug Smugglers Executed in NE China
China Daily, April 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/09/content_9707077.htm

Disasters
Relatives Closely Watched During Long Wait
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2378b56f65ed7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
Two More Officials Dead in Suspected Suicide
South China Morning Post, April 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f2e7c76cfedd7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
李和平杨子立分别探望高智晟 (Li Heping, Yang Zili Visit Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-Gao-04082010103927.html

Related Information:
HRIC Statement: Chinese Government Should Respect Gao Zhisheng’s Rights

Human Rights in China, April 08, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173544

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
Jailed China Activist Seeks Medical Parole: Wife
Associated Press, April 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100408/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissident

Media
Facebook Plans to Enter China
China Daily, April 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/09/content_9707785.htm

China Urges Asian Media Outlets to Deepen Co-op
China Daily, April 09, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/09/content_9706460.htm

Beijing Resets Relations With the Internet
Asia Times Online, April 09, 2010
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LD09Ad01.html

Police
湖北在押男子看守所死亡 警方称其"洗脸死" (Man Found Dead in Custody after Drowning at Basin, Hubei Police Say)
Net Ease, April 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0409/08/63QLBS8I00011229.html

Protests and Petitions
湖北“援越抗美”退伍军人大规模上访 (Thousand Retired Soldiers Organize Mass Petition in Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hubei-04082010134033.html

Public Health
湖南兒童醫院被揭用工業氧 (Using Industrial Oxygen at Hunan Children's Hospital Alleged)
Global Times (via Ming Pao), April 09, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100409/ca51112i.htm

April 08, 2010

News

Disasters
Rescuers in Fading Bid to Save 26 from China Mine
Associated Press, April 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100408/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mine_flood

No Crops, No Money, No Food as Yunnan Waits for Rainfall
China Daily, April 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/08/content_9699523.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Crusading Chinese Lawyer Gives up Activism
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), April 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100407/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

Related information:
News Video: Part of Gao Zhisheng’s Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0CTKf_0drQ

Human Rights Defender - Xiao Qingshan (肖青山)
维权人士肖青山因宣传环保被拘留七日 (Rights Defender Xiao Qingshan Detained Seven Days for Promoting Environmental Protection)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xqs-04072010163634.html

Internet Censorship
China Tightens Rules on Internet Cafes
Associated Press, April 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100407/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetcultureyouth

Related News:
文化部：网吧一次接纳3名未成年人将吊销牌照 (Ministry of Culture: Authorities to Revoke License of Internet Cafe That Is Caught Accepting Three or More Minors)
China News Service, April 07, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0407/08/63LFUQVH000146BD.html

China’s Censors Tackle and Trip over the Internet
New York Times, April 08, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/asia/08censor.html

Land Policy
丹江口库区移民开始 33万人举家离乡 (Resettlement of Danjiangkou Dam Starts: 330,000 Residents Leave Their Home)
Xiaoxiang Morning Herald, April 08, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0408/02/63NCF3P9000146BB.html

Law
Furore as Sex Party Professor Stands Trial
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=81ec8e58929d7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Employees in Rio Tinto Case Appeal Terms
China Daily, April 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/08/content_9699547.htm

Media
US Author Says China Media Can't Cover Google Book
Associated Press, April 08, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100408/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_google_book

Population
温州计生副局长称处罚对象是“砧板上的肉” (Internet Outcry as Population & Family Planning Official Tells The Protesting Mother of Second Child "I Have You at My Mercy")
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wenzhou-04072010164905.html

北京教授杨支柱因超生被解聘 (Peking U Professor Fired for Having Second Child)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yzz-04072010101321.html

Public Health
Mass Dead Fish Found in Contaminated Reservoir
China Daily, April 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/07/content_9697226.htm

Vice Premier Stresses Control of HFMD Disease
China Daily, April 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/08/content_9699355.htm

Inquiries into Fatal Case of Abstention
Shanghai Daily, April 08, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100408/article_433503.htm

XUAR
阿里木江案二审裁定维持原判十五年徒刑 (Court Upholds Fifteen-Year Prison Sentence to Uyghur Church Leader Alimunjiang Yimiti)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/alm-04072010174712.html

April 07, 2010

News
Death Penalty
Japanese Executed, 3 More on Death Row
Shanghai Daily, April 07, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100407/article_433457.htm

Environment
Mainland Dams Accused of Carbon Credit Scams
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=68775411f33d7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Three Detained for Massive Tap Water Pollution in SW China
People's Daily, April 06, 2010
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6940957.html

深圳垃圾「煉金」毒害環境 (Burning of Refuse to "Refine Gold" Leads to Serious Environmental Contamination in Shenzhen)
Ming Pao, April 07, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1482285/1.html

Hong Kong
香港争取普选游行 吁市民积极投票 (Hong Kongers Demonstrate for Universal Suffrage)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hk-04062010115249.html

Human Rights Defenders
孙文广等清明节悼念活动遭阻挠 (Activists' Attempts to Commemorate Qingming Thwarted)
Voice of America, April 05, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20100405-CHINESE-ACTIVISTS-89916867.html

周莉庭审半日择日再审 (Trial of Activist Zhou Li Adjourned, to Resume at Later Date)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhouli-04062010095506.html

Labor
Five Bodies Found after "Miracle" China Mine Rescue
Reuters, April 06, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE635047

Related news:
China to Launch Nationwide Campaign to Inspect Work Safety
Xinhua News Agency, April 04, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/04/c_13236557.htm

Law
维权才能维稳 (Rights Defense Is Requisite to Maintain Stability)
Outlook, April 07, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2010-04/07/content_10806231.htm

Media
China Cyber-spies Target India, Dalai Lama: Report
Reuters, April 06, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6352L820100406

Related information:
Shadows in the Cloud: An Investigation into Cyber Espionage 2.0
InfoWar Monitor and Shadowserver Foundation, April 06, 2010
http://www.shadows-in-the-cloud.net

Police
Five Punished in Suspect's Death
Shanghai Daily, April 05, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100405/article_433209.htm

Public Health
“山西疫苗事件”调查结果发布 患儿未种贴签疫苗 (Ministry of Health: Shanxi Children Were Not Sickened by Vaccine)
The Beijing News, April 07, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0407/68851.shtml

Tibet
甘南玛曲藏校千学生抗议开除藏族校长 (Students at Tibetan School in Gannan, Gansu Protest Firing of Tibetan School Administrators)
Radio Free Asia, April 06, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gannan-04052010102631.html

April 01, 2010

News

Children
Custom May Explain Dumping of Dead Babies in China
Associated Press, April 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100401/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dead_babies

Death Penalty
Drug Smuggler to be Executed on Monday
China Daily, April 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/01/content_9672483.htm

Education
拆迁办占用幼儿园做办公室 60儿童民房上课 (Kindergarten Children Moved out from School in Fuzhou after Local Relocation Office Procures School for Office Use)
Strait News (via Net Ease), March 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0330/02/6307R127000146BB.html

Human Rights Defenders
Dream of Court Turns Sour for Milk Activist
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e0c572cee84b7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Internet Censorship
Yahoo E-mail Accounts of Journalists 'Redirected'
Reuters, April 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d2e572cee84b7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China's Censors Thrive in Obscurity
The Wall Street Journal, April 01, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303338304575155613782805150.html

Labor
Coal And Gas Outburst Leaves Two Dead in Central China Mine
Xinhua News Agency, April 01, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/01/c_13233447.htm

Related News:
河南煤礦爆炸否認近百死傷 (Authorities Deny Report of Nearly 100 Killed, Injured by Coal Mine Explosion in Henan)
Ming Pao, April 01, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100401/ca40740i.htm

Law
河南推行人民陪审团制度 保障公民司法表达权 (Henan Courts Implement People's Jury System)
Xinhua News Agency, March 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/26/content_13250694.htm

Law unto Itself
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1dbc51c244b7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese version:
中國不甩國際法？
China Times, April 1, 2010
http://news.chinatimes.com/forum/0,5252,110514x112010040100411,00.html

Media
Media Struggle to Expose Scandals
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-03302010154421.html

Protests and Petitions
贵州贞丰县因征地爆发警民冲突 十余村民被抓 (More than 10 Villagers Arrested for Clash in Guizhou over Land)
Xinmin (via Net Ease), March 31, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0331/07/633AJBR800011229.html

Public Health
江苏延申假疫苗受害人达百万 (Victims of Fake Vaccines in Jiangsu Reach One Million)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-vaccine-03302010101853.html

广东多位疫苗受害儿童家长被地方政府拘押 (Guangdong Authorities Detain Protesting Parents of Children Who Contract Encephalitis after Public Vaccinations)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_vaccine-03312010115637.html

Girl, 17, Critically Ill after Jabs
Shanghai Daily, April 01, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201003/20100331/article_432842.htm

Shanghai World Expo
世博紧张上海严控访民 (Shanghai Authorities Tighten Control on Petitioners ahead of Shanghai World Expo)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioners_shanghai-03312010122534.html

March 31, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
北京：澳方就力拓案批评中国是不负责任 (Beijing: It Is Irresponsible for Australia to Criticize China on Rio Tinto)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 31, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/03/100330_rio_tinto.shtml

Children
2 Detained for Dead Babies Found along China River
Associated Press, March 31, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gKjFz0oMdXxHsfY96RaLMqi9NHIwD9EP2T100

Corporate Social Accountability
Mine Managers Ignored Reports of Water Leaks
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=474df372a6fa7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
China Jails Nine Reporters over Pre-Olympic Cover-up: Media
Associated Press, March 31, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100330/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingmediacorruptionoly2008

Death Penalty
中国将首次处决日本籍毒贩 两国恢复邦交后首例 (Japanese Drug Dealer to Be Executed for First Time Since Resumption of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations)
Global Times, March 31, 2010
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201003/31/t20100331_21210219.shtml

Food Security
Toxic Vegetables Uncovered in South China
China Daily, March 31, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/31/content_9664802.htm

Hong Kong
Group Relents on Trade Seat Stance for 2012
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=57b4f372a6fa7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
赵连海维权戴脚镣出庭 毒奶粉受害者成被告 (Tainted Milk Activist Zhao Lianhai Shackled at Court)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhao-03302010093844.html

Labor
Coal Mine Collapse Traps 10 in Xinjiang
China Daily, March 31, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/30/content_9664503.htm

Occupational Diseases, Mostly of Lung, on Rise
Shanghai Daily, March 31, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432793&type=National

Media
Journalists’ E-Mails Hacked in China
New York Times, March 31, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/world/asia/31china.html

Police
发帖骂民警被拘5天 (Guangdong Man Detained 5 Days for Calling Police "Bandits" Online)
Guangzhou Daily, March 31, 2010
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2010-03/31/content_914930.htm

Protests and Petitions
数百村民要求化工厂搬离 (Hundreds of Guangdong Villagers Demonstrate Demanding Removal of Chemical Plant)
Guangzhou Daily, March 30, 2010
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-03/760679.html

Shanghai World Expo
世博会实名买卖刀具 酒店限新疆西藏人入住 (Hotels Say No to Uyghurs and Tibetans)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shibo-03302010101533.html

March 30, 2010

News
Civil Society
北大轄下維權NGO突被殺 (Peking U "Cancels" Ties with Four Rights Defense NGOs)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1474285/1.html

Related news:
NGOs Fear Tighter State Curbs after University Cuts Links
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c8c8af7c5daa7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

郭建梅称北大撤中心不应该 (Women's Rights Activist Guo Jianmei: PKU's Actions Unnecessary)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/beida-03292010140020.html

Corporate Social Accountability
China Mining Company Causes Unrest in Niger
Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2010
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2010/0329/China-mining-company-causes-unrest-in-Niger

Death Penalty
Amnesty Slams China for Silence on Execution Toll
Reuters, March 30, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T00620100330

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Wife Wants Dissident to Leave China
Associated Press, March 30, 2010
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2010/03/30/2003469282

电话采访高智晟：高律师希望近期回北京家 (Phone Interview with Gao Zhisheng: Gao Wishes to Return to Beijing Home in Near Future)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaozhisheng-03292010171931.html

Human Rights Defenders
趙連海今自辯堅持無罪 (Tainted Milk Activist Zhao Lianhai to Maintain Innocence in Today's Trial)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1474286/1.html

Related news:
当局拒绝赵连海家人旁听庭审 (Zhao's Family Forbidden to Attend Trial)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_milk_baby-03292010130042.html

Law
China's Prosecutors Told to Set Up Briefing System
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/29/content_9658778.htm

Rio Tinto China Employees Get Prison Terms
The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304370304575151032293098898.html

Media
Google Says China Services Partially Blocked
Financial Times, March 30, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bf52edf0-3b84-11df-a4c0-00144feabdc0.html

Migrant Workers
Cheap Overseas Workers Used as Plant Hub Feels Labor Pinch
Shanghai Daily, March 30, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432651&type=National

Police
Official Dies in Detention
China Daily, March 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/30/content_9658992.htm

Protests and Petitions
山东菏泽300多退休人员集体上访求医保 (300+ Shandong-based Retired Soldiers Petition for Medical Insurance)
Radio Free Asia, March 29, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/yibao-03292010151651.html

Shanghai World Expo
China to Crack Down on Illegal Expo Publications
China Daily, March 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/30/content_9658874.htm

上海限售菜刀水果刀 嚴防利器襲擊案 (Shanghai Limits Sale of Kitchen Knives as Precaution against Attacks)
Ming Pao, March 30, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1474287/1.html

March 27-29, 2010

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
Missing Chinese Dissident Lawyer Gao Zhisheng 'Alive'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 29, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8591566.stm

Related News:
Wife Confirms Dissident Chinese Lawyer Is Alive
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), March 29, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100329/ap_on_re_as/as_china_missing_lawyer

News

Children
Child Death Rates Highlight Urban-rural Split
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5502ec8d2ea97210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
Drought Affects 24 Million People in Yunnan
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2010-03/26/content_9650812.htm

Related News:
Fights Break Out over Scarce Drinking Water
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc088437ea5a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

200 People Rescued from Snowstorms in Xinjiang
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/28/content_9653142.htm

Freedom of Movement
China Bars Noted Scholar From Planned Trip to U.S.
New York Times, March 29, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/world/asia/27china.html

Hong Kong
Democracy Rally Stand-off Ends in Arrest of Student
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3245987da15a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
毒奶粉維權家長明受審 (Tainted Milk Activist's Trial to Begin Tomorrow)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100329/caa2.htm

谢福林兄弟两人“偷电”被判刑6年 (Hunan Activist Xie Fulin and His Brother Both Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for "Stealing Electricity")
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_verdict-03262010122246.html

Labor
152 Trapped in North China Coal Mine Flooding
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/28/content_9653105.htm

Land Policy
China's Forced Evictions Cause Instability
Reuters, March 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62R13U20100328

Law
Bar on Diplomats at Trial of Rio Tinto Executive a 'Breach of Law'
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4e188437ea5a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
Rio China Trial Defendant Says Treated Fairly: Lawyer
Reuters, March 29, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62P1YA20100326

Media
‘Dove’ Pun on Google Causes a Stir in China
Financial Times, March 29, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1bb64130-3a83-11df-b6d5-00144feabdc0.html

Mainland Media Feisty Despite Beijing's Efforts
South China Morning Post, March 29, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=51588437ea5a7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Dozens Injured in Wild Street Brawl
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/29/content_9653442.htm

Farmer Dies, Dad Injured in Fire Protest
China Daily, March 29, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/29/content_9653963.htm

Public Health
广东疫苗受害家长到省疾病控制中心门口抗议 (Guangdong Parents of Children Who Get Sick After Vaccination Protest at Province-level Disease Control Center)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-03282010152521.html

State Security
China Spends Record Amount Targeting Domestic Security Threats
The Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7532354/China-spends-record-amount-targeting-domestic-security-threats.html

Tibet
Tibetans Reported Detained
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detained-03262010155455.html

XUAR
Uyghur’s Release Sought
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/gheyret-niyaz-03252010154625.html

March 26, 2010

News

Death Penalty
Two Abductors Executed in Kidnapping Crackdown
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9644113.htm

Man on Death Row for Killing Snorer-chum
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9644055.htm

Disasters
Thirsty Villagers Struggle to Find Water as Drought Persists
Xinhua News Agency, March 25, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/25/c_13224948.htm

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两部门要求全国团员及少先队员每人捐一瓶水 (Members of Communist Youth League, Young Pioneers Urged to Donate A Bottle of Water per Person)
China Youth Daily (via Yahoo! News), March 26, 2010
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/10-03-/1055/2k15q.html

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
国际社会继续关注高智晟律师下落 (International Community Continues to Express Concern over Missing Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gaozhisheng-03252010142211.html

Human Rights Defenders
维权律师恳请司法部为山西疫苗受害者提供法律帮助 (Rights Defense Lawyers Call on Ministry of Justice to Allow Legal Aid for Vaccine Victims in Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sifa-03252010161334.html

Labor
4 dead in SW China Colliery Gas Outburst
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9646400.htm

2 Dead, 9 Trapped in N China Colliery Blast
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/25/content_9643996.htm

Law
全国律协会长首谈“不作为” 称自己并非傀儡 (President of All China Lawyers Association (ACLA) Discusses Article 306 of Criminal Law)
China Newsweek (via Xinhua News Agency), March 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/25/content_13245226_2.htm

Media
Chinese Companies Debate Links with Google
Financial Times, March 26, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb71e0bc-3831-11df-8420-00144feabdc0.html

Migrant Workers
Why Migrant Workers Are Shunning China's Factories
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8586672.stm

Religion
Vatican Warns Bishops Not to Attend National Meeting
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=edb09b8100697210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Society
School Killer Wanted to Take Revenge on Society
China Daily, March 26, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/26/content_9644723.htm

Tibet
西藏比如县小学生和平示威公安进驻学校 (Tibetan Students Stage Peaceful Demonstration Shouting Slogans Calling for "Dalai Lama's Return to Tibet")
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/Tibet-03252010100358.html

XUAR
Beijing Protests Swiss Asylum for Uygurs
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), March 26, 2010

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ab2a877826497210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

March 25, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties
US Congress Takes Up Internet Censorship Issue
Associated Press, March 25, 2010
http://www.kcbs.com/bayareanews/US-Congress-Takes-Up-Internet-CensorShip-Issue/6651231

Related news:
Congress Slams China and Microsoft, Praises Google
CNN, March 25, 2010
http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/24/technology/china_google_hearing/

Corruption
Official 'Used Public Land to Build Mansion'
China Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/25/content_9638382.htm

廣州選 5星級廁所　網民斥腐敗 (Guangzhou's Designation of 5-Star Toilets Leads to Cries of Corruption from Netizens)
Apple Daily, March 25, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100325&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13858689

Human Rights Defenders
上海基督徒沈佩兰被镇政府人员带走 (Shanghainese Petitioner Shen Peilan Taken Away by Township Officials)
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/5-03242010110426.html

Land Policy
Residents Protest Repeated Relocation
China Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/25/content_9638188.htm

Law
Rio Trial Ends, Verdict Could Take Some Time
Reuters, March 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62K21020100324

Media
Go Daddy Draws Line in China
The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703312504575141983884666038.html

谷歌風波 內地禁 18類報道 (Asahi Shimbun: China Bans 18 Types of Reports in Wake of Google Announcement)
Apple Daily, March 25, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/art_main.php?iss_id=20100325&sec_id=10793096&art_id=13859842

Related news:
中宣传部四道禁令媒体噤声 (Central Propaganda Department Demands Silence from Media on Four Items)
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti-03242010101621.html

女记者采访火灾被数保安像抓小鸡一样架走 (Beijing Times Reporters Dragged Away by Security while Covering Fire )
Southern Daily, March 25, 2010
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-03/25/content_10438366.htm

外交部：谷歌事件不应与中美关系挂钩 (MFA: Google Incident Not Affiliated with Sino-American Ties)
Southern Daily, March 24, 2010
http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-03/24/content_10398159.htm

Related news:
Google's Withdrawal Pushing Itself into Corner
Xinhua News Agency, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9637649.htm

Life after Google Proves no Problem
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201003/20100325/article_432210.htm

Police
Farmer in Custody Dies
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432190&type=National

Police Chief to be Accountable for Abnormal Death in Cell
Xinhua News Agency, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/24/content_9635103.htm

Public Health
Toxic Dinner-plastic Case Unfolds
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432208&type=National

Investigation Links Jabs to Illness
Shanghai Daily, March 25, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=432119&type=National

40萬大學生經常想自殺 (Survey: 2.1% University Students Regularly Contemplate Suicide)
Apple Daily, March 25, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100325&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13858661

Taiwan
Consensus Reached on Keeping Death Penalty for Time Being
China Post, March 25, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/03/24/249565/Consensus-reached.htm

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