Civil Society

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

Government

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

Hong Kong

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

Human Rights Defenders

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

Law

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

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

Politics

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

Tibet

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

Hong Kong

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

Human Rights Defenders

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

Law

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

North Korea

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

Politics

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

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

Protests and Petitions

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

Tibet

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

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

Hong Kong

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

Internet

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

Labor

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

Law

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

Politics

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

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

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

Tibet

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

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