CHINA
Five years from now, prisoners facing the death row in jails such as this will no longer be approached for their organs.
March 23 – MARCH 29, 2012
National News Coverage
6% of national news coverage Death-row organ transplants to stop
5% of national news coverage Hong Kong chief executive election
5% of national news coverage President Hu’s travels
84% of national news coverage Other news
News Media Analysis Top of the news were government plans to halt organ transplants from death-row prisoners. News reports focused on the problems associated with the practice, including a lack of regulation and a flourishing black market. The move surprised many micro-bloggers, coming just a few years after official denials that organs were routinely harvested from the death row. Also making headlines was Hong Kong’s election for chief executive, which was won by Leung Chun-ying, the son of a policeman, on March 25. Reports focused on the need for the territory and the mainland to embrace each other’s differences. President Hu Jintao’s travels also gained notice. After meeting US President Barack Obama on March 26 in Seoul, South Korea, Hu headed to India for the 4th BRICS summit. In Seoul, Hu expressed hopes that security tensions in North Asia would not rise despite an imminent North Korean rocket test. Chinese media focused on the warming relationship between Hu and Obama, noting they had met 11 times in three years.
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