Environment

Smog in Beijing Closes Airport, Raises Risk of Respiratory Diseases
Taiwan News, December 06, 2011
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1779439

Human Rights Defenders - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

陈光诚处境：松动与打压并行 (Suppression Alleviated and Maintained for Chen)
Deutsche-Welle, December 05, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15580283,00.html

Related news:
China Eases Grip on Blind Chinese Activist: Sources
Reuters, December 05, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/05/us-china-activist-idUSTRE7B40G820111205

Law

Harassment on Law Advocacy Day
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/advocacy-12052011180307.html

Multilateral

UN Climate Talks Looking to China
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 05, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16034826

Poverty

中国：明年底前消除儿童街头乞讨 (China to End Child Begging by End of 2012)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 06, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/12/111206_child_beggers_china.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Shanghai Strike Enters 7th Day
South China Morning Post, December 06, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd98befb62f04310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

村民被捕 镇官被困变人质 (Lufeng Land Dispute: Villagers Detained, Officials Surrounded in Protest)
Ming Pao, December 06, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2511510/1.html

Rural Issues

中国对城乡人非一视同仁 (Urban and Rural Chinese Unequal)
Radio France Internationale, December 05, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20111205-中国对城乡人非一视同仁