Environment

No Easy Fix as Huge Spill Threatens Liuzhou's Water
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5efd32ca4f25310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Another Chinese Dissident on Trial for Subversion
The Associated Press, January 31, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights

Media

China's State TV Making Huge Global Expansion
The Associated Press, January 31, 2012
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120131/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tv_to_the_world

Protests and Petitions

江西5千人包圍警局 (Jiangxi: 5k Surround Police Station in Protest)
Ming Pao, January 30, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/Inews/20120130/ca12055c.htm

Tibet

中国官媒称西方和达赖喇嘛歪曲藏区真相 (Official Media: West and Dalai Lama Distorting the Truth)
Radio France Internationale, January 30, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120130-中国官媒称西方和达赖喇嘛歪曲藏区真相

青海藏人抗议警拘六人 甘南路障查外地车辆 (Six Protesting Tibetans Detained in Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-01302012095540.html

西藏官员促加强警力确保拉萨稳定 (Lhasa Officials Urge More Police to Maintain Stability)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 31, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/01/120131_china_tibet_security.shtml

XUAR

Xinjiang to Recruit 8,000 Police Officers to Boost Security in Rural Areas
Xinhua News Agency, January 30, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-01/30/c_131382807.htm