Bilateral Ties

South Korea Repeats Call to Investigate Torture Claim
The New York Times, July 31, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/world/asia/seoul-demands-that-china-respond-to-torture-allegation.html

Civil Society

红十字会或加强垂直管理 (Red Cross May Strengthen Vertical Management)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 1, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/0e/e0e9ac104fdeb345/Blog/a2d/6a31c1.html

Related:
关于促进红十字事业发展的意见 (Opinions on Promoting the Development of the Red Cross)
State Council, July 10, 2012
http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2012-07/31/content_2194990.htm

Internet

Weibo: Has It Really Changed China?
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 31, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18887804

刘本琦因网络言论获罪刑拘已两周 妻子被牵连亦关押五岁儿失踪 (2 Weeks into Liu Benqi's Detention for Speech Crimes, Wife Implicated and Taken into Custody, 5yo Child Missing)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-07312012104435.html

Media

日本记者启东采访被殴 国际记联盼中国维护新闻自由 (Int'l Federation of Journalists Calls on China to Protect Freedom of Press as Japanese Journalist Is Assaulted by Police during Jiangsu Protest)
Voice of America, July 31, 2012
http://www.voachinese.com/content/japanese-reporter-beaten-in-qidong-20120731/1451607.html

Politics

Rule of Law in China the Silent Victim at Bo Xilai Wife's Trial
Reuters, August 1, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/us-china-trial-idUSBRE8700AH20120801

Tibet

普京暗示可能允许达赖喇嘛访俄 (Putin Hints at Allowing Dalai Lama to Visit Russia)
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16135204,00.html

XUAR

“Commitment Contract” for Xinjiang Muslims
China Digital Times, July 31, 2012
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/07/commitment-contract-for-xinjiang-muslims/