Bilateral Ties

Pursuing Soft Power, China Puts Stamp on Africa's News
The New York Times, August 16, 2012
www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/world/africa/chinas-news-media-make-inroads-in-africa.html

Hong Kong

香港观察：以公民教育取代国民教育 (HK Review: Replace National Education with Civic Education)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 16, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120814_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Mainland Activist Sent to Labour Camp
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d498b86ebf29310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Power Plant Activist Detained
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detained-08162012105241.html

胡春华高压，高玉莲被“释放”无自由 (Inner Mongolian Activist Gao Yulian "Released" Yet Remains under Watch)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16169834,00.html

Migrant Workers

Migrant Workers 'Mail Children' Back
China Daily, August 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/16/content_15681582.htm

Protests and Petitions

云南大理13名农民工子女替父母讨薪 最小仅5岁 (Yunnan: 13 Migrant Workers' Children as Young as 5yrs Protest for Parents' Back Wages)
Yunnan Online, August 16, 2012
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-16/112015169.html

西藏昌都专区芒康县1000藏民示威反对开矿 与警方发生冲突造成一人死亡 (Chamdo, Tibet: One Dies as 1K Tibetans Clash with Police during Mine Protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-08162012160934.html