Civil Society

NGOs Get Boost from Shenzhen Register Reforms
China Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/21/content_15690995.htm

Related:
探路民间社会组织“去行政化” (Shenzhen NGOs Going Official)
Southern Daily, August 21, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/2012/nfrb_821/289657.html

Environment

Shanghai 'Most Vulnerable to Flood Risk'
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 21, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19318973

Media

Foreign Journalists 'Intimidated' in China: Press Groups
Agence France-Presse, August 21, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/308673/foreign-journalists-intimidated-in-china-press-groups

Police

湖南邵阳聘千人替城管执法 罚款可提成80% (Shaoyang, Hunan: 1K People Hired to Enforce the Law in Place of Urban Management)
Xiaoxiang Morning Post, August 21, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/a20/a18c7d.html

Poverty

Province in Ambitious Project to End Poverty
Shanghai Daily, August 21, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/120821/u1a6799804.html

Related:
Foreign Correspondents' Clubs in China Jointly Express Extreme Concern over Abuse of Journalists
August 21, 2012
http://fcchk.org/article/foreign-correspondents-clubs-china-jointly-express-extreme-concern-over-abuse-journalists

Protests and Petitions

摩托罗拉中国被裁员工将集体维权
Motorola Employees Protest against Layoffs
Caixin, August 19, 2012
CH: http://companies.caixin.com/2012-08-19/100425744.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-08-20/100426272.html

Society

北京去年暂住人口减少60万 历史现首降 (Beijing Non-permanent Residents Down by 600K in 2011)
21st Century Business Herald, August 21, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2750492/1.html

Taiwan

Taiwan Struggles to Save Indigenous Languages
Voice of America, August 20, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/content/taiwan_struggles_to_save_indigenious_languages/1491428.html