Economic Development

Beijing Hastens City’s Demise to Trigger High-tech Revolution
The Globe and Mail, October 18, 2012
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/beijing-hastens-citys-demise-to-trigger-high-tech-revolution/article4622563/

Hong Kong

Freed Activists May Face Retrial
The Standard, October 19, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=26585

Human Rights Defenders

上海访民抗议18大前当局打压 上海高层透露当地有众多维权律师 (Shanghainese Petitioners Protest Local Suppression in Lead-up to 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-10182012140748.html

中国作家余杰获得“公民勇气奖”出席纽约颁奖礼 (Yu Jie Awarded Civil Courage Prize)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ml-10182012141424.html

Find Yu Jie's acceptance speech, "The Oak and the Calf," online at:
International Prizes for Authors Liao Yiwu and Yu Jie
Human Rights in China, October 18, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6334

Land Policy

陝西三原否認警察參與非法征地 (Shaanxi County Denies Police Participated in Illegal Land Requisition)
Sina, October 19, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121019/-9-2802520/1.html

Media

Director Takes Chinese Censorship, Business Battles Public
Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-china-film-controversy-20121019,0,1146067.story

Public Health

Ningxia Charity Programme Improves Prospects for Disabled
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1064379/ningxia-charity-programme-improves-prospects-disabled

中国残障人士发起多个反歧视宣传活动 (Disabled Rights Activists Hold a Number of Anti-discrimination Awareness Campaigns)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-10182012162919.html

For more on issues facing persons with disabilities in China, see:
The Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the People's Republic of China
Human Rights in China, 2012
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6298

Society

我國60歲以上老年人口明年將突破2億 (China's Population over 60 Expected to Break 200mil in 2013)
China News Service, October 18, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121018/我國60歲以上老年人口明年將突破2億-9-2801790/1.html