Environment

城市空气质量信息公开指数发布 6城市得分为零 (Urban Air Quality Information Transparency Index: Most Cities Limit Level of Info Released, Six Cities Score 0)
21st Century Business Herald, October 24, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2012-10-24/yNNjUxXzU0NjIyNg.html

Human Rights Defenders

Fears for Mongolian Dissident
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissident-10232012105559.html

Notes from a recent conversation with Hada's wife Xinna can be found at:
哈达被秘密关押 家人恳求国际关注
Mongolian Dissident Hada in 23rd Month of Unlawful Detention after Long Prison Term; Family Appeals for International Attention
Human Rights in China, October 22, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6341
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6340

倪玉兰患甲状腺肿瘤狱方拒诊治 (Ni Yulan Suffering Thyroid Tumor Prison Unable to Treat, Family to Seek Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_b-10232012104440.html

For more on Ni Yulan, see:
Ni Yulan: Activism at a Glance
March 7, 2012
http://youtu.be/z6es0BxP8-A

Labor

广东拟规定公开拖欠工资“跑路”老板个人信息 (Draft Guangdong Regs: Basic Info on Bosses Who Haven't Yet Paid Wages May Be Published)
China News Service, October 23, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1023/18/8EH69P2R00014JB6.html

Law

China to Revise Prison, Lawyers Laws
Shanghai Daily, October 23, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/10/23/China+to+revise+prison+lawyers+laws

Public Health

精神卫生法三审 委员：强制住院最终决定权应交司法 (Draft Mental Health Law under Third Stage of Deliberation; Committee Member: Institutionalization Decision Should Be Turned over to Judiciary)
The Beijing News, October 24, 2012
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2012_10/24/18508660_0.shtml

Tibet

Third Tibetan Self-immolation in Recent Days Reported
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 23, 2012
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/10/23/2739663/third-tibetan-self-immolation.html

XUAR

Korla Clashes Spark Clampdown
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/clashes-10232012142235.html