18th Party Congress

China Wrestles with Democratic Reform
Financial Times, November 7, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5e952fee-2873-11e2-afd2-00144feabdc0.html

Civil Society

逼出来的合作
Gov'ts, NGOs Increasingly Cooperating to Solve Social Problems
Caixin, October 22, 2012 (EN November 7, 2012)
CH: http://magazine.caixin.com/2012-10-19/100449321.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-11-07/100457444_1.html

Human Rights Defenders

哈达妻新娜再度失踪 天安门母亲再被监控 (Wife of Mongolian Dissident Hada again Goes Missing, Tiananmen Mothers again under Watch)
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hd-11062012102634.html

Notes from a recent interview with Xinna (Hada's wife) are available 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

河南访民孙福荣服刑期间猝死 只赔6万块逼迫家人息诉罢访 (After Henan Petitioner Sun Furong's Death in Prison, Family Paid 60K Compensation and Give Up Hope of Learning Cause of Death Due to Threats)
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-11072012162251.html

十八大前夕上海访民被劳教 (Shanghainese Petitioners Ordered to Reeducation on Eve of Party Congress)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/11/121107_china_laojiao.shtml

Related:
十八大前夕数名上海访民被劳教
Reeducation-Through-Labor and Criminal Detention for Shanghai Petitioners on Eve of 18th Party Congress
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6367
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6366

Law

重庆平反三宗劳教案
Speech Crime Cases in Chongqing
The Economic Observer, October 31, 2012 (EN November 8, 2012)
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2012/1031/235368.shtml
EN: http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2012/1108/235752.shtml

Tibet

Rights Group: 3 Teenage Monks, 1 Nomadic Tibetan Woman Set Fire to Themselves in Single Day
The Associated Press, November 7, 2012
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/news/7514707/story.html

向巴平措承認西藏有僧侶自焚 (Tibet CPC Deputy Secretary Qiangba Puncog Acknowledges Monk Self-immolation)
HK Commercial Radio, November 8, 2012
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=572448&csid=261_341