Education

Debate over Gaokao Policy Heats Up
China Daily, December 7, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/07/content_15993891.htm

Environment

China to Flatten 700 Mountains for New Metropolis in the Desert
The Guardian, December 6, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/06/china-flatten-mountain-lanzhou-new-area

Human Rights Defenders

AP Exclusive: Detained China Nobel Wife Speaks Out
The Associated Press, December 6, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-detained-china-nobel-wife-speaks-082444390.html

Video of the interview is available at:
劉霞指軟禁待遇荒謬 (Liu Xia: House Arrest Treatment Is Absurd)
iCable, December 6, 2012
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=397111

Related:
劉霞北京寓所外保安明顯加強 (Guard Increases outside Liu Xia's Home)
RTHK, December 7, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20121207/news_20121207_55_887881.htm

Media

Censorship Is a Must, Says China's Nobel Winner
The Associated Press, December 7, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/07/mo-yan-censorship-nobel

Related:
瑞典被問劉曉波 莫言﹕已說過不重複 (Mo, on Liu Xiaobo: I've Already Spoken and Won't Repeat Myself)
Ming Pao, December 7, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20121207/-2-2841956/1.html

Migrant Workers

深度调查：留守儿童正成新一代的流浪儿 (In-depth Report: Left-behind Children Becoming a New Generation of Urchins)
Southern Weekend, December 6, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/06/7142.html

Population

Lawyers Seek End to Forced Contraception
Global Times, December 7, 2012
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8050001.html

Tibet

青海班玛自焚事件后两藏人被捕 藏人行政中央宣布一系列国际活动 (Banma, Qinghai: Two Arrested Following Self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-12062012094414.html