Bilateral Ties

The Hague's Law Office in Hong Kong a 'Gift' from China
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1103954/hagues-law-office-hong-kong-gift-china

Environment

China’s Ecological Footprint Unsustainable, Says WWF
Global Times, December 13, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/749899.shtml

Related:
China Needs Innovative Solutions to Reduce Footprint - 2012 China Ecological Footprint Report
World Wildlife Fund, December 12, 2012
http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?207011/China-needs-innovative-solutions-to-reduce-footprint---2012-China-Ecological-Footprint-Report

Malaysia Seizes 1,500 Elephant Tusks Headed for China
The Guardian, December 12, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/12/malaysia-seizes-elephant-tusks

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Plans First Increase to Minimum Wage as Costs Rise
Bloomberg News, December 13, 2012
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-12/hong-kong-to-increase-minimum-wage-by-7-1-as-inflation-bites.html

Human Rights Defenders

秦永敏被拘44天后获释回家 (Qin Yongmin Released to Return Home after Being Held since Late October)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qym-12122012113210.html

Labor

湖北仙桃某中学4月不发工资老师罢教 (Teachers at Hubei School Strike after 4 Months without Wages)
People's Daily Online, December 12, 2012
http://hb.people.com.cn/GB/n/2012/1212/c194083-17852963.html

Land Policy

南通：拆迁公司带人半夜砍伤拆迁户一家四口 (Nantong, Jiangsu: Demolition Company Stages Violent Eviction of Family of Four in Middle of the Night)
Modern Express, December 13, 2012
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20121213/1487110.html

Protests and Petitions

上京申诉被打数百村民围政府楼抗议 (Hundreds of Chengdu Villagers Beaten by Petitioner "Retrievers" in Beijing Surround Town Government in Protest)
Radio Free Asia, December 12, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/villagers_petition-12122012100036.html

Tibet

二十七位自焚藏人的遺囑 (Testament of 27 Tibetan Self-immolators)
iSun Affairs, Decemer 13, 2012
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=12021