Environment

PM2.5 Air Pollutants Causing More Deaths than Estimated, Study Says
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1107751/pm25-air-pollutants-causing-more-deaths-estimated-study-says

Human Rights Defenders

贵州研讨会成员仍被限制 冯正虎吁网民借款声援 (Guizhou Human Rights Symposium Members Still under Watch after 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-12182012110508.html

Related:
当局十八大前清场 贵州异议人士遭严密监控
Guizhou Dissidents under Strict Watch as Authorities Clean Up for Party Congress
Human Rights in China, August 7, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6241
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6240

Labor

深圳工人跳楼抗争要回加班费 (Shenzhen Workers Jump from Building in Protest of Unpaid Overtime)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/深圳工人跳楼抗争要回加班费/a-16462766

Media

调查称中国年轻人对微博信任超官媒 (Report: Chinese Youths Put More Trust in Microblogs than Official Media)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/12/121218_media_trust.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Protesters Sent to Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hainan-12182012124703.html

社科院以「黄之锋」「反国教」为例 倡争取网络舆论阵地 (In New Blue Book, CASS Cites Anti-National Education Movement as Example in Calling for Gov't to Use Internet to Observe Public Opinion and Mitigate Confrontations and Maintain Society)
Sing Pao, December 19, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/xw/nd/201212/t20121219_408741.html

Related:
Experts Warn against Social Conflicts in China
Xinhua News Agency, December 18, 2012
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2012-12/18/content_27452428.htm

Religion

China Detains 500-plus People for Doomsday Rumors
The Associated Press, December 19, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-detains-500-plus-people-doomsday-rumors-123354235.html

Taiwan

President Repeats Call for Chinese Activist to Be Released
Central News Agency, December 18, 2012
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201212180040