Human Rights Defenders

Blind Activist Tells US to Stand Firm on Rights
The Standard, January 31, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=130638&con_type=1

Internet

Hackers in China Attacked the Times for Last 4 Months
The New York Times, January 30, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/technology/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-new-york-times-computers.html

Law

广东人大代表提议引进新加坡鞭刑 (Guangdong People’s Congressional Rep Proposals Singapore-style Corporal Punishment)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/01/130130_china_singapore_flogging.shtml

Protests and Petitions

江苏启东14名涉嫌聚众冲击国家机关嫌犯认罪 (14 Plead Guilty for Violence during Protests against Waste Project in Qidong, Jiangsu)
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2013
http://news.qq.com/a/20130131/000046.htm

Related:
Qidong: Citizens Say No to Industrial Waste
启东：民众对工业废水说不
China Rights Forum, 2012, no. 2
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6419
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6420

上海首例被劳教访民诉官开庭百人到场声援 (100 Gather to Show Support as First Case of a Petitioner Suing the RTL Committee after Being Ordered to Reeducation Goes to Trial)
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/lj-01302013121909.html

Public Health

Beijing Smog Scarier than Sars, Says Medical Expert
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1140102/beijing-smog-scarier-sars-says-medical-expert

Related:
钟南山：大气污染没人跑得掉 比非典可怕得多 (Head of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases: Air Pollution Far Scarier than SARS)
CCTV, January 31, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-01/31/c_124302553.htm

Tibet

China Sentences 2 Tibetans over Self-immolation
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/759358.shtml

Environment

Hydro Dams Could Jeopardise 'Grand Canyon of the East', Say Green Groups
The Guardian, January 29, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/29/hydro-dams-china-ecosystem

中国粮食重金属污染严重 每年直接损失200亿 (Annual Loss of 20bil RMB in Food due to Heavy Metal Pollution)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ls-01292013161950.html

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚在华盛顿获得人权奖 (Chen Guangcheng Awarded Lantos Human Rights Award in DC)
Voice of America, January 29, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-china-chen-guangcheng-20130129/1593191.html

Labor

六百民工讨薪3个月无果 被告知不要麻烦政府 (600 Migrant Workers Ask for Back Pay for 3mos to No Avail, Told to Not Bother the Govt)
Legal Daily, January 30, 2013
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2013-01/30/content_4164363.htm

Media

“无国界记者”：中国仍压制新闻自由 (Reporters without Borders: China Still Stifling Press Freedom)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/01/130130_rsf_report_2013.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Zhu Baosheng among More than 10 Protesters Who Face Criminal Charges
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1138862/zhu-baosheng-among-more-10-protesters-who-face-criminal-charges

Tibet

No Change Seen under New Governor
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/governor-01292013180528.html

Death Penalty

Chinese Officials Urged Not to Execute Domestic Violence Victim
The Guardian, January 28, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/28/chinese-officials-domestic-violence

Related, and with unofficial EN trans:
从一起杀夫案检讨死刑
Reconsidering the Death Penalty on the Basis of Li Yan's Case
Oriental Morning Post, January 29, 2013
CH: http://www.dfdaily.com/html/63/2013/1/29/938910.shtml
EN: http://www.siweiluozi.net/2013/01/translation-li-yan-and-reconsidering.html

Hong Kong

港府修法限新聞自由 惹反彈 (HK Journalists Publish Full-page Protest against Amended Ordinance Limiting Access to Information)
China Times, January 29, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050506/112013012900198.html

Human Rights Defenders

Hada's Mental Health Slipping
Radio Free Asia, January 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hada-01282013183822.html

Related:
Mongolian Dissident Hada in Illegal Detention Is Mentally Ill; Son Details Abuses by Authorities
Human Rights in China, January 25, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6516

Law

广东省司法厅：广东今年或适时停止劳教 (Guangdong Judicial Dept: Province May Halt Reeducation-Through-System This Year or in Due Course)
Southern Daily, January 29, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/29/19102.html

Media

探訪手記﹕稱「歡迎採訪」 記者卻被拒 (Reporters Told They'd Be Welcome to Cover the Guangdong Congress Meetings, then Refused Coverage)
Ming Pao, January 28, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130128/-9-2882352/1.html

Rural Issues

城镇化十年规划待出 聚焦农民“五权”保障 (10yr Plan for Urbanization to Be Release at Upcoming 2 Sessions, Focus on Guaranteeing "Five Rights" of Farmers)
The Economic Observer, January 28, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0128/239409.shtml

Tibet

Feature: Monk Goads People to Commit Suicide
Xinhua News Agency, January 28, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0128/554724.html

Death Penalty

四川家暴杀夫案死刑待核准 学者律师上书吁免死 (Scholars, Lawyers Issue Appeal Call for Leniency in Death Penalty Hearing for Victim of Domestic Abuse)
Voice of America, January 26, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/domestic-violence-china-20130126/1591540.html

Internet

Muckraking Chinese Blogger Gets Police Visit
The Sydney Morning Herald, January 28, 2013
http://www.smh.com.au/world/muckraking-chinese-blogger-gets-police-visit-20130128-2dftu.html

Land Policy

山東拆遷戶人大會場自焚 (Shandong Evictee Self-immolates outside Party Congress Meeting)
China Press, January 28, 2013
http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/390528

Protests and Petitions

Qidong Protester to Stand Trial
Global Times, January 28, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/758568.shtml

地方两会密集召开 访民成批上访遇阻 (Petitioners Stopped en Masse as Local Congresses Open)
Radio Free Asia, January 27, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-01272013142738.html

Rural Issues

Leader’s Visit Lifts a Village, Yet Lays Bare China’s Woes
The New York Times, January 26, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/world/asia/chinas-xi-jinping-faces-problem-of-rural-poverty.html

Tibet

Two Tibetans Tried over Self-immolations
Xinhua News Agency, January 26, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/26/content_16177533.htm

流亡藏人政府呼吁放弃欢庆藏历新年 (Dharamsala to Tibetans: Don't Celebrate Tibetan New Year, Commemorate the ~100 Who've Died in Fire)
Deutsche Welle, January 25, 2013
http://www.dw.de/流亡藏人政府呼吁放弃欢庆藏历新年/a-16550035

XUAR

Progressing Xinjiang Vows Counter-terrorism Strike
Xinhua News Agency, January 27, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/27/content_16177722.htm

Children

Child Trafficking: A Cruel Trade
The Economist, January 26, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21570762-curb-widespread-trafficking-abducted-children-officials-and-parents-are-turning-social

Human Rights Defenders

Woman Gets Locked in Morgue after Labour Camp, Beijing Petition
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135250/woman-gets-locked-morgue-after-labour-camp-beijing-petition

Related:
黑龙江回应女子上访被关太平间：政府必须认账 (Heilongjiang Responds to Case of Woman Locked in Abandoned Morgue for Three Years after Serving Reeducation-through-Labor for Petitioning: Govt Should Own Up)
Sina, January 24, 2013
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/focusnews/soc/heilongjiangshangfangnvbeiguantaipingjian0124/index.html

Protests and Petitions

Mainland Migrant Workers Ask Li Ka-shing for Unpaid Wages
South China Morning Post, January 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135787/mainland-migrant-workers-ask-li-ka-shing-unpaid-wages

Public Health

教师笔试面试考第一遭拒录 江西省艾滋歧视第一案原告获赔 (Jiangxi's First HIV/AIDS Discrimination Case Ends in Compensation for Complainant)
Jiang Nan City Daily, January 25, 2013
http://jiangxi.jxnews.com.cn/system/2013/01/25/012265351.shtml

Tibet

寻找雪域环保人
Tibetans Fight Back against Declining "Reverence for Nature"
China Dialogue, January 23, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5638-Tibetans-fight-back-against-declining-reverence-for-nature-
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5638-Tibetans-fight-back-against-declining-reverence-for-nature-

XUAR

Uyghurs Harassed during Visit
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/harassed-01242013174934.html

知情人士：努尔买买提·亚森还活着 (Person in the Know: Nurmuhemmet Yasin Still Alive)
Uighur Biz, January 23, 2013
http://www.uighurbiz.net/archives/7646

Education

报告称汽车增长加大减排难度 (CASS: More Cars Will Increase Problems in Reducing Emissions)
Economic Observer, January 24, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0124/239234.shtml

Government

粵政協開幕 《南周》成焦點 (Southern Weekly Scandal a Focus Point as Guangdong CPPCC Opens)
Ming Pao, January 24, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130124/-9-2879458/1.html

Related:
《南周》事件：公民抗命运动正在中国兴起
Southern Weekly Incident: The Rise of Civil Disobedience in China
HRIC Commentary, January 11, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6500

Internet

Sichuan to Require All Online Maps Be Approved
Global Times, January 23, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/757571.shtml

Related:
四川省地图管理办法 (Measures of Sichuan Province on the Administration of Maps)
Sichuan Provincial People's Government, January 9, 2013
http://www.sc.gov.cn/10462/10883/11066/2013/1/21/10245369.shtml

Land Policy

'Land-saving' Bridge building Faces Demolition
South China Morning Post, January 24, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135042/land-saving-bridge-building-faces-demolition

Media

新闻管制无处不在：删片、删贴、封网 (Information Control Everywhere: Movies Cut, Posts Deleted, Sites Blocked)
Deutsche Welle, January 23, 2013
http://www.dw.de/新闻管制无处不在删片删贴封网/a-16545067

Tibet

Teen Dies before Burning Protest
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/poison-01232013192823.html

XUAR

在囚阿里木江被剥夺家属探视权 (Imprisoned Uyghur Pastor Alimjan Himit Denied Family Visit)
Radio Free Asia, January 23, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_christians-01232013102904.html

Economic Development

Debate Emerges over Official Gini Figures
SINA, January 23, 2013
http://english.sina.com/business/2013/0122/552392.html

Environment

禁牧不能拯救青藏草原
Climate Change, Not Grazing, Destroying the Tibetan Plateau
China Dialogue, January 21, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5621-Climate-change-not-grazing-destroying-the-Tibetan-Plateau
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5621-Climate-change-not-grazing-destroying-the-Tibetan-Plateau

Human Rights Defenders

China’s Jailed Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Gets Rare Family Visit, Second in 13 Months
The Associated Press, January 23, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/gao-zhisheng/2013/01/23/8d927318-6529-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html

Related:
服刑中的高智晟律师获家属探访
Family Permitted to Visit Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2013
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6514
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6513

Law

“上访妈妈”唐慧起诉永州劳教委 法院尚未立案 (Mother Sent to Reeducation for Petitioning for Investigation into Daughter's Rape Files Suit against Reeducation Committee -- Case Not Yet Filed)
Nanjing Daily, January 23, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0123/06/8LSPMIN60001124J.html

Related:
Rape Victim's Mother Brings Labor Camp to Court
Shanghai Daily, January 23, 2013
http://english.sina.com/china/2013/0122/552404.html

中国最高法院发布恶意欠薪案件的执行细则 (Supreme Court Issues Interpretation on Cases Involving Malicious Back Wages)
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/4eba67436cd55236/hc-01222013151159.html

Tibet

New Burning; Monks Jailed
Radio Free Asia, January 22, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/burning-01222013130828.html

Government

新华社批山西人大不让告状 (Xinhua News Agency Criticizes Shanxi People's Congress Refusal to Accept Complaints)
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-01212013150655.html

Related:
e哥有话说:人大会议“不准告状”到底担心啥? (e-Bro Says: Just What Is the People's Congress Worried about That They're "Not Allowing Complaints"?)
Xinhua News Agency Online, January 21, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-01/21/c_114447284.htm

山西省人大常委会新闻发言人:“八不准”是会议内部纪律 (Shanxi PC Press Office: The "Eight Unpermitted Items" Are the Internal Disciplinary Measures for the Conference)
Xinhua News Agency, January 22, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-01/22/c_124260356.htm

大连ＰＸ项目悄然复产　政府丧失诚信 (Dalian: Loss of Gov't Integrity as Controversial PX Project Resumes Production)
Deutsche Welle, January 21, 2013
http://www.dw.de/大连ｐｘ项目悄然复产政府丧失诚信/a-16538174

Related:
大连PX项目停产待搬 (Dalian PX Plant To Be Relocated)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 15, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/2bd/ec3090.html

For images from the August 2011 protests against the Dalian PX Plant, see:
https://plus.google.com/photos/108105216183622857074/albums/5640606992076525313

Law

China Signals Ending Labor-camp System
Taiwan News, January 22, 2013
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=2128273

Related:
中国法学会副会长：劳教不是一句话能废除的 (China Law Society Deputy Director: Reeducation-Through-Labor Cannot Be Abolished with a Single Sentence)
Mirror, January 17, 2013
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20130117/1558815.html

Pregnant Woman Held in Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, January 21, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/camp-01212013150137.html

Media

Southern Weekly Agrees to Autonomy Deal, Says Censor
South China Morning Post, January 22, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1133347/southern-weekly-agrees-autonomy-deal-says-censor

Population

In China, Signs That One-child Policy May Be Coming to an End
Reuters, January 21, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/21/us-china-population-idUSBRE90K0UV20130121

Public Health

四年了，医改如何行进？ (What Has Advanced in Four Years of Medical Reforms?)
Economic Observer, January 21, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0121/239108.shtml

Tibet

As Tibet Burns, China Makes Arrests, Seizes TVs
The Associated Press, January 18, 2013
http://news.yahoo.com/tibet-burns-china-makes-arrests-seizes-tvs-074227574.html

Human Rights Defenders

高智晟獄中獲准見家人 (Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Permitted Family Visit)
Ming Pao, January 19, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130119/-9-2875688/1.html

For an interview with Gao's wife Geng He on the visit, see:
狱中高智晟在严控下12日获准见家人
'A Stage-Managed Visit'
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2013
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/mind-01182013101837.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/women/geng-he-01182013153404.html

Gender

万人联名致信人大妇联，要求让受暴人群参与反家暴立法 (10K Send Joint Letter to National People's Congress and All-China Women's Federation Calling for Those Who’ve Experienced Domestic Violence to Be Involved in the Legislation Process)
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-01202013151608.html

Read the open letter online at:
就反家暴立法致全国人大的联名信
November 05, 2012
http://www.hbvhbv.name

Protests and Petitions

1,000 Workers Hold Managers Hostage in Shanghai Labour Row
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1132587/1000-workers-hold-managers-hostage-shanghai-labour-row

深圳数百居民上街游行 抗议在建LCD工厂项目 (Shenzhen: Hundreds Take to the Streets to Protest Pollution from Factory Being Built)
People's Daily Online, January 20, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0119/22/8LK6F65V00014JB6.html

广州环卫工市府前集会 持续罢工要求加薪 (Guangzhou Sanitation Workers Strike before Gov’t for Higher Wages)
Voice of America, January 21, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/guangzhou-sanitation-20130120/1587317.html

Public Health

Without Any Care
Global Times, January 20, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/756966.shtml

Tibet

Tibetan Man Burns to Death in Tibet, 2nd Self-immolation in 2013
The Tibet Post, January 18, 2013
http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/3181-tibetan-man-burns-to-death-in-tibet-2nd-self-immolation-in-2013

Tibetans Face Passport Dilemma
Radio Free Asia, January 20, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/passports-01202013213254.html

XUAR

自由之家：维吾尔区民族矛盾日益尖锐 (Freedom House: Ethnic Conflict in Uyghur Areas Becoming Increasingly Intense)
Ugyhur Biz, January 20, 2013
http://www.uighurbiz.net/archives/7445

Economic Development

陸官方首度公布基尼係數 (Mainland Publishes Gini Coefficient for First Time)
Central News Agency, January 18, 2013
http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aCN/201301180130-1.aspx

Related:
China Says Income Inequality Peaked in 2008, but Remains Large
Reuters, January 18, 2013
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/01/18/us-china-economy-income-gap-idINBRE90H06L20130118

Human Rights Defenders

Exiled Chinese Author Recounts Prison 'Hell'
Agence France-Presse, January 17, 2013
http://www.france24.com/en/20130117-exiled-chinese-author-recounts-prison-hell

维权律师唐吉田出境受阻 提倡民权人士自由被限 (Rights Defense Lawyer Tang Jitian Refused Exit at Border Crossing to Hong Kong SAR)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-01162013110454.html

Internet

Beijing Orders Its 2.06 Million 'Propaganda Workers' to Get Microblogging
Morning Clicks, January 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1130801/beijing-orders-its-206-million-propaganda-workers-get-microblogging

Labor

一人捐五元 告倒沃尔玛 (Worker Fired from WalMart for Engaging in Labor Rights Advocacy Wins Compensation)
Southern Weekly, January 18, 2013
http://www.infzm.com/content/85254

Media

New Editor Appointed at Paper to Calm Dispute over Censorship
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1130523/new-editor-appointed-paper-calm-dispute-over-censorship

North Korea

China Arrests Traffickers of N.Korean Women
The Chosun Ilbo, January 17, 2013
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/01/17/2013011701277.html

Protests and Petitions

Beatings Trigger Clashes
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/buskers-01172013130922.html

Public Health

中国吸毒人群很难享受公共卫生福利 (Difficult for Narcotic Addicts to Enjoy Public Health and Welfare Services)
Radio Free Asia, January 17, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aw-01162013151253.html

Children

China’s ‘Left-behind Children’
The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2013
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/the-china-diaries/chinas-left-behind-children/article7451601/

Environment

云南1/4的物种可能因原生林破坏而灭绝 (A Quarter of Yunnan's Species to Go Extinct "This Century")
China Dialogue, January 16, 2013
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5613-A-quarter-of-Yunnan-s-species-to-go-extinct-this-century-/ch

Human Rights Defenders

Detained Hunan Dissident Zhu Chengzhi Allowed to See Wife
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1129710/detained-hunan-dissident-zhu-chengzhi-allowed-see-wife

Labor

Workers' Strike Prompts Call for Better Protection
China Daily, January 16, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/16/content_16122733.htm

Law

學者倡撤雙規 公開審薄案 (Scholars Call for Repeal of Shuanggui System and a Public Trial for Bo Xilai in Annual Report on Judicial Reform)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130117/-162-2873979/1.html

For more on shuanggui, see:
中国法律的类型
The Varieties of Law in China
China Rights Forum, 2011, no. 1-2
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/5433
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/5422

Poverty

人民日报记者探访京城流浪者：有一家三口流浪20年 (People's Daily Investigates Beijing's Homeless: One Family of Three Has Been Homeless for 20 Years)
People's Daily (Overseas Edition), January 17, 2013
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2013/0117/c42510-20231227.html

Protests and Petitions

官吞徵地款 江門千人騷亂 (Jiangmen, Guangdong: Many Injured in Clash between 1K Villagers and Police over Land Requisition)
Oriental Daily, January 17, 2013
http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20130117/00178_001.html

Tibet

Fifteen Held over Burnings
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/held-01162013163844.html

Economic Development

社科院报告称中国不能搞“超城市化” (CASS Report: China Must Not "Over-Urbanize")
Economic Observer, January 16, 2013
http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0116/238758.shtml

Government

Is This Really the End of Re-education through Labour?
South China Morning Post, January 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1128734/really-end-re-education-through-labour

Media

“The Whole World Knows”: But If You’re in China, You Still Gotta Read between the Lines
Ethnic ChinaLit, January 15, 2013
http://www.bruce-humes.com/?p=7789

How a Feisty Chinese Newspaper Stood Up for Press Freedom
Reuters, January 15, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/15/us-china-censorship-idUSBRE90E12O20130115

For a translation of a recent article by Li Chengpeng on the Southern Weekly scandal, see:
你删除得了世界，删除不了尊严
You Can Expunge the World, but Not Dignity
Li Chengpeng, January 7, 2013
CH: http://biweekly.hrichina.org/repost/4335
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6506

反击宣传部 (Striking Back at the Propaganda Department)
iSunAffairs, January 9, 2013
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2013/01/阳光时务-长平：反击宣传部/

To read a sectional translation of the article, see:
Former Editor Attacks Propaganda Department’s Abuses
The Epoch Times, January 15, 2013
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/china-news/former-editor-attacks-propaganda-department-s-abuses-336241.html

Tibet

Police Block Funeral Rights
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/funeral-01152013163825.html

甘肃称侦破达赖集团策划自焚杀人案抓获7人 (7 Tibetans Arrested in Gansu on Suspicion of Inciting Self-immolations, Being Invested as Members of the Tibetan Youth Congress)
Xinhua News Agency, January 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0115/19/8L9L82QV00014JB5.html

Environment

中国猪肉需求大增带来严重污染问题
China's Growing Appetite for Pork Creates New Pollution
ChinaDialogue, January 10, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5599-China-s-growing-appetite-for-pork-creates-new-pollution
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5599-China-s-growing-appetite-for-pork-creates-new-pollution

Government

Local Govts Confused by Re-education Reforms
Global Times, January 15, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/755842.shtml

Hong Kong

Many `N-nothings' Fail to See Ray of Hope
The Standard, January 15, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=130120&con_type=1

私隱專員：私隱權不是絕對 (Privacy Commissioner Chiang: Right to Privacy Not Absolute)
Ming Pao, January 15, 2013
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/私隱專員-私隱權不是絕對-051822636.html

Human Rights Defenders

贵州异议人士廖双元遭殴打 浙江民主党人被禁出门 (Dissident Beaten in Guizhou, Democracy Activist Forbidden to Leave Home in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gz-01142013103348.html

Inner Mongolia

Language Boost Debated
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/inner-mongolia-01142013150104.html

Media

Attacked by Leftists, Author Li Chengpeng Mulls over Filing Charges
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1128163/author-attacked-leftists-mulls-filing-charges

Protests and Petitions

北京外交公寓外50余农民工抗议欠薪 (Beijing: 50+ Migrant Workers Surround Boss' Home Calling for Unpaid Wages)
Netease, January 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/photoview/00AP0001/31068.html

Bilateral Ties

Yunnan Prepares to Receive Possible Kachin Refugees
Global Times, January 14, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/755580.shtml

Environment

中国严重空气污染情况恐将持续 (Grave Pollution in China to Continue)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130114_china_air.shtml

Related:
多数人对北京空气质量认知过于乐观 (CASS Report: Majority of People Overly Optimistic about Beijing's Air Quality)
Legal Daily, January 14, 2013
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2013-01/14/content_4125590.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Recently Denied State Compensation, Tang Hui Still Demands an Investigation into Two Police Officers She Claims Raped her Daughter in 2006
Locustland, January 14, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1127764/recently-denied-state-compensation-tang-hui-still-demands

Media

李承鹏签售新书遭掌掴 (Writer Li Chengpeng Attacked at a Book Signing)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 14, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-01/14/content_1792468.htm  

Related:
China's Silent Book Signing Raises Voices
Global Voices, January 14, 2013
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/01/14/chinas-silent-book-signing-raises-voices/

廣州30農民撐南周被捕 (30+ Farmers Detained after Supporting Southern Weekly)
Ming Pao, January 13, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130113/-9-2870570/1.html

Related:
《南周》事件：公民抗命运动正在中国兴起
Southern Weekly Incident: The Rise of Civil Disobedience in China
HRIC Commentary, January 11, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6500

Protests and Petitions

富士康江西工厂千名员工因不满薪资待遇上街游行 (1K Workers Take to Streets over Wages at Jiangxi Foxconn Factory)
Caijing, January 13, 2013
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2013-01-13/112430472.html

Tibet

Young Tibetan Dies in Year's First Fiery Act
Agence France-Presse, January 14, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=130041&con_type=1

Civil Society

Rescuing China’s Bears from Bile Farms, One by One
IHT Rendezvous, January 10, 2013
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/rescuing-chinas-bears-from-bile-farms-one-by-one/

Hong Kong

Journalists Slam Move to Hide Directors' Data from Public
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1124976/journalists-slam-move-hide-directors-data-public

Internet

China Censors Chat Users outside China: Report Says Messages Discussing Press Freedom Campaign Blocked
The Register, January 11, 2013
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/11/china_censors_beyond_borders/

中国各知名网站纷纷成立党组织 (Popular Chinese Websites Add Party Committees One by One)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 11, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130111_china_internet_party.shtml

Related:
新浪网党委开通微博引围观 (Sina Party Committee Opens Weibo Account)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 11, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/11/15471.html

Media

Censors Kept Busy as Strike-hit Chinese Paper Hits Newsstands
Reuters, January 10, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/10/us-china-censorship-idUSBRE90903O20130110

The Dead Children of Guizhou
Der Spiegel, January 07, 2013
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/reports-on-death-of-children-highlights-repression-of-journalists-in-china-a-876073-2.html

Protests and Petitions

堅持掛反拆遷橫額 七旬翁被打死 (Septuagenarian Beaten to Death after Continuing to Voice Protest of Forced Eviction)
Ming Pao, January 11, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130111/-9-2869071/1.html

Public Health

河南两矽肺病人去世 5家属讨说法被拘 (Henan: Relatives Demanding Explanation in Deaths of Two Silicosis Patients Detained)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 11, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/11/15497.html

Tibet

青海黄南州一藏人作家被捕 印度喜邦新任首席部长承诺力挺西藏 (Qinghai: Tibetan Writer Detained)
Radio Free Asia, January 10, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-01102013150141.html

Environment

水源遭污 邯郸冬泳协会索赔2000万 (Swimming Association Sues Company Who Polluted River)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 10, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-01/10/content_1790408.htm

Hong Kong

Pro-democracy Hong Kong Lawmakers Fail in Impeachment Try against Beijing-backed Leader
The Associated Press, January 09, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pro-democracy-hong-kong-lawmakers-fail-in-impeachment-try-against-beijing-backed-leader/2013/01/09/0fa37acc-5acc-11e2-b8b2-0d18a64c8dfa_story.html

Law

Beijing to Require ID for Cellphone Numbers
China Daily, January 10, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/10/content_16100329.htm

Related:
北京拟出手机实名制管理规定 六成用户已经实名 (Beijing Drafts Regs on Real-name Identification System for Mobile Phone Subscribers)
Beijing Times, December 31, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-12/31/c_124168591.htm

Fears over Labor Camp Reforms
Radio Free Asia, January 08, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rtl-01082013152629.html

Related:
司法部：内地将增加戒毒康复收治规模 (Ministry of Justice: China to Increase Drug Rehab Capacity)
Xinhua News Agency, January 09, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_01/09/21015745_0.shtml

Media

China Paper: Regulation Must 'Keep Pace with the Times'
Agence France-Presse, January 10, 2013
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/15794974/china-paper-regulation-must-keep-pace-with-the-times/

Related:
Activists Are Held for Supporting Southern Weekly
South China Morning Post, January 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1124186/activists-are-held-supporting-southern-weekly

山西规定报道省委书记稿件不超1500字 (Shanxi Limits Length of Reports on Provincial Party Leadership)
Shanxi Daily, January 09, 2013
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2013/01/09/3365s3985016.htm

一个记者的“恐怖救助”之旅！ (Reporter Goes Undercover to Learn Why Changsha Homeless Not Using Shelters, Beaten by Shelter Staff)
Sanxiang City Express, January 09, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/09/15029.html

Related:
Probe after Reporter Beaten Up at Shelter
Shanghai Daily, January 10, 2013
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2013-01/10/content_27641185.htm

央视记者湖南平江暗访遭围殴 当地政府作检讨 (Hunan: CCTV Reporter Beaten on the Job, Authorities to Give Self-critical Account of Situ)
Xinhua News Agency, January 10, 2013
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20130110/1544012.html

Hukou

呼應城鎮化 戶籍改革將啟動 (Household Registration Reform to Commence)
Want Daily, January 09, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050501/112013010900701.html

Human Rights Defenders

毛恒凤被判劳教三月余仍在看守所 (Mao Hengfeng Remains in Detention Center 3 Months after Being Ordered to Reeducation)
Radio Free Asia, January 07, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/2-01072013102356.html

Related:
上海公安非法关押被劳教的维权人士
Rights Defender Mao Hengfeng Held in Illegal Criminal Detention
Human Rights in China, January 07, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6484
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6483

Internet

Bloggers Using the Internet to Spread Truth in China
The New York Times, January 09, 2013
http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/movies/high-tech-low-life-about-two-chinese-citizen-reporters.html

Law

No Love Lost for 'Re-education through Labour' System
South China Morning Post, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122455/no-love-lost-re-education-through-labour-system

Media

Tentative Deal Reported in Chinese Censorship Dispute
The New York Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/world/asia/faceoff-in-chinese-city-over-censorship-of-newspaper.html

The Beijing News' Night of Sorrow
Morning Clicks, SCMP Blog, January 09, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1123555/beijing-news-night-sorrow

聲援《南周》重提六四訴求 (Solitary for Southern Weekly Revisits Demands of June Fourth)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867320/1.html

Related:
廣州同行：只敢心裏默默支持 (Guangzhou Journalists: We Only Dare to Silently Support SW in Our Hearts)
Ming Pao, January 09, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867317/1.html

Politics

中紀委通報查案情況:薄熙來劉志軍案已移送司法 (CPC Central Discipline Commission Report: Bo Xilai and Liu Zhijun Cases Sent to Judiciary)
China News Service, January 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130109/-9-2867632/1.html

Religion

China to Register all Clergy
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754510.shtml

Tibet

Official Stresses Patriotism among Monks
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754509.shtml

Related:
俞正声赴藏区 ，矛头再指达赖喇嘛 (Politburo Member Yu Zhengsheng Attacks Dalai Lama and Supporters during Tibet Visit)
Deutsche Welle, January 08, 2013
http://www.dw.de/俞正声赴藏区-矛头再指达赖喇嘛/a-16506560

Economic Development

Looking for China’s Missing Inequality Plan
China Realtime Report, January 08, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/08/looking-for-chinas-missing-inequality-plan/

Education

广东拟禁止患性病艾滋病者当老师引争议 (Guangdong: Controversy as Draft Standards Prohibit HIV/AIDS Patients from Becoming Teachers)
Southern Metropolis Daily, January 07, 2013
http://learning.sohu.com/20130107/n362661547.shtml

Hong Kong

限查公司註冊廢傳媒武功　阻記者核實身份　損公眾利益 (New Regulations Limit Journalists’ Ability to Check Company Registry Identity Information)
Apple Daily, January 08, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20130108/18126934

Human Rights Defenders

朱承志改監視居住 料阻見律師 (Activist Zhu Chengzhi Transferred to Residential Surveillance for 6 Months, May Be Prevented Meeting with Lawyer)
Ming Pao, January 05, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130105/-9-2864092/1.html

For the notice on Zhu’s residential surveillance, see:
指定居所监视居住通知书 (Notice of Residential Surveillance at a Designated Residence)
Shaoyang Municipal Public Security Bureau, January 04, 2013
http://twitter.com/liu_xiaoyuan/status/288447734665588736

Law

劳教制度的经济账：一个局79个编制 (Financial Cost of Reeducation-Through-Labor System a Growing Question)
21st Century Business Herald, January 08, 2013
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201301/08/14595.html

Related:
針對「反革命」變打壓訪民 (RTL: A Tool Used against "Counterrevolutionaries" Turned into a Method of Suppressing Petitioners)
Ming Pao, January 08, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130108/-9-2866387/1.html

Media

Beijing Says Party’s Control of Press ‘Unshakable’ after Southern Weekend Strike
SCMP Blog, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122825/beijing-says-partys-control-press-unshakable-after-southern-weekend

Related:
China Celebrities Back Censorship Protest
Agence France-Presse, January 08, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hK5N3g6581KXQjrzHuEA2R1Msmig

Odd Stirrings Online amid Official Silence as Authorities Plan Southern Weekend's Future
Locustland, January 08, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1122837/odd-stirrings-online-amid-official-silence-authorities-plan-southern

德国记者毕节采访器材“遭破坏”  (Guizhou: Der Spiegel Reporter’s Equipment “Destroyed” whilst Covering Story on Children Who Suffocated in Trash Bin)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 08, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130108_china_germany_media_censor.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Thugs Strip Petitioners of Winter Clothes
Global Times, January 08, 2013
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/754405.shtml

Society

Beijing Times, January 08, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2013-01/08/c_124201752.htm

Related:
網民對強拆最不滿 社會信任不及格 (CASS Report: Forced Demolitions Cause Most Ire amongst Netizens)
Want Daily, January 08, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/mainland/11050501/112013010800199.html

Children

`Blind Eye' to Death Home
The Standard, January 07, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129807&con_type=1

Environment

China Facing 'Extremely Grave' Environmental Crisis
The Telegraph, January 06, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9783784/China-facing-extremely-grave-environmental-crisis.html

Hong Kong

HKU Dean Rages over Beijing Abode Call
The Standard, January 07, 2013
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129838&con_type=1

Law

Defense Lawyers Face Uphill Battle
China Daily, January 07, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/07/content_16089498.htm

孟建柱：今年将停止使用劳教制度 (Central Pol and Law Commission Secretary Meng: We Will Stop Using Reeducation-Through-Labor This Year)
Dushi Shibao, January 07, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2013_01/07/20909473_0.shtml

Media

Southern Weekend's Moment of Reckoning
Locustland, January 07, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1121880/southern-weekends-moment-reckoning

Related:
中宣部：南方周末事件，环球时报评论及东方卫视新年献词
Ministry of Truth: Southern Weekly Tempest
China Digital Times, January 06, 2013
CH: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2013/01/中宣部：南方周末事件，环球时报评论及东方卫视/
EN: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/ministry-of-truth-southern-weekly-tempest/

《南周》微博淪陷 記者：抗爭到底 (Southern Weekly's Sina Weibo Account Falls into Enemy's Hands; Journalists: We'll Fight till the End)
Ming Pao, January 07, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130107/-9-2865520/1.html

陸港台學者連署 籲罷免庹震 (Scholars from Mainland, HK, and Taiwan Issue Appeal Calling for Removal of Guangdong Propaganda Chief Tuo Zhen)
Central News Agency, January 06, 2013
http://news.chinatimes.com/realtime/110109/112013010600725.html

For the full text of the letter and English translation, see:
Inside the Southern Weekly Incident
China Media Project, January 07, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/07/30402/

Tibet

青海循化两僧为自焚者祈福被捕 同仁县一藏人被判刑 (Qinghai: 2 Monks Arrested for Praying for Self-immolated; 1 Tibetan Sentenced due to Photos on Phone)
Radio Free Asia, January 04, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qh-01042013144746.html

Gender

Rule against Gender Discrimination Takes Effect
China Daily, January 03, 2013
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-01/03/content_16078280.htm

Labor

What Worker Shortage? The Real Story of China’s Migrants
China Realtime Report, January 04, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/04/what-worker-shortage-the-real-story-of-chinas-migrants/

Law

Bo Xilai Case Is the biggest Test for China's Legal Progress Since Gang of Four Trial
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1119183/bo-xilai-case-biggest-test-chinas-legal-progress-gang-four

Policeman Wang Dengchao Jailed for Graft 'after Calling for Democracy'
South China Morning Post, January 04, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1119383/policeman-wang-dengchao-jailed-graft-after-calling-democracy

Related:
深圳警员王登朝因民主活动入狱案再添新证据 (New Evidence in Case of Shenzhen Officer Sent to Jail for Activities Promoting Democracy)
Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, December 21, 2012
http://www.msguancha.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=16175

Media

《南周》聲明轟新聞審查 (Southern Weekly Appeal Blasts News Censorship)
Ming Pao, January 04, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130104/-9-2863209/1.html

Related:
Open Letter Ups the Ante in the Southern Weekly Incident
China Media Project, January 04, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/04/30311/

中国否认对纽约时报记者拒发签证 (MFA Denies New York Times Reporter's Visa App Rejected)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 03, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130103_nytimes_visa.shtml

Politics

这样的政治改革，不值得期待 (Not Worth Waiting for Political Reform Like This)
Radio France Internationale, January 03, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20130103-这样的政治改革，不值得期待

Protests and Petitions

東莞千川籍民工示威 爆警民衝突 (Dongguan: Demonstration by 1K Migrant Workers from Sichuan Becomes Clash with Police)
Australia Daily, January 04, 2013
http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/chn/chnnews/ausdaily/20130103/15544117335.html

Civil Society

In China, Grass-roots Groups Take on H.I.V./AIDS Outreach Work
The New York Times, January 02, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/world/asia/chinese-groups-slowly-carve-out-space-in-work-against-hiv-aids.html

中国民间组织报告监督维护艾滋病人权益工作 维权人士称艾滋病患权益有改善 (Chinese NGO Publishes Report on Gov'ts Work Preventing HIV/AIDS and Protecting Patients' Rights; Activists Say Rights Slowly Improving)
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aids-01022013104115.html

Environment

重庆规定环境违法企业贷款将受到限制 (Chongqing Regs: Loans of Polluting Companies to Be Restricted)
China Youth Daily, January 03, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0103/02/8K8SC0KB00014AED.html

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚侄子陈克贵已被送到临沂监狱 (Chen Kegui, Nephew of Chen Guangcheng, Transferred to Linyi Prison)
Duowei News, January 02, 2013
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2013-01-02/59054894.html

探訪劉霞之後——紀錄片與社會行動 (Aftermath of Visit to Liu Xia: Documentary and Social Movement)
iSun Affairs, January 02, 2013
http://www.isunaffairs.com/?p=12714

Media

宣傳部長刪改《南周》獻辭 (Propaganda Department Edits Southern Weekly's New Years Message, Yanhuang Chunqiu Scolds CPC for Going against Constitution)
Apple Daily, January 03, 2013
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20130103/18121691

Related:
A Consensus for Political Reform
China Media Project, January 02, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/01/02/30203/

Reform Realities
Chang Ping, January 01, 2013
http://changping.posterous.com/reform-realities

Protests and Petitions

Woman Held Over Letter to Wen
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/letter-01022013154705.html

元旦上千访民被关北京久敬庄 (1K+ Petitioners Held in Beijing's de facto Detention Hub Jiujingzhuang during New Year)
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/fm-01012013104559.html

环境维权引发中国动荡
China’s New ‘Middle Class’ Environmental Protests
China Dialogue, January 02, 2013
CH: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/ch/5561-China-s-new-middle-class-environmental-protests
EN: http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5561-China-s-new-middle-class-environmental-protests

XUAR

Writer's Death Reports Doubted
Radio Free Asia, January 02, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/writer-01022013195012.html

Related:
国际特赦呼吁中国澄清维族作家生死 (Amnesty International Calls for China to Clarify whether Uyghur Writer Remains Living)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 02, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2013/01/130102_xinjiang_writer_amnesty.shtml

About the Individual: Nurmuhemmet Yasin
Incorporating Responsibility 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/12/about.php

Environment

北京等74城市空气质量已可查 部分官网无法打开 (New Air Quality Standards for Beijing and 73 Other Cities Commence, Some Official Monitoring Pages Inaccessible)
The Beijing News, January 02, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0102/02/8K6A044F00014AED.html

Hong Kong

香港“倒梁”游行，抗议北京之手 (Hong Kongers March Calling for Chief Executive to Resign and Protesting Beijing's Involvement in HK)
Deutsche Welle, January 01, 2013
http://www.dw.de/香港倒梁游行抗议北京之手/a-16490803

愛港力量遊行本台採訪期間受襲 (Reporter with NOW TV Attacked while Covering Pro-establishment March)
NOW TV, December 30, 2012
http://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=55298

Related:
Hong Kong Pro-Government March Gets Caught for Hiring Protesters
BadCanto, January 02, 2013
http://badcanto.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/hong-kong-pro-government-march-gets-caught-for-hiring-protesters/

Human Rights Defenders

Police Break Up New Year Dinner
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dinner-01012013174422.html

Activists Visit Liu Xia
Radio Free Asia, January 01, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/nobel-01012013110843.html

For the activist’s video from the visit, see:
2012年12月28日胡佳、徐友渔等网友架走保安，成功探访刘霞
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJumioueaAo

胡佳：不能让对刘霞的非法拘禁再继续下去 (Hu Jia: This Illegal Detention of Liu Xia Cannot Be Allowed to Continue)
Radio France Internationale, January 01, 2013
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20130101-胡佳：不能让对刘霞的非法拘禁再继续下去

For a map and photos of Liu Xia's residential compound, see:
「行動施壓 還劉霞自由」 (Operation: Restore Liu Xia's Freedom)
Ming Pao, January 02, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130102/-9-2861766/1.html

Media

China Forces New York Times Reporter Chris Buckley to Leave Country
The Guardian, December 31, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/31/china-new-york-times-journalist

Society

The Disappeared
Foreign Policy, January 02, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/02/the_disappeared