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