Consumer Product Safety

上海市政府:9家销售问题羊肉熟食店已全部查处 (Nine Shops Selling Cooked Lamb Meat Closed for Investigation)
Sina, May 06, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-05-06/152927039577.shtml

Fears Grow in China Over Bottled Mineral Water
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/water-05032013111712.html

Paper Products Removed Over Quality Problems
Shanghai Daily, May 06, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/05/06/Paper%2Bproducts%2Bremoved%2Bover%2Bquality%2Bproblems/

Environment

China, Japan, S. Korea to Promote Environmental Cooperation
Xinhua News Agency, May 06, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-05/06/c_132362888.htm

Plans to Harness Chinese River’s Power Threaten a Region
The New York Times, May 04, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/world/asia/plans-to-harness-chinas-nu-river-threaten-a-region.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

报道马三家酷刑Lens杂志“被停刊” (Lens Magazine is Halted after Masanjia Labor Camp Exposé)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 06, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/05/130505_lens_magazine.shtml

PEN International Launches Report on Creative Freedom in China
Peninsula Metropolis Newspaper, May 03, 2013
http://www.pen.org/press-release/2013/05/03/pen-international-launches-report-creative-freedom-china

Related:
The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today's China
pennlive.com, May 06, 2013
http://www.pen-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-PEN-Report-Creativity-and-Constraint-in-Todays-China.pdf

Human Rights Defenders

江西近十维权人被拘禁 (10 in Jiangxi Detained for Requesting Release of Detained Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-05032013130253.html

International Human Rights

Kerry Phones China Over Dissident's Nephew, Can't Reach Minister
Reuters, May 03, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/us-china-activist-usa-idUSBRE9420X320130503

Related:
克里就陈克贵狱中受虐给王毅打电话 (Kerry’s Call to Chinese Foreign Minister about Chen Kegui Goes Unanswered)
Voice of America, May 06, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/kerry-chen-kegui-20130503/1654360.html

International Relations (Human Rights, Security, Trade and Investment)

结束对峙 中印从争议领土同时后撤 (China, India Retreat from Disputed Territory)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 05, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/05/130505_india_china_withdraw.shtml

China Returns 10 Abducted Vietnamese Children
Press Trust of India, May 04, 2013
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-returns-10-abducted-vietnamese-children-113050400185_1.html

Chinese Communist Party Pledges Responsible Investments in Myanmar
Eleven Myanmar, May 04, 2013
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/business/3342-chinese-communist-party-pledges-responsible-investments-in-myanmar

Land, Property, Housing

Mongolian Herders Beaten For Refusing to Extend Lease to Chinese Farmers
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/herders-05052013230429.html

Population

China's Barbaric One-Child Policy
The Guardian, May 05, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/06/chinas-barbaric-one-child-policy

Protests and Petitions

昆明民众五四抗议PX污染 成都抗议被压制 (Thousands in Kunming Protest Petrochemical Project, Planned Protest in Chengdu Quashed)
Voice of America, May 04, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chinas-protest-on-may-fourth-20130504/1654667.html

Related:
To Silence Discontent, Chinese Officials Alter Workweek
National Public Radio, May 04, 2013
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/04/181154978/to-silence-discontent-chinese-officials-alter-calendar

China’s CNPC Defends Chengdu Chemical Plant Plan Amid Opposition
Bloomberg, May 05, 2013
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-05-05/china-s-cnpc-defends-chengdu-chemical-plant-plan-amid-opposition

Tibet

Another Tibetan Prisoner Released in Poor Health
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-05032013161353.html

United Nations

UNESCO and China Highlight Role of Culture in Post-2015 Development Agenda
UN News Centre, May 03, 2013
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44823&Cr=culture&Cr1=#.UYfFV6KG18F

XUAR

上海维族妇女抗议面临遣返 六人被拘热比娅吁国际关注 (Uyghur Women Stage Protest in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, May 05, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql-05052013110508.html

Opinion

China Must Stop Extracting Confessions Through Use of Torture
South China Morning Post, May 06, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1230704/china-must-stop-extracting-confessions-through-use-torture

China's Minority Problem is a Global Problem
Detroit Free Press, May 06, 2013
http://blogs.detroitnews.com/politics/2013/05/03/chinas-minority-problem-is-a-global-problem/