Animal Welfare and Rights

China animal activists rescue hundreds of pooches before dog meat festival
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1268740/china-animal-activists-rescue-hundreds-pooches-dog-meat-festival

Corruption

周永康“大秘”落马，习要动“终极老虎”？(Protege of former security Chief Zhou Yongkang targeted in corruption investigation)
Deutsche Welle, June 24, 2013
http://bit.ly/10iiIE8

Edward Snowden Case

For Snowden, a hasty exit started with pizza inside a Hong Kong hideout

斯诺登逃离香港始末
The New York Times, June 25, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130625/c25hongkong-update/dual/

港律政司长罗列美国引渡斯诺登文件纰漏 (HK Secretary for Justice lists flaws in U.S. extradition documents in Snowden case)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 25, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/06/130625_snowden_hongkong.shtml

Environment

中国土壤污染总体情况不容乐观 相关立法亟待提速 (Experts call for legislation to prevent soil pollution)
China News, June 25, 2013
www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/06-25/4964106.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

陳光誠﹕法治不入內地 人治必進香港 (Chen Guangcheng in Taiwan: Without Rule of Law in China, Rule of Man must succeed in HK)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130625/cab1.htm

陈光诚：台湾应助中国走向民主 (Chen Guangcheng urges Taiwan to support democratization in China)
Deutsche Welle, June 24, 2013
http://bit.ly/11ColxX

Chinese dissident skirts talk of NYU
Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2013
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323998604578565310545277192.html

男子說發微博 交警轉身走 (Traffic police scared off by Weibo user)
Ming Pao, June 24, 2013
inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20130624/ca12236a.htm

Intellectual Property Rights

中国新闻网：国家版权局部署“剑网行动” 保护网络知识产权 (China National Copyright Administration launches campaign to protect Internet intellectual property rights)

China News Service, June 25, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-06/4061711.html

Labor

China to strictly regulate secondment/staffing business model
National Law Review, June 24, 2013
www.natlawreview.com/article/china-to-strictly-regulate-secondmentstaffing-business-model

Natural Resources

Rivers threatened as China, Kazakhstan water pact remains elusive
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/delay-06242013164251.html

Media

Calls for probe into Chinese journalist's death
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/calls-06242013103636.html

Political and Economic Reform

Credit warnings give world a peek into China’s secretive banks

银行钱荒暴露中国影子银行隐忧
The New York Times, June 25, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china-biz/20130625/c25chinaecon/dual/

Protests and Petitions

北京众访民坚守外交部 要求参与编写人权报告 (Beijing petitioners gather in front of MFA, seek participation in writing China’s human rights report for UPR)

Voice of America, June 25, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/beijing-activitists-demanded-to-participate-human-rights-report-20130625/1688613.html

Society

华西都市报：四川一复读女生高考失意割腕喝农药自杀身亡 (Sichuan girl student commits suicide after failing Gaokao twice)

Huaxi Metropolis Daily, June 25, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0625/07/926TBBHL00011229.html

Opinion

The twisted tales of Chen Guangcheng and Edward Snowden
Huffington Post, Jun 24, 2013
www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-wasserstrom/chen-guangcheng-edward-snowden_b_3492205.html

China's bullying tactics backfire
Sydney Morning Herald, June 24, 2013
www.smh.com.au/comment/chinas-bullying-tactics-backfire-20130624-2osru.html

Related:

澳民调：民众高度认同美澳同盟 对中国情感复杂 (Poll in Australia reveals complex reactions to China's rise)
Caijing, June 25, 2013
overseas.caijing.com.cn/2013-06-25/112949294.html

不怕污染的究竟是哪些“别人 (Only when 'GDP worship' is ended will government officials be afraid of pollution)
China Youth Daily, June 25, 2013
zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-06/25/nw.D110000zgqnb_