Edward Snowden Case

Kerry says Snowden affair will not upset China relations
The New York Times, July 1, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/world/asia/john-kerry-china-relations.html

Hong Kong

香港七一游行结束 组织者称参加者达43万 (July 1 petition for fully democratic elections in 2017 draws 430,000 participants)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130701_hk_rally_latest.shtml

Thousands brave typhoon rains demanding China honor Hong Kong democracy pledge
Reuters, July 1, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/01/us-hongkong-march-idUSBRE9600AP20130701

See the "Hong Kong July 1st Demonstration 2013" photo album on HRIC's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/hrichina

International Relations

Ghana’s crackdown on Chinese gold miners hits one rural area hard
The New York Times, June 29, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/world/asia/ghanas-crackdown-on-chinese-gold-miners-hits-one-rural-area-hard.html

Open Government Information

”No reply” on bid for China online surveillance data
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/bid-06282013103439.html

Related:
Snowden affair prompts lawyer to request disclosure of surveillance information
谢燕益：就斯诺登事件致公安部信息公开申请书
Human Rights in China, June 25, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6765
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6766

Political and Economic Reform

習近平：選幹部不以票取人 (Xi Jinping: selection of party officials should not be decided by votes)
Ming Pao, June 30, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130630/cac1.htm

中共党员总数突破8500万 (Total CPC members exceeds 85 million)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130701_ccp_members.shtml

Mixed messages: Xi Jinping signals left while turning right. Or is it the other way round?
The Economist, July 1, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21580195-xi-jinping-signals-left-while-turning-right-or-it-other-way-round-mixed-messages

Protests and Petitions

外交部前要求参与“人权报告”撰写的访民被清场 (Activists petitioning for participation in drafting of human rights report for the UN taken away by police)
Boxun, July 1, 2013
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/07/201307011247.shtml

Related:
Chinese Activists Calling for Greater Participation in China’s International Human Rights Reporting Taken Away by Police
Human Rights in China, July 1, 2013
http://hrichina.org/content/6801

Beijing, police "tolerate" pro human rights sit-in
Asia News, June 27, 2013
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beijing,-police-tolerate-pro-human-rights-sit-in-28317.html

XUAR

Chinese authorities confirm police fired at Uyghur protesters
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/violence-06302013201357.html

新疆武警7萬兵力冠全國 (70,000 armed police deployed in Xinjiang, largest number in a single province)
Ming Pao, July 1, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130701/caa2.htm

Opinion

Standing at the crossroads
Caixin, July 1, 2013
http://english.caixin.com/2013-07-01/100550000.html