Corruption

“饭局少了，当天工作能完成了”八项规定出台半年，各地公务接待锐减 (Official functions and banquets reduced drastically six months after frugality regulations went into force)
Southern Weekly, July 12, 2013
http://www.infzm.com/content/92306

反腐，为治本赢得时间 (Anti-corruption drive buys time for addressing root causes)
Southern Weekly, July 12, 2013
http://www.infzm.com/content/92308

China says GlaxoSmithKline staff admit corruption
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2013
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/international/china-says/741538.html

Edward Snowden Case

斯諾登與人權組織代表在莫斯科機場會 面 (Snowden will ask Russia to grant him asylum)
Ming Pao, July 12,2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20130712/news_20130712_55_935037.htm

Environment

Nuke plant plans spark fears in southern China
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/plant-07112013144052.html

More Chinese cities may limit private auto purchases to fight air pollution, road congestion
Associated Press, July 12, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/more-chinese-cities-may-limit-private-auto-purchases-to-fight-air-pollution-road-congestion/2013/07/11/337d569c-ea92-11e2-818e-aa29e855f3ab_story.html

Open Government Information

发改委时隔3月回复发泡餐具解禁 被指含混不清 (Top reform body gives garbled response to OGI request on decision to lift ban on polyfoam utensils)
China News, July 12, 2013
http://finance.china.com.cn/news/gnjj/20130712/1630849.shtml

Information Control

Treasury Secretary says China to hand audit work to SEC
Reuters, July 12, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/12/us-china-accounting-idUSBRE96902Q20130712

International Human Rights

中国人权活动人士建议联合国人权理事会暂停中国会员资格2013签名运动 (Chinese rights activists asks UN to suspend China’s membership in the 2013 Human Rights Council)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-07112013135440.html

International Relations

中美战略与经济对话闭幕 宣布建立元首特别代表热线 (U.S.-China dialogue ends with agreement to set up top-level special hotline)
China News, July 12, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/07-12/5035613.shtml

Related:
中美高层对话落幕 双方谈合作屡交锋 (U.S.-China dialogue ends, two sides talked cooperation but also clashed repeatedly)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 12, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130712_china_us_dialogue.shtml

China official ridiculed for U.S. gay marriage comment
Agence France-Presse, July 11, 2013
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j4dEVwL-ZAZovKJWSwKyt-XqBokQ?docId=CNG.02e57a1290a4b1a1973ca8ca2eb8fc7a.81

Land, Property, Housing

郑州马渡借新农村之名搞别墅开发 回应称为保社会稳定 (Farmland used to build luxurious mansions, developer argues construction needs to continue for “social stability”)
China News Henan, July 11, 2013
http://henan.china.com.cn/news/henan/201307/C41894BCBB.html

A hidden political significance to graffiti on China’s D.C. embassy
Washington Post, July 11, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/11/a-hidden-political-significance-to-graffiti-on-chinas-d-c-embassy/

Persons with Disabilities

公益岗残疾人比例不低于10% (New Shandong regulations set quota for the hiring of persons with disabilities)
Qilu Evening Post, July 12, 2013
http://epaper.qlwb.com.cn/qlwb/content/20130712/ArticelA09002FM.htm

Feeling their way blind people in China struggle with more than just their disability
The Economist, July 13, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21581761-blind-people-china-struggle-more-just-their-disability-feeling-their-way

Political and Economic Reforms

习近平：使红色江山永远不变色 (Xi Jinping: we should never change the color of the red country)
CCTV, July 12, 2013
http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/qunzhongluxian/content-3/detail_2013_07/12/27455823_0.shtml

Related Weibo:
吴祚来, July 12, 2013
[红色江山，人民的江山，党的江山，权贵的江山，绿色江山，黄色江山，雾色江山，灰色江山。你喜欢哪种颜色江山？江山是谁的？](Red country, people’s country, Party’s country, elite’s country, green country, yellow country, smog country, and gray country. Which color of the country do you like? Whose country is it anyway?)
http://weibo.com/1093622153/zFGQ8Fu8F

世外桃源独行者-超人, July 12, 2013
[不谈法律，连最起码的人道都没有，这就是红色江山] (Even the most basic humanitarianism is lacking—not to mention law—this is what a red country is about)
http://weibo.com/3216864211/zFHgWf0lZ

Tibet/XUAR

China to U.S.: “Unprecedented freedom” in Tibet, Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, July 12, 2013
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-to-us-unprecedented-freedom-in-tibet-xinjiang-113071200083_1.html

Opinion

“城管要求涨工资”的深层意味 (Demands by city management officers for higher salary should encourage reflection over institutional flaws)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, July 12, 2013
http://www.hn.xinhuanet.com/2013-07/12/c_116506344.htm

何清涟：“中国因素”正在改变国际社会 (He Qinglian: the “China factor” is changing the world)
Voice of America, July 12, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/he-qinglian-china-factors-20130711/1700125.html

Related:
Roundtable: “China in the World: Human Rights Challenges and Opportunities”
圆桌讨论会：“中国在世界的角色：人权挑战与机遇”
Human Rights in China, July 2013
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/6747
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/article/6748

Xi Jinping’s shrewd maneuvering on corruption
Wall Street Journal, July 11, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/11/xi-jinpings-shrewd-maneuvering/?mod=WSJBlog