Censorship and Surveillance

电影局：“取消一般题材电影剧本审查”非新规 (New State Council regulations lift full script censorship for films of "ordinary content," post-production censorship remains)
Xinhua News Agency, July 17, 2013
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2013-07/17/c_116579534.htm

Related:
Cut! China snips back some film censorship rules
Reuters, July 17, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/17/entertainment-us-china-censorship-idUSBRE96G0GC20130717

See full text of State Council regulations issued on July 11, 2013:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2013-07/17/c_125022660.htm

Civil Society

“传知行”遭取缔 公民运动受压制 (Civil society organization, "Transition Institute," shut down by authorities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130718_ngo_closed_civil_society.shtml

Corruption

王文志并非举报华润董事长宋林第一人 (Xinhua reporter not the first to expose corruption allegations against China Resources Power chairman)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130717_weibo_lijianjun.shtml

Environment

环保责任终身追究 (CPC Discipline Inspection Commission to consider strengthening government accountability for environmental protection)
21st Century Media, July 18, 20
http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-07/18/content_71318.htm

Freedom of Expression and Privacy

披露李某某隐私，七成人认为合理 (Survey: 70% of respondents support exposing personal details of under-aged suspect accused in high-profile rape case)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, July 18, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2013-07/18/content_2722883.htm

Technology

手机稳坐第一上网终端 七成新增网民手机上网 (Internet penetration rate rises to 44.1%, 78.5% of 591 million Internet users connected through mobile phones)
People's Daily, July 18, 2013
http://it.people.com.cn/n/2013/0718/c1009-22232840.html

China smartphone owners swell number of internet users
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23343058

See full report:
第32次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》(32nd Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), July 17, 2013
http://www.cnnic.cn/gywm/xwzx/rdxw/rdxx/201307/t20130717_40663.htm

Opinion

英媒：中国应停止打压不同意见者 (UK media: China must stop suppressing dissidents)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/07/130718_press_chinese_crackdown.shtml

社评：媒体与记者的态度不应是分离的 (Reluctance of media outlets to expose scandals encourages reporters to use Weibo as platform)
Global Times, July 18, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2013-07/4143550.html

What China’s wrongful convictions mean for legal reform
Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/17/wrongful-convictions-and-chinas-legal-reform-push/

Can China change its economic course?
Washington Post, July 18, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-china-at-a-crossroads/2013/07/17/211799e0-ef01-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html