Education

98.9%受访者深感当下年轻人缺少质疑精神 (Survey finds Chinese youth lack critical thinking skills)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-07/19/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130719_2-08.htm

Environment

Nuclear activism: limiting the fallout
The Economist, July 20, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582016-rare-protest-prompts-government-scrap-plans-build-uranium-processing-plant

超三分之一城市遭垃圾围城 (One-third of cities in China surrounded by garbage)
Global Times, July 19, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/depth_report/2013-07/4149225.html

Human Rights Defenders

维权律师刘卫国探望许志永被拘押 (Human rights lawyer detained after attempt to visit Xu Zhiyong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130718_china_lawyer_ngo.shtml

Related:
Xu Zhiyong’s Lawyer Liu Weiguo in Custody, Rights Group is Shut Down
Human Rights in China, July 18, 2013
http://www.hrichina.org/content/6825

Xu Zhiyong, Advocate of Disclosure of Official Assets, Criminally Detained
许志永被刑事拘留
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6825
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6824

Related Social Media:
Patrickpoon潘嘉伟@patrickpoon July 19, 2013
刘卫国：关于北京警方违法阻拦律师会见许志永的严正声明 (Liu Weiguo: Solemn declaration about Beijing police illegally blocking lawyer from visiting Xu Zhiyong)
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rleoul

International Relations

In China and U.S., mutual distrust grows, study finds
中美民众间好感下降，不信任增强
The New York Times, July 19, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20130719/c19distrust/dual/

See full survey conducted by the Pew Research Center:
http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2013/07/Pew-Research-Global-Attitudes-Project-Balance-of-Power-Report-FINAL-July-18-2013.pdf

Open Government Information

黄浦江“死猪事件”余波 大学生与水务局的信息公开之战 (University student presses Shanghai water authorities to disclose further information about "floating dead pigs")
21st Century Media, July 19, 2013
http://www.21cbh.com/2013/7-19/wMNjUxXzcyNjEwMQ.html

Poverty

北大社调显示：中国家庭贫富差距高达234倍 (Beijing University study reveals huge income gap)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-07182013151551.html

Protests and Petitions

被上访改变的人生 (Hunan farmer recounts torture in mental hospital, awaits high court decision in lawsuit against police)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/201307/19/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130719_1-03.htm

Rule of Law

城管涉殺瓜農 記者採訪遭毆 (Fruit-seller dies after scuffle with urban security guards, reporters beaten by police)
Wen Wei Po, July 19, 2013
http://paper.wenweipo.com/2013/07/19/YO1307190009.htm

Related:
Probe over China fruit-seller “beaten by enforcers”
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23340096

Vendor death shines light on China’s urban enforcers
Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/07/19/vender-assault-shines-ugly-light-on-chinas-urban-enforcers/?mod=WSJBlog

Opinion

叶青专栏：该公开的不仅仅是“三公” (Ye Qing: Budgetary disclosure should be expanded to tackle other irregular expenses)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 19, 2013
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2013-07/19/content_1898920.htm

“习俗”岂是违纪违法挡箭牌 (“Local traditions” cannot be an excuse for unlawful behavior)
Southern Daily, July 19, 2013
http://epaper.nfdaily.cn/html/2013-07/19/content_7208544.htm

周少来：打造“内地版廉政公署” (Zhou Shaolai: Mainland needs its own Independent Commission Against Corruption)
Global Times, July 19, 2013
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/opinion_china/2013-07/4148487.html

何清涟：天堂与地狱：中国政商结合的路径指向 (Government-business collaboration: a high-wire act in China)
Voice of America, July 18, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/heqinglian-china-20130718/1704860.html/