Children (儿童)

性教育缺失 留守儿童更易受侵害 (Left-behind children lack sex education, vulnerable to sexual abuses)
Hua Shang Bao, August 5, 2013
http://hsb.hsw.cn/2013-08/05/content_8506486.htm

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

新西兰在华乳制品被下令召回 (China orders recall of all New Zealand-made dairy products after Fonterra finds contaminated ingredient)
Financial Times, August 5, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051793

Related:
Botulism halts Fonterra’s milk-powder sales to China
Bloomberg, August 4, 2004
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-04/china-halts-fonterra-milk-powder-imports-in-blow-to-new-zealand.html

Corruption (腐败)

李建军向香港廉署和警方举报华润高管 (Ex-journalist to take China Resources "corruption" files to Hong Kong ICAC and police)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 5, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130805_lijianjun_crc.shtml

Whistleblowers pay price even as China vows to fight corruption
Reuters, August 4, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/04/us-china-corruption-whistleblowers-idUSBRE9730BB20130804

Environment (环境)

京津冀应率先削减燃煤 (Ministry of Environmental Protection recommends coal-burning reduction pilot programs in high-pollution areas, starting with Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei)
21st Century Media, August 5, 2013
http://epaper.21cbh.com/html/2013-08/05/content_72906.htm

全国5253万亩耕地受旱，439万人因旱饮水困难 (Drought affects 5.2 million hectares of farmland and access to drinking water for 4.39 million people)
People's Daily, August 5, 2013
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2013-08/05/nw.D110000renmrb_20130805_1-01.htm

Freedom of Expression and Privacy (言论自由和隐私)

作家、音乐人吴虹飞近日因发微博称要“炸建委”被拘；获释后，吴虹飞向本报记者讲述此事过程 (Beijing singer Wu Hongfei recounts her arrest and detention)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, August 5, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/XXCBA/html/2013-08/05/content_2726767.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

笑蜀重获自由 揭露中国当局非法绑架 (Veteran journalist Xiao Shu forcibly taken back to Guangdong, accuses Beijing police of abduction)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130804_china_xiaoshu_free.shtml

Related:
Xiao Shu freed, releases statement
China Media Project, August 4, 2013
http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/08/04/33768/

International Human Rights (国际人权)

Meet the seven imprisoned Chinese activists whom the U.S. brought up in Beijing this week
Washington Post, August 2, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/08/02/meet-the-seven-chinese-activists-whom-the-u-s-brought-up-in-beijing-this-week/

美国国会议员提案反对中国重获联合国人权理事会成员国 (U.S. Congressman proposes resolution to oppose China's bid for Human Rights Council membership)
Voice of America, August 4, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-human-rights/1723245.html

China says human rights situation is at a historic best, rejects U.S. criticism
Associated Press, August 3, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-says-human-rights-situation-is-at-a-historic-best-rejects-us-criticism/2013/08/02/b5bdb400-fbed-11e2-89f7-8599e3f77a67_story.html

Media (媒体)

报道说《华尔街日报》中文网被封 (Wall Street Journal Chinese site reportedly blocked in mainland China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130804_wsj_china.shtml

Related:
Wall Street Journal's Chinese version blocked in China
Agence France-Presse, August 5, 2013
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/international/wall-street-journal-s/765348.html

Land, Property, Housing（土地、财产、房屋）

陕西强拆城中村殴伤村民 千人堵路抗议遭镇压 (Police crackdown on large protest against beating of villagers during forced eviction in Shaanxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl-08042013102825.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

人民日报再刊文批“宪政”思潮引热议 (People’s Daily attacks "constitutionalism" again, netizens react intensely)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 5, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130805_peoples_daily_criticize.shtml

Related:
“宪政”本质上是一种舆论战武器 ("Constitutionalism" is a weapon of the West to win public opinion war)
the People’s Daily, August 5, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0805/c1001-22440827.html

执政党应善于领导政治体制改革 (Ruling Party should do better at political system reform)
Study Times, August 5, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0805/c1001-22440812.html

蓝皮书：60多年来中国人权事业面貌焕然一新 (CASS’ blue paper: China's human rights "cause" has a new look since founding of PRC)
China News Service, August 5, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0805/c1001-22450616.html

Population (人口)

China to ditch its one-child policy as ageing crisis looms
The Telegraph, August 4, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/10221730/China-to-ditch-its-one-child-policy-as-ageing-crisis-looms.html

Related:
女权无疆界”吁联合国制止中国强迫堕胎政策 (Women rights group urges UN to press China to end forced abortion)
Deutsche Welle, August 4, 2013
http://bit.ly/13xpdF3

Reeducation-Through-Labor (劳教)

社科院蓝皮书称改革劳教制度成社会共识 (CASS’ blue paper: RTL reform becomes social consensus)
Beijing News, August 5, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/05/276881.html

Rule of Law （法治）

三位退休高官担任独董惹争议 (Ex-officials' Sinotruk board memberships may violate conflict-of-interest regulations)
China Youth Daily, August 5, 2013
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2013-08/05/nw.D110000zgqnb_20130805_1-10.htm

考场内偷拍考研试题被判刑 (Hunan court finds students guilty of "leaking state secrets" by taking photos of graduate school exam questions)
Xiaoxiang Chenbao, August 5, 2013
http://epaper.xxcb.cn/xxcba/html/2013-08/05/content_2726802.htm

In China, Communist Party takes unprecedented step: it is listening
Washington Post, August 2, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-china-government-mines-public-opinion/2013/08/02/33358026-f2b5-11e2-ae43-b31dc363c3bf_story.html

Opinion （观点）

外国人眼中的中国和朝鲜 (How foreigners view and compare China and North Korea)
Financial Times, August 5, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001051782?full=y

City chickens and country eggs
The Economist, August 4, 2013
http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/08/urbanisation-and-growth

记者实名举报是反腐合力一部分
Off-duty reporters are China's newest whistleblowers
Economic Observer, August 4, 2013
CH: http://www.eeo.com.cn/2013/0723/247147.shtml
EN: http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/off-duty-reporters-are-china-039-s-newest-whistleblowers/china-anti-corruption-whistleblower-soe-fortune-500/c7s12919/