Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

浙江破获11吨毒狗肉贩售案 部分流入江苏餐馆 (Seven arrested in Zhejiang for poisoning dogs and selling meat, 11 tons of poisoned meat already sold)
China News Service, August 28, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0827/18/97AA4TFJ00014JB6.html

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

China's transparency standards, U.S. investor expectations collide
The Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324144304578623513282069842.html

Children (儿童)

山西男童双眼被挖失明警方悬赏缉凶 (Shanxi boy’s eyes taken by organ trafficker, suspect still at large)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/08/130828_china_shanxi_linfen.shtml

Related:
Chinese boy loses eyes in attack by "organ trafficker"
The Telegraph, August 27, 2013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10269823/Chinese-boy-loses-eyes-in-attack-by-organ-trafficker.html

Homeschooling becomes more popular in China
Wall Street Journal, August 27, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/27/homeschooling-becomes-more-popular-in-china/

Censorship and Surveillance (审查和监控)

脸书首次发布各国政府索取信息报告 (Facebook issues first report on various governments’ requests for information)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/08/130827_facebook_gov_request.shtml

See report:
Global Government Requests Report
https://www.facebook.com/about/government_requests/

海南网站签署坚守“七条底线”自律公约 (Major Hainan websites agree to "seven bottom-lines" by signing self-censorship agreement)
Hainan Net, August 28, 2013
http://media.people.com.cn/n/2013/0828/c40606-22724766.html

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

英国官方警告中药毒性风险
China pays the price for the toxic risks of traditional Chinese medicine
Caixin, August 22, 2013
CH:http://international.caixin.com/2013-08-22/100572639.html
EN:http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/china-pays-the-price-for-the-toxic-risks-of-traditional-chinese-medicine/safety-health-care-poison-food-greenpeace/c4s13212/

质检总局：至今无中国制造业品牌跻身世界品牌百强 (Top gov’t quality inspection office: 371 batches of food exported out of China failed inspection)
China News Service, August 28, 2013
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2013/08/28/280674.html

Corruption (腐败)

中石油落马4人，反腐之剑指向周永康？(Four oil executives tied to Zhou Yongkang sacked, is Zhou the next target?)
Deutsche Welle, August 28, 2013
http://bit.ly/153gl70

China expands inquiry on graft to oil executives
中国反腐败矛头指向中石油，四高管被查
New York Times, August 28, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130828/c28petrochina/dual/

Related:
China investigates 3 more oil company officials
Associated Press, August 27, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/08/27/world/asia/ap-as-china-petrochina-probe.html

Death penalty (死刑)

曾成杰案让民营企业家思考自身命运与出路 (Zeng Chengjie’s execution leaves other entrepreneurs fearing for their future)
New York Times, August 28, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20130828/cc28sundawu/

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

泄漏隐私 脸书支付两千万美元赔偿 (Facebook to pay $20 million for leaking private information)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/08/130827_facebook_privacy_flaw.shtml

China announces arrest of British, American investigators on charges of privacy violation
Associated Press, August 27, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-announces-arrest-of-british-american-investigators-on-charges-of-privacy-violation/2013/08/26/c517ca7e-0ebe-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html

Health (健康)

国务院：鼓励社会和境外资本依法投资健康服务业 (State Council: encourage private and foreign capital investment in the health services sector)
China News Service, August 28, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130828/u1a7624621.html

Hong Kong (香港)

外交部特派员:坚决反对外部势力插手干预香港事务 (Chinese Foreign Ministry firmly opposes external forces' interference in Hong Kong affairs)
China News Service, August 28, 2013
http://news.eastday.com/c/20130828/u1a7623522.html

Information Control (信息控制)

浙江公布10大网络造谣案 已有两人因此被刑拘 (Zhejiang announces ten Internet rumor cases, two already criminally detained)
Zhejiang News, August 28, 2013
http://zjnews.zjol.com.cn/system/2013/08/27/019558389.shtml

Land, Property, Housing (土地、财产、房屋)

钉子户自制喷火枪防御强拆 抗争9年两度坐牢 (Nail-house occupant uses homemade fire gun to prevent demolition, jailed twice previously in nine years of resistance)
Xinhua, August 28, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/s/2013-08-28/010828063358.shtml

Migrants (农民工)

Chinese migrants in Singapore, chapter three: confrontation
Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/08/28/chinese-migrants-in-singapore-chapter-three-confrontation/

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

十八届三中全会主轴深化改革 将描绘习李线路图 (CPC's third plenary session to focus on reforms, reveals political road map of Xi and Li)
China News Service, August 28, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/politics/2013-08/4295995.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆再发流血冲突至少造成15人死亡 (Another bloody conflict in Xinjiang leaves at least 15 people dead)
Radio International France, August 28, 2013
http://rfi.my/19N1n9u

Related:
新疆喀什20日处置暴力恐怖团伙案 1名特警牺牲 (Riot police officer killed during crackdown on violent terrorist gang in Kashgar)
The People’s Daily, August 28, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-08-28/022128063856.shtml

Opinion (观点)

Bo Xilai's trial is a smoke screen for the benefit of China's president
The Guardian, August 27, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/27/bo-xilai-china-trial-smokescreen-president