Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

Corruption watchdog slams Chinese firms' lack of transparency
“中国企业商业行为透明度为金砖国家最低--透明国际”
Reuters, October 17, 2013
EN: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/17/us-companies-transparency-idUSBRE99G05D20131017
CH: http://cn.reuters.com/article/CNTopGenNews/idCNCNE99G0AK20131017?feedType=RSS&feedName=CNTopGenNews

See the report:
Transparency in corporate reporting: assessing emerging market multinationals
Transparency International, October 16, 2013
http://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/pub/transparency_in_corporate_reporting_assessing_emerging_market_multinational

Corruption (腐败)

Mayor of Chinese city is held by Communist Party investigators
南京市长季建业涉嫌违纪被调查
New York Times, October 17, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131017/c17nanjing/dual/

科研经费每年千亿流失 部分申请需返点潜规则
60% of China's science budget spent on conferences, business trips
First Caijing Daily, October 17, 2013
WantChinaTimes.com, October 17, 2013
CH: http://news.163.com/13/1017/02/9BBREEV20001124J.html
EN: http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131016000073&cid=1104&MainCatID=11

Mistress-driven anticorruption: study says 15% of accusers are lovers
Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/10/17/mistress-driven-anticorruption-study-says-15-of-accusers-are-lovers/

Culture (文化)

Once banned, classical music finds an unlikely future in China
Global and Mail, October 16, 2013
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-is-classical-musics-new-frontier/article14881218/

Education (教育)

Nine Chinese universities sign academic freedom pact
South China Morning Post, October 16, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1331803/nine-chinese-universities-sign-academic-freedom-pact

Health (健康)

China reports first new case of H7N9 bird flu since August
Reuters, October 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-health-bird-flu-idUSBRE99F0B720131016

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

困在北京的艾未未无所不在 (Ai Weiwei is everywhere despite being trapped in Beijing)
Radio France International, October 17, 2013
http://rfi.my/18oYs7B

Information Control (信息控制)

China holds two bloggers as it expands crackdown on rumors
Reuters, October 17, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/17/net-us-china-rumour-idUSBRE99G0C320131017

漫画家“变态辣椒”被传唤 (A cartoonist summoned)
Deutsche Welle, October 17, 2013
http://bit.ly/1hZ0mNy

中国网络名人边民被指寻衅滋事遭批捕
Rumor-mongering suspect arrested in SW China
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2013
Xinhua, October 17, 2013
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/10/131017_china_internet_arrest.shtml
EN: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-10/17/content_17039629.htm

Labor (劳工)

New global index exposes "modern slavery" worldwide
报告：中国现代奴隶占世界10%
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2013
EN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24560937
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2013/10/131017_world_slave_index_china.shtml

See the report:
The Global Slavery Index 2013
Walk Free Foundation, October 2013
http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/

Open Government Information (信息公开)

报告称近年申请信息公开案激增 原告败诉居多 (Report shows rapid increase of OGI applications in recent years, with majority rejected)
Nandu Daily, October 17, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1016/04/9B9J0LB80001124J.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Scholars fight a milder version of Mao’s calamities
大跃进究竟饿死多少人？
New York Times, October 17, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131017/c17famine/dual/

China party journal decries Western “democracy trap”
Reuters, October 16, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-china-democracy-idUSBRE99F0I420131016

China's rich get richer despite slowing economy: Forbes
Agence France-Presse, October 16, 2013
http://bit.ly/1aPtsfM

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

China flood protests: Police out in force in Yuyao
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24548515

Related:
China: arrests follow protests over response to catastrophic floods
The Guardian, October 16, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/china-arrests-protest-response-catastrophic-flooding

Technology (科技)

Facebook goes fishing in China
China Daily, October 17, 2013
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-10/17/content_17038711.htm

Women (妇女)

视频：中国学生谈工程专业不收女生 (Video: Chinese students discuss why Ministry of Education restricts female engineering majors)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2013/10/131017_vid_chinese_female_education.shtml

河南一孕妇4月内跑社区近20趟仍未办下准生证 (Henan pregnant woman unable to get birth permit after 4 months of running between gov’t offices)
Henan Business Daily, October 16, 2013
http://newpaper.dahe.cn/hnsb/html/2013-10/16/content_969787.htm?div=-1

100 Women: the jobs Chinese girls just can't do
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24534782

Opinion (观点)

从薄熙来案看上海自贸区缺乏核心竞争力 (Bo Xilai’s case shows Shanghai free trade zone needs rule of law to be competitive)
South China Morning Post, October 17, 2013
http://www.scmpchinese.com/sc/opinion/14676/cong-bo-xi-lai-kan-shang-hai-zi-mao-qu-que-fa-he-xin-jing-zheng-li