Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

全国森林公安今年收缴象牙千余公斤 (National Forestry Bureau cracks down on illegal ivory trade, seized over 1,000 kilograms of ivory in 2013)
Xinhua, November 7, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-11-07/200628649904.shtml

Business and Human Rights (商业和人权)

Dell suppliers accused of human rights violations in China
The Guardian, November 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/06/dell-suppliers-accused-of-human-rights-violations

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

China struggles to overcome GMO stalemate
Voice of America, November 6, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-struggles-overcome-gmo-stalemate/1784558.html>

Corruption (腐败)

十八大后11名省部级官员落马 是过去5年均速2倍 (Eleven officials sacked in year after 18th Party Congress, doubling average annual figure in preceding 5 years)
China News Service, November 7, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/1107/10/9D2R9HGS0001124J.html

Cyber security (网络安全)

China military hackers persist despite being outed by U.S.: report
Reuters, November 6, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/06/net-us-usa-china-hacking-idUSBRE9A51AN20131106a>

Education (教育)

美高校因中国学生材料造假成风加大审核力度 (U.S. universities strengthen review of Chinese students’ applications in light of rampant fraud)
China Youth Daily, November 7, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-11-07/181528649214.shtml

Environment (环境)

重污染天何时启动预警机制 沪环保部:需三个条件 (Authorities explain why Shanghai’s pollution early warning system not triggered even at AQI 237)
Eastday.com, November 7, 2013
http://sh.eastday.com/m/20131107/u1a7760537.html

北京今天起开始点火试供暖 引发雾霾加剧担忧 (Beijing heating service starts today raising concern about worsening smog)
China News Service, November 7, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-11-07/165128648799.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

香港立法会否决用特权法向政府索取文件(Hong Kong Legislative Council rejects request for revealing documents on TV licensing decision)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131107_hongkong_tv_licence.shtml

Related:
Legco bid for HKTV licence probe defeated
South China Morning Post, November 7, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1349914/legco-bid-hktv-licence-probe-defeated

5万人集会支持用《特权法》查发牌事件 (Fifty thousand rally in support of TV Licensing probe)
Ming Pao, November 7, 2013
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20131107/news_20131107_55_962099.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese activists challenge Beijing by going to dinner
中国活动人士“同城饭醉”令北京不安
The Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2013
EN: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304672404579181373425115430?mod=rss_about_china
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20131107/bch094409.asp

A courageous Chinese lawyer urges his country to follow its own laws
The Washington Post, November 6, 2013
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/11/06/a-courageous-chinese-lawyer-urges-his-country-to-follow-its-own-laws/

维权人士陈光诚的母亲和大哥抵达纽约 (Chen Guangcheng’s relatives arrive in New York)
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-11062013224453.html

黎建君、李小玲被控制失联 三中全会前访民被集中遣返 (Petitioners forced to return home in advance of Party’s third plenary)
Radio Free Asia, November 7, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-11062013114315.html

International Relations (Security, Trade and Investment), 国际关系（安全，贸易和投资）

Human rights, Snowden, and how not to get hacked
Foreign Policy, November 6, 2013
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/11/06/gary_locke_american_ambassador_china_interview%20?page=0,1

Internet (互联网)

China farmer turns yarn baron as villages embrace Alibaba
Bloomberg, November 6, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-06/china-farmer-turns-yarn-baron-as-villages-embrace-alibaba.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

A clash of goals for China’s leader
政治严经济宽，中国改革议程难两全
New York Times, November 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131107/c07plenum/dual/

上海自贸区不能栽盆景 (Financial rules of Shanghai Free Trade Zone not introduced yet, disagreement between Shanghai and central government suspected cause)
People’s Daily, November 7, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1107/c1001-23458248.html

Society (社会)

Explosions near Communist Party building in China
山西省委大楼外爆炸疑是土造炸弹所致
New York Times, November 7, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131107/c07shanxi/dual/

China media: Taiyuan blasts
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24846861

Related:
China's desperate "terrorists"
The Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2013
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303936904579177382991370134

Taiwan (台湾)

国旗事件后张悬北京演唱会传被取消 (Taiwan singer’s Beijing concert may be cancelled after national flag incident)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 7, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131107_taiwan_china_chang.shtml

Tibet (西藏)

Oops: China state media website plays banned Tibetan national anthem
Voice of America, November 6, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/oops-china-state-media-website-plays-banned-tibetan-national-anthem/1784867.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

维族学者受死亡威胁 立遗嘱生死无关汉人—视频专访伊力哈木(一) (Uyghur scholar threatened to death by police after comment on Tiananmen crash)
Voice of America, November 7, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/uighur-interview-1-20131107/1785447.html

Opinion (观点)

北京政權的制高點 (Beijing regime’s highest mandate limits its ability to reform)
Yazhou Zhoukan, November, 2013
http://www.yzzk.com/cfm/content_archive.cfm?id=1383795778247&docissue=2013-45

U.S. spooks play into the hands of Russia, China and others who want control over global digital citizens
The Guardian, November 6, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/07/us-spooks-russia-china-internet-authoritarian