Corruption (腐败)

Insight: China's Xi fails to earn stripes as anti-graft "tiger" hunt underwhelms
Reuters, November 23, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/23/us-china-corruption-insight-idUSBRE9AM0CN20131123

Environment (环境)

Urbanites flee China’s smog for blue skies
逃离大都市的中国环境移民
The New York Times, November 22, 2013
http://cn.tmagazine.com/living/20131125/t25dali/dual/

Smog descends on NE China, closing roads, airport
Associated Press, November 24, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/smog-descends-on-ne-china-closing-roads-airport/2013/11/24/8e9e3622-54cd-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html

U.N. climate talks impasse ends as China and India drop demands
Washington Post, November 24, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/impasse-ends-at-un-climate-talks-china-and-india-drop-demands/2013/11/23/fdd10970-547d-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html

Intellectual Property Rights (知识产权)

最高法：建知识产权法院尚无时间表 (Supreme Court: still no timetable for establishing an intellectual property rights court)
Beijing News, November 24, 2013
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/1124/c1001-23636540.html

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

China slams "inappropriate" U.S. remarks on territorial dispute with Japan
CNN, November 25, 2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/25/world/asia/china-japan-disputed-islands/

Related:
Japan, China in war of words over airspace
Associated Press, November 25, 2013
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-objects-us-sea-defense-zone-remarks-20998514

Japan rejects China’s claim to air rights over disputed islands？
日本不承认中国争议岛屿防空识别区
The New York Times, November 25, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20131125/c25japan/dual/

中国发布东海防空识别区航空器识别规则 (China issues rules on identifying aircraft in the East China Sea “Air Defense Identification Zone”)
China News Service, November 25, 2013
http://www.chinanews.com/mil/2013/11-23/5538402.shtml

June Fourth (六四)

吾尔开希香港投案失败 (June 4th student leader Wuer Kaixi’s attempt to return to China through Hong Kong fails again)
Deutsche Welle, November 25, 2013
http://bit.ly/1bhm1lQ

Migrants (农民工)

China's villages vanish amid rush for the cities
The Telegraph, November 23, 2013
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10470077/Chinas-villages-vanish-amid-rush-for-the-cities.html

Political and Economic Reform (政治经济改革)

Vested interests won't block China's reforms: party official
Reuters, November 22, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-china-reforms-idUSBRE9AL0G120131122

China considers gas pipeline reform
Dawn, November 23, 2013
dawn.com/news/1058102/china-considers-gas-pipeline-reform

Population (人口)

英媒：中国两项不起眼但极重要改革 (British media: China’s two modest but vital reforms)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/11/131124_press_reform.shtml

Chinese families still at mercy of officials despite announced easing of one-child policy
Washington Post, November 22, 2013
www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-families-still-at-mercy-of-officials-despite-easing-of-one-child-policy/2013/11/21/f5a6db22-5215-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html

The only-child blues
放松计划生育的隐忧
The New York Times, November 23, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20131123/c23sebag/dual/

Society (社会)

中国“复兴指数”遭嘲弄 (China’s “Renaissance Index” mocked)
Financial Times, November 25, 2013
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001053611

China has lost its soul in the chase for wealth, says magnate's daughter
The Guardian, November 22, 2013
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/22/china-wealth-daughter-kelly-zong-heir-beverage-firm

Tibet (西藏)

China summons Spanish ambassador over Tibet arrest warrants
Reuters, November 22, 2013
www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-china-spain-idUSBRE9AL0HA20131122

西班牙媒体：化解与中国外交危机空间有限 (Spanish media: space for defusing a diplomatic crisis with China is limited)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131123_spain_china.shtml

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Jihadist group speaks out on China car attack: SITE
Agence France-Presse, November 24, 2013
bit.ly/17GsQdq

Opinion (观点)

Without political reform, how far can China's economic liberalisation go?
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2013
www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1362933/without-political-reform-how-far-can-chinas-economic

三中全会：最后一场改革? (The Party’s Third Plenary: a last wave of reforms?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 23, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/11/131123_third_plenum_analysis.shtml