Animal welfare rights (动物福利和权利)

Chinese ivory smuggler gets record sentence in Kenya poaching crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 29, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1415789/chinese-ivory-smuggler-gets-record-sentence-kenya-poaching-crackdown0129

Corruption (腐败)

市河湖管理处原主任受贿贪污一审获死缓 (Beijing official received suspended death sentence for graft)
Jinghua Times, January 30, 2014
epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2014-01/30/content_61373.htm

腐败类死刑暂时不会废除 建议废除集资诈骗罪死刑 (CASS expert recommends removing "fraudulent fund-raising" as a capital crime)
Southern Metropolis, January 30, 2014
epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2014-01/30/content_2016837.htm

Environment (环境)

Browner, but greener: China stands out for its greenness in a new environmental ranking
The Economist, February 1, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21595487-china-stands-out-its-greenness-new-environmental-ranking-browner-greener

China smog fears spur call for ban on New Year fireworks
Reuters, January 29, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/us-china-pollution-idUSBREA0S0CE20140129

Health (健康)

Physician, heal thyself: Medicines are over-prescribed and overpriced
The Economist, February 1, 2014
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21595431-medicines-are-over-prescribed-and-overpriced-physician-heal-thyself

China bans cigarettes from schools
Reuters, January 29, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10604243/China-bans-cigarettes-from-schools.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

异议人士薛明凯之父“被自杀” (Dissident Xue Mingkai's father “jumped” to his death under suspicious circumstances)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-01292014155046.html

China jails another New Citizens activist
Associated Press, January 29, 2014
www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/china-jails-another-new-citizens-activist

International Relations (国际关系)

奥巴马：全球最佳投资目的地在美国而非中国 (Obama: U.S., not China, is the best country for investment)
Radio Free Asia, January 29, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/sd-01292014143905.html

Population (人口)

Letter from China: a race against time for a second child
中国夫妇为了生二胎苦苦等待
New York Times, January 30, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140130/c30child/dual/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Students detained with outspoken Uyghur scholar taken to Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, January 30, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-01282014210355.html

Opinion (观点)

Xu Zhiyong's trial makes a mockery of Beijing's pledge to enforce rule of law
South China Morning Post, January 30, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1416497/xu-zhiyongs-trial-makes-mockery-beijings-pledge-enforce-rule