Corruption (腐败)

甘肃400回民抗议村官侵吞集体资产 求见京官受阻 (400 Hui in Gansu protest embezzlement by gov’t official; police prevent complaints to Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-05152014114215.html

Environment (环境)

Chinese demand fueling rosewood extinction in Mekong region
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rosewood-05152014141450.html

被误读的“邻避效应”(Misunderstanding the NIMBY effect)
The Financial Times, May 16, 2014
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001056269

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China: detained to death
The New York Review of Books, May 16, 2014
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/may/15/china-detained-to-death/

Police detain Qu Zhenhong, niece representing rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, attorney says
South China Morning Post, May 16, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1512891/police-detain-qu-zhenhong-niece-representing-rights-lawyer-pu-zhiqiang

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

Anti-Chinese violence convulses Vietnam, pitting laborers against laborers
越南反华潮扩大，暴徒追打中国人
The New York Times, May 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/south-asia/20140516/c16vietnam-update/dual/

Related:
Vietnam riots: China accuses U.S. as military chiefs meet in Washington
The Guardian, May 15, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/16/us-chinese-military-leaders-clash-riots-vietnam

China warns Vietnam over deadly protests in territorial dispute
The Guardian, May 16, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/16/china-vietnam-protests-territorial-dispute

中国媒体谨慎报道越南事态 (China instructs media to report on Vietnam situation with caution)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 16, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/05/140516_china_vietnam_press.shtml

June Fourth (六四)

China detains rights lawyer ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
中国人权律师唐荆陵遭警方拘留
Voice of America, May 16, 2014
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/china-detains-rights-lawyer/1915790.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-dissdent-20140516/1915795.html

Related:
Rights lawyer Tang Jingling detained ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
South China Morning Post, May 16, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1513444/rights-lawyer-tang-jingling-detained-and-his-home-raided-ahead-tiananmen

China continues “mass round-up” of dissidents ahead of June 4
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/roundup-05152014135312.html

Related:
Restrictions, detentions, and disappearances before June 4, 2014
Human Rights in China, May 2014
www.hrichina.org/en/restrictions-detentions-and-disappearances-june-4-2014

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

厦门马巷镇、贵港覃塘镇因征地发生警民冲突 (Protests in Fujian, Guangxi over land seizures lead to conflict with police)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05152014110612.html

上海逾千工人连日罢工争福利 警察暴力清场孕妇被殴数十人被捕 (Strike at Dynacast Shanghai Ltd. over wages continues; police beat protestors, including a pregnant woman)
Radio Free Asia, May 15, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-05152014110459.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

3 Officials were killed in Xinjiang during Chinese President’s visit, report says
外媒报道新疆3名汉族官员遇刺身亡
The New York Times, May 16, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140516/c16xinjiang/dual/

Opinion (观点)

法律窗口: 从高瑜被刑拘到美国法的“事先限制”原则 (From Gao Yu’s criminal detention to the American principle of “prior restraint”)
Voice of America, May 15, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/legal-window-gaoyu-20140515/1915507.html

六四前夕严打异见 习近平为何如此紧张? (In the pre-June Fourth anniversary crackdown, what is Xi Jinping afraid of?)
Voice of America, May 15, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/june-4th-xijinping-20140515/1915575.html