Animal Welfare and Rights (动物福利和权利)

China imposes one-year ban on ivory imports
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 26, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31648475

Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

中国进口食品疑引发肝炎 澳洲计划加强食品标签法 (Australia to strengthen country-of-origin food labelling laws after fruit imported from China suspected of causing hepatitis outbreak)
Radio France Internationale, February 26, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150226-中国进口食品疑引发肝炎-澳洲计划加强食品标签法/

Related:
Australia to introduce country-of-origin labeling after hepatitis A outbreak
Reuters, February 25, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/26/us-australia-food-labelling-idUSKBN0LU01B20150226

Corruption (腐败)

China atwitter over next “tiger” to fall
Nicosia Business Review, February 27, 2015
http://nicosiamoneynews.com/2015/02/26/china-atwitter-over-next-tiger-to-fall/

China's military says no modernization without respect of law
Reuters, February 26, 2015
http://reut.rs/1FwmGuy

Chinese officials who lie on resumes and personal records targeted in new audit
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1724012/chinese-officials-who-lie-resumes-and-personal-records-targeted-new-audit

Civil Society (民间社会)

In China, civic groups’ freedom, and followers, are vanishing
The New York Times, February 26, 2015
http://nyti.ms/18opPCS

Education (教育)

Class struggle: officials are trying to stifle independent voices in universities
The Economist, February 28, 2015
http://econ.st/1FwFIAU

Environment (环境)

Spring tide: pollution fears are driving the Chinese towards expensive branded waters
The Economist, February 28, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21645215-pollution-fears-are-driving-chinese-towards-expensive-branded-waters-spring-tide

环保部要求两市15日内报送整改方案 (Ministry of Environmental Protection requires two cities to provide reform proposals within 15 working days)
Legal Daily, February 27, 2015
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2015-02/27/content_5980188.htm

Freedom of Movement (自由行动)

作家李敖申请做香港人但称遭到百般刁难一怒放弃 (Writer Li Ao angrily abandons application for Hong Kong citizenship after meeting numerous obstacles)
Radio France Internationale, February 27, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150227-作家李敖申请做香港人但称遭到百般刁难一怒放弃/

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing’s Hong Kong reform proposals "more restrictive than expected": London
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1724317/occupy-era-hong-kongs-most-turbulent-period-handover-says-british

Related:
Six monthly report to parliament on Hong Kong: July-December 2014
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office , February 26, 2015
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/six-monthly-report-to-parliament-on-hong-kong-july-december-2014

Eleven more Occupy activists face "arrest by appointment" at Hong Kong police HQ
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1724286/11-more-occupy-activists-face-arrest-appointment-hong-kong-police-hq

Add Oil Machine wins human rights artwork award
Hong Kong Economic Journal, February 25, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150225-add-oil-machine-wins-human-rights-artwork-award/

Related:
Interview with Add Oil Machines founders Sampson Wong and Jason Lee
Human Rights in China, November 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/china-rights-forum/videos/stand-you-add-oil-machine-interview-sampson-wong-and-jason-lam-video

Related:
Peter Gabriel, Pussy Riot & More Project Photos, messages of support to Hong Kong demonstrators
Human Rights in China, January 28, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/peter-gabriel-pussy-riot-more-project-photos-messages-support-hong-kong

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Missing, presumed dead: underground Chinese bishop, aged 93
The Global Post, February 25, 2015
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/150225/missing-presumed-dead-underground-chinese-bishop-aged-93

Guangdong police detain activist's dinner party guests
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/guests-02262015102920.html

律師稱浦志強審理起訴期滿後獲釋機會低 (Lawyer: slim chance Pu Zhiqiang will be released following investigation period)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 27, 2015
http://bbc.in/1ABDpgu

Information Control (信息控制)

中共加强外宣 靠“洋五毛”输出意识形态 (CPC exports official ideology by strengthening “foreign wumao")
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yf2-02262015085358.html

June Fourth (六四)

北京摄影师出版八九学运画册 书寄家中被海关没收 (Beijing photographer tries to mail home published photo collection of 1989 Democracy Movement, confiscated at the customs)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-02262015085023.html

Law (法律)

China's top court unveils deadlines for legal reform
Reuters, February 26, 2015
http://reut.rs/1JOANCb

Don’t call it western: China’s top court unveils vision for reform
The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2015
http://on.wsj.com/1ANAP5H

Related:
Supreme People’s Court’s 4th Five Year Reform Plan sees the light of day
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, February 26, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/02/26/supreme-peoples-courts-4th-five-year-reform-plan-sees-the-light-of-day/

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Deadly attacks in Xinjiang go unreported in China
The New York Times, February 26, 2015
http://nyti.ms/1zKckDM

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China's new collective bargaining rule is too weak to ease labour conflicts
The South China Morning Post, February 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1723213/chinas-new-collective-bargaining-rule-too-weak-ease-labour