Consumer Product Safety (消费品安全)

腐败成食品安全事件痼疾：局地执法者充任保护伞 (Entrenched corruption a cause of food safety problems as authorities shield wrongdoers)
People’s Daily, March 17, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0317/c1001-26702875.html

农村市场“山寨食品”亟待关注：假冒奶常被送孕妇 (Serious “bogus foodstuff” problem in rural markets: fake milk products target pregnant women)
People’s Daily, March 17, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0317/c1001-26702952.html

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立足食品安全检测科技 初创企业获风投亲睐 (New enterprise gained popularity and foothold in food safety technology)
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/money/49655/li-zu-shi-pin-quan-jian-ce-ke-ji-chu-chuang-qi-ye-huo-feng-tou-qin-lai

Corruption (腐败)

Two NPC members detained at hotels after legislature's meeting ends
Caixin Online, March 16, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-03-16/100791546.html

China graft probe snares another developer after Kaisa
Bloomberg News, March 16, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-16/china-graft-probe-said-to-snare-another-developer-after-kaisa-i7b9hn94

Crackdown on graft in China's PLA to continue until it has been eradicated: logistics expert
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1740059/crackdown-graft-chinas-pla-continue-until-it-has-been-eradicated

Environment (环境)

This documentary went viral in China. Then it was censored. It won’t be forgotten
Washington Post, March 16, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/16/this-documentary-went-viral-in-china-then-it-was-censored-it-wont-be-forgotten/

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Under the Hong Kong dome: A cry for action on pollution
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1739991/under-hong-kong-dome-cry-action-pollution

Kenya hails Chinese aid to curb poaching
Xinhua News, March 16, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/16/c_134071724.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong needs an advisory committee to examine complex cross-border legal issues
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1739166/hong-kong-needs-advisory-committee-examine-complex-cross-border-legal

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China’s persecution of activists worsens in Xi’s second year: rights group
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-03162015143656.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Chinese police shoot four Uyghurs dead after casino knife attack
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/shooting-03162015173628.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China’s selective authoritarianism
Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/03/16/chinas-selective-authoritarianism/

Q. and A.: David Shambaugh on the risks to Chinese communist rule
New York Times, March 15, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/q-and-a-david-shambaugh-on-the-risks-to-chinese-communist-rule/

China must pardon corrupt officials, says author dubbed China’s John Grisham
The Telegraph, March 15, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11473630/China-must-pardon-corrupt-officials-says-author-dubbed-Chinas-John-Grisham.html