Civil Society

北京将社会组织登记审批时间缩至10天 (Beijing Reduces Registration and Processing Time for Civil Society Organizations to 10 Days )
The Beijing News, August 04, 2011
http://news.163.com/11/0804/07/7AJKI3530001124J.html

Hong Kong

Loyalist Urges Tsang to Stand Tall
South China Morning Post, August 04, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4ab3fe5ab2b81310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

Beijing Police Probing Alleged Illegal Detentions
Shanghai Daily, August 04, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/08/03/Beijing%2Bpolice%2Bprobing%2Balleged%2Billegal%2Bdetentions/

Related news:
北京昌平一“黑监狱”被查封 (Beijing Black Prison Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hjy-08032011161020.html

Population

Middle Class to Dominate Cities by 2023
China Daily, August 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/04/content_13045752.htm

Poverty

社科院蓝皮书称中国城市贫困问题日益突出 (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Report: Urban Poverty a Growing Problem)
Radio Free Asia, August 04, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cs-08032011161038.html

Public Health

Chinese City Bans Dogs
The Daily Telegraph, August 03, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8678489/Chinese-city-bans-dogs.html

XUAR

新疆限制斋月宗教活动 (Ramadan Religious Activities Restricted in Xinjiang )
Radio Free Asia, August 03, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_xinjiang-08032011090846.html

Government

China Media Urges Officials to Speak to Web Users
Agence France-Presse, August 02, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110802/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetmedia

Related information:
微博时代官员学说话何尝不是一种作风转变
People's Daily, August 02, 2011
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/15302951.html

New Questions after Transparency Drive
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9b191f5444681310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

In Safe Hands?

South China Morning Post, August 03, 2011

http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40b0076d4e981310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

无电视收音机无书无纸 光诚一家隔绝儿童出门要搜 (Chen Guangcheng's Family Completely Isolated, Even Books and Paper Confiscated)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cgc-08022011094036.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Feiyue (刘飞跃)

关乎七二三刘飞跃被打 公安要看维权文章才让验伤 (Police Pay Attention to Rights Defense Materials Rather than Beating after Rights Advocate Reports Harassment)
Radio Free Asia, August 02, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wq-08022011090405.html

Human Rights Defender – Wang Lihong (王荔蕻)

维权人士王荔蕻被控罪名一改再改 (Charge against Activist Wang Lihong Changed Again)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 02, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110802_china_wanglihong.shtml

Media

国际记联吁中国央视为王青雷复职 (International Federation of Journalists Urge Reinstatement of CCTV Producer Removed for Wenzhou Report)
Voice of America, August 02, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110802-wang-qinglei-cctv-126581753.html

Military

Defending the Nation? We've Got an App for That: Transparency in the PLA
South China Morning Post, August 03, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6a2fe5ab2b81310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

来京办事女被关黑监狱 (Jiangsu Woman Travels to Beijing to Handle Some Affairs, Gets Locked in Black Jail)
The Beijing News, August 03, 2011
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2011-08/02/content_260299.htm

XUAR

人权组织呼吁中国政府反思民族政策 (Rights Organizations Call on Gov't to Scrutinize Its Ethnic Policies)
Deutsche Welle, August 02, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15289662,00.html

Disasters

Wenzhou Crash Response Exposes Rot in Political System, Say Analysts
South China Morning Post, August 02, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5cf81f5444681310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Families May Sue Railways Ministry
South China Morning Post, August 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=078b934781181310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

China's Media Makes Rare Show of Defiance After Rail Crash Cover-up
The Independent, August 02, 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinas-media-makes-rare-show-of-defiance-after-rail-crash-coverup-2330209.html

港人大倡設特委會徹查溫州事故 (NPC Standing Committee in Hong Kong Initiated Request to Have Special Investigation for the Wenzhou Train Crash Accident)
United Daily News, August 01, 2011
http://www.udn.com/2011/8/1/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS4/6499150.shtml

Environment

Monastery, Villages Hit by Pollution
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/pollute-08012011121357.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波

China Jailing Nobel Winner Broke International Law: UN
Agence France-Presse, August 01, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110801/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsunnobel

Law

中国调查记者齐崇淮上诉要求被驳回 (Appeal Rejected in Qi Chonghuai Case)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 01, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/08/110801_china_journalist_reject.shtml

Military

八一退役老兵感不公平被遗弃 敢言解放军大校被软禁噤声多月 (Retired Soldiers Feel Abandoned and Unfairly Treated on 84th Anniversary of August 1st, Outspoken Colonel Under House Arrest for Months)
Radio Free Asia, August 01, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jfj-08012011084545.html