Civil Society

环保部称尚未出台限制民间自测环境质量法规 (Environment Ministry: No Regs Passed Yet Limiting Civil Society from Monitoring Environment Quality)
Beijing Times, July 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-07-17/031924785934.shtml

Education

Rights Lawyers Push Enrolment Policy Reform
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40782e773e598310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender

Gender Equality High on Agenda at Forum
China Daily, July 17, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-07/17/content_15592102.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Shines Light on China's Banned Scribes
Agence France-Presse, July 18, 2012
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/75641

Human Rights Defenders

陈光诚将出版自传记录维权历程 (Chen Guangcheng to Publish Memoir on Rights Defense Work)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/07/120718_china_chenguangcheng_memoir.shtml

June Fourth

血书“六四”华涌被转罚劳教 旅行华南张林突然失踪 (Hua Yong Sent to Reeducation-Through-Labor for Commemorating Tiananmen Square Crackdown Artistically in Square)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-07172012091350.html

Politics

Rising China Star Set for Key Promotion: Sources
Reuters, July 18, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/us-china-reshuffle-idUSBRE86H09M20120718

Tibet

四川藏区十八岁喇嘛自焚身亡 (18-yo Monk Self-immolates in Sichuan)
Radio France Internationale, July 18, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120718-四川藏区十八岁喇嘛自焚身亡

Food Security

Food Safety Fears Gnaw at Intl Stores
China Daily, July 16, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-07/16/content_15582923.htm

Government

洛阳国税局带人围殴市民视频曝光 律师称涉刑责 (Henan Local Tax Official Beating Up Luoyang Resident Caught on Camera)
CNTV, July 17, 2012
http://news.ycwb.com/2012-07/17/content_3874930.htm

Human Rights Defenders

李旺陽案再有維權人士失蹤 (More Rights Defenders Involved in Li Wangyang Case Go Missing)
Ming Pao, July 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2720827/1.html

中国作家余杰获得2012年公民勇气奖 (Dissident Writer Yu Jie Awarded 2012 Civil Courage Prize)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/vt-07162012092956.html

Labor

Foxconn, Maker of iPads, Is Emblematic of China's Labor Market
McClatchy Newspapers, July 16, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/16/156336/foxconn-maker-of-ipads-is-emblematic.html

Media

廣州報紙突換總編剷版面 (Editor-in-chief and Several Sections of Guangzhou Paper "New Express" Axed)
Ming Pao, July 17, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2720447/1.html

Related:
Top Editor Reshuffled at Guangzhou Paper
China Media Project, July 17, 2012
http://cmp.hku.hk/2012/07/17/25437/

Tibet

Stay Loyal, Troops in Tibet Told
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11b0e44a2a098310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibetan Writers Detained
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detained-07162012140754.html

西藏书记陈全国:引导学生从小感党恩跟党走 (Tibet Party Secretary Chen: Guide Students to Follow Party from Early Age)
Tibet Daily, July 16, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0716/20/86IHC5ED0001124J.html

Environment

Guangzhou Tries to Sort Out Its Rubbish Problem
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=70a67cd1ef588310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related:
为了环境，为了健康！ (For Our Health and the Environment!: Growing Concern of Rubbish in Shanghai)
Deutsche Welle, July 16, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16099737,00.html

Human Rights Defenders

China’s ‘Fault Lines’: Yu Jie on His New Biography of Liu Xiaobo
The New York Review of Books Blog, July 14, 2012
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/jul/14/china-fault-lines-yu-jie-liu-xiaobo/

維權人士胡佳專訪 (Interview with Activist Hu Jia)
iCable, July 14, 2012
Part 1: http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/program_video/index.php?video_id=12131386
Part 2: http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/program_video/index.php?video_id=12131385

Internet

美国驻沪总领馆微博被封杀 (US Shanghai Consulate Weibo Account Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/vt-07142012030125.html

Land Policy

宁波江北区全国首推"农村拆迁安置协议"质押贷款 (Ningbo District Establishes First "Rural Resettlement Placement Agreement" Pledged Loan)
Qianjiang Evening News, July 16, 2012
http://www.zj.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2012-07/16/c_112441376.htm

Politics

中国司法部长强调维稳保十八大 (Judicial Bureau Stresses Stability Maintenance in Run-up to 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xql-07142012030933.html

Protests and Petitions

Online Rage Flares against China's Urban Enforcers
Tea Leaf Nation, July 12, 2012
http://tealeafnation.com/2012/07/online-rage-flares-against-chinas-urban-enforcers/

广东阳山农民阻采矿作业与警冲突拘七人 (Guangdong: Seven Detained after Farmers Clash with Police over Mine)
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql-07152012141351.html