Civil Society

深圳封杀劳工维权NGO 与粤社改新政唱反调 (Shenzhen Labor NGO Kept Blocked from Registering, under Heavy Pressure)
Ming Pao, September 3, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2761107/1.html

Related:
反对暴力﹗要求法治﹗ 社会要发展，劳工公益机构要生存﹗ (Oppose Violence! Demand Rule of Law! Labor Civic Groups Must Exist for Society to Grow!)
Little Grass Workers' Home, August 31, 2012
http://xxc200308.blog.163.com/blog/static/201929065201273142935793/

Government Crackdown on Labor Groups Worsens in South China
Global Post, September 2, 2012
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/120831/south-china-labor-crackdown

Hong Kong

快乐反洗脑 (A Merry Protest against Brainwashing National Education)
Ming Pao, September 2, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2760498/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China Frees Yahoo! Dissident after 10 Years
Agence France-Presse, August 31, 2012
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/14720779/china-frees-yahoo-dissident-after-10-years/

Related:
网络异议人士王小宁刑满获释
Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning Released from Jail; He Depu Portrays Prison Life with Wang
Human Rights in China, August 31, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6278
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6277

Labor

深圳拟重罚不文明行为 多数外来工并不知情 (Majority of Migrant Workers Unaware of Draft Shenzhen Regs Imposing Severe Punishment on Uncivilized Behavior)
Workers' Daily, September 3, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/18f/036030.html

Population

Husband Fired over 'Excess' Birth
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fired-08302012160129.html

Protests and Petitions

Villager Sets Off Explosives in Govt Compound
Xinhua News Agency, September 3, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/03/content_15728922.htm

天津警方将一暴力拆迁受害者从医院急诊观察室带走 (Tianjin: Police Detain and Remove Injured Victim of Violent Anti-demolition Protest from Hospital Emergency Monitoring Room)
Radio Free Asia, September 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sd-09022012145742.html

Society

Low Political Participation among Chinese
Xinhua News Agency, September 1, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/01/content_15726714.htm

Hong Kong

香港观察：国民教育难脱政治任务嫌疑 (Suspicion of Political Motivation Difficult to Shed for National Education Program)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2012/08/120828_hkreview_education.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

China Cracks Down on Ai Wei Wei Protege Zhao Zhao
Der Spiegel, August 28, 2012
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/in-china-artists-like-zhao-zhao-face-political-oppression-a-851403.html

Freedom on Friday for Dissident Wang
The Standard, August 29, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=24094

Related:
Yahoo! Cited in Decision Sentencing Internet Dissident Wang Xiaoning to 10 Years
Human Rights in China, April 27, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/content/1208

陈光诚可能应邀访问台湾 (Chen Guangcheng May Visit Taiwan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 29, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120828_chen_taiwan.shtml

Media

Five Editors Suspended for Reporting Liu Cover-up
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5feaa99d8ad69310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police

四市试点劳教制度改革 (Nanjing, Lanzhou, Zhengzhou, and Jinan to Pilot Reform of Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
The Beijing News, August 29, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/08/29/219561.html

Protests and Petitions

‘Bull’ Proves Hero and Pariah for Beijing
Financial Times, August 28, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8e1af1ce-f040-11e1-93fa-00144feabdc0.html

反对收地6村民被黑人物砍伤 (Sichuan: 6 Villagers Protesting Land Requisition Knifed by Thugs)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolition-08282012100026.html

Society

公安部谈“随手拍”：被拍者基本没有被拐儿童 (Ministry of Public Security: Child Beggars Whose Pictures Were Taken Were Generally Not Trafficked)
Shandong Business Daily, August 29, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/ba7/f57dca.html

XUAR

Striker’s Health at Risk
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/risk-08282012185841.html

Hong Kong

Hong Kong ‘Occupy’ Protesters Refuse to Leave
China RealTime Report, August 28, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/08/28/hong-kong-occupy-protesters-refuse-to-leave/

Labor

深圳千人工潮持续五天 (Shenzhen 1K Worker Strike Continues into Day Five)
Radio Free Asia, August 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sz-08272012105053.html

Law

Senior Official Urges Deepened Judicial System Reform
Xinhua News Agency, August 27, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-08/27/c_131811012.htm

精神卫生法草案二审“强制住院治疗”删除 (Stipulations on Forcible Institutionalization Removed from Draft Mental Health Law)
The Beijing News, August 28, 2012
http://www.21cbh.com/HTML/2012-8-28/yNNjYzXzUwNzUyNA.html

劳教废立之间 (Reform or Abolishment for Reeducation-Through-Labor?)
Caijing Magazine, August 26, 2012
http://magazine.caijing.com.cn/2012-08-26/112081975.html

Protests and Petitions

Chinese AIDS Patients Protesting Lack of Aid Pull Down Local Government Gate, Beaten by Police
The Associated Press, August 27, 2012
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Chinese+AIDS+patients+protesting+lack+pull+down+local+government/7149467/story.html

中共18大和访民的距离有多远？ (How Great Is the Distance between Petitioners and the 18th Party Congress?)
Radio France Internationale, August 27, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120827-中共18大和访民的距离有多远？

拆哪!张家界再酿抗强拆惨剧 (Another Tragic Anti-demolition Protest in Zhangjiajie, Hunan)
Deutsche Welle, August 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16195722,00.html

Tibet

Teens Set Themselves on Fire, Take Tibet Burnings over 50: Group
Reuters, August 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-china-tibet-idUSBRE87R03120120828

Bilateral Ties

Reporters Ask Merkel to Address Chinese Intimidation of Media
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, August 25, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/08/25/163533/reporters-ask-merkel-to-address.html