Human Rights Defenders

官員避答劉霞犯何法 (Official Avoids Answering Journalist's Question: What Crime Did Liu Xia Commit for which She's Being Kept under House Arrest)
Ming Pao, October 10, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2794816/1.html

Inner Mongolia

内蒙牧民抗议官员出租牧场敛财被殴 (Herders Beaten at Protest against Lease of Herding Land)
Radio Free Asia, October 9, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-10092012102702.html

Land Policy

濟南西客站8戶遭強拆居民2年未獲拆遷補償 (Jinan: 8 Relocatees Still Have yet to Receive Compensation 2 Years on Despite Petitions, Suits, and Complaints)
China Economic Weekly, October 9, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2794081/1.html

Law

Paper Praising China's Legal Reforms 'Is Whitewash'
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1057309/paper-praising-chinas-legal-reforms-whitewash

重庆大学生村官转发微博被劳教申诉案开庭 (Chongqing Hears Appeal of University Student/Village Official Ordered to 2 Years of Reeducation for Reposting Microblog Posts Said to "Attack" the Government)
Xinhua News Agency, October 10, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/gallery/content/2012-10/10/content_3890172.htm

Related:
任建宇 被劳教的村官 (Ren Jianyu: Village Official Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Southern People Weekly, September 5, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/7fc/acad20.html

李方平谈劳教制度改革 (Rights Defense Lawyer Li Fangping Speaks with BBC on Reform of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 9, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2012/10/121009_audio_lifangping.shtml

行政复议法修订列入计划 两版修订稿提交法制办 (Amendments to Administrative Review Law in Legislative Program)
Legal Daily, October 10, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-10/10/content_3888820.htm

Multilateral

China Calls for Unified Standards on Combating Terrorism
Xinhua News Agency, October 10, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/10/content_15805315.htm

Related:
常驻联合国副代表王民大使在第67届联大关于“消除国际恐怖主义的措施”议题的发言
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Wang Min Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations At the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly On Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism
October 9, 2012
CH: http://www.china-un.org/chn/hyyfy/t977674.htm
EN: http://www.china-un.org/eng/hyyfy/t977687.htm

Public Health

卫生部：中国超60岁老人近半患慢性病 (Nearly Half of Chinese People over 60 Suffer Chronic Illness)
China News Service, October 10, 2012
http://news.2500sz.com/news/gn/2012-10/10_1702855.shtml

Bilateral Ties

Nepal Maoists under Lens over China's Airport Deal
Times News Network, October 8, 2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Nepal-Maoists-under-lens-over-Chinas-airport-deal/articleshow/16717682.cms

Hong Kong

擱指引 國教科名存實亡 (National Education Exists in Name Only)
Ming Pao, October 9, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/2/1/1/2793839/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

China 'Steals Wife's Freedom' to Pressurise Liu Xiaobo
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 8, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19875389

For more on Liu Xiaobo, including the writings cited in his conviction, see:
Freedom of Expression on Trial in China
言论自由在中国遭受审判
China Rights Forum, 2010, no. 1
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/issue/2010.01
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/crf/issue/2010.01

创办维权组织马良福劳教申诉未宣判 (No Verdict in Appeal for Ma Liangfu, Activist Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor after Forming the China Anti-Corruption Alliance)
Radio Free Asia, October 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_camp-10082012113940.html

Labor

女民工模仿外交部发言人讨薪：表示强烈不满 (Migrant Worker Expresses Her Discontent re: Salary whilst Imitating Foreign Ministry Press Conference in Video Released Online)
Tencent News, October 9, 2012
http://news.qq.com/a/20121009/000977.htm

Law

White Paper Enumerates China's Judicial Reform Goals
Xinhua News Agency, October 9, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/09/content_15803440.htm

Related:
官方称正在研究劳教制度具体改革方案 (Official: We're Researching a Plan for Concrete Reform of the Reeducation-Through-Labor System)
China Radio International, October 9, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1009/10/8DCAJ1G000014JB5.html

Full text of the white paper:
中国的司法改革
Judicial Reform in China
State Council Information Office, October 2012
CH: http://www.scio.gov.cn/zxbd/wz/201210/t1226412.htm
EN: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/09/content_15803827.htm

Religion

甘肃藏回因清真寺爆冲突 当局不制止引致十多人受伤 (Gansu: A Dozen Injured in Hui-Tibetan Conflict over a Mosque)
Radio Free Asia, October 8, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-10082012093431.html

Bilateral Ties

Suicides in Tibet Off Limits
The Australian, October 4, 2012
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/suicides-in-tibet-off-limits/story-fn59nm2j-1226487661478

Government

Wukan Villagers' Experiment with Democracy Has Been Hard Going
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1054945/wukan-villagers-experiment-democracy-has-been-hard-going

Labor

新生代民工拒當機器 軍事化管理失效 (New Generation of Migrant Workers Refuse to Become Machines)
Ming Pao, October 7, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2792397/1.html

Land Policy

连州维权村长被刑拘 十村民被拘留八天 (Lianzhou, Guangdong Village Chief Criminally Detained on Allegations of Leading Protest against Gov't Land Sale)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lz-10052012112239.html

Politics

《开放》：政治局对薄熙来发出追杀令 (Kaifang Magazine: Politburo Issued Kill Order on Bo)
Radio France Internationale, October 4, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121004-政治局对薄熙来发出追杀令

Public Health

卫生部：新规定将促进人体器官分配公平透明 (Ministry of Health: New Regs to Promote Transparency and Fair Distribution of Human Organs)
Guangzhou Daily, October 8, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1008/07/8D9CN2TN00014AED.html

Related:
Lawmakers Want Info on Organs
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/organs-10052012185811.html

Society

China Says to Add 5 bln Yuan to Public Housing Spend
Reuters, October 8, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/china-economy-property-idUSL3E8L82PO20121008

Tibet

青海赛康寺一僧人被捕失踪 刚察县被大肆采煤民怨积深 (Monk Detained, Goes Missing in Qinghai)
Radio Free Asia, October 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dz-10052012125423.html

人权组织称藏族作家在那曲自焚亡 (Rights Group: Tibetan Author Self-Immolates in Nagchu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 6, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/10/121006_china_tibet_protest.shtml